1973 : Brisbane Rugby League players establish the first Queensland Touch Football competition (BTFA)
1960s : In the late 1960s, Touch Football begins in Sydney, NSW, Australia
1974 : BMTA – the successor to BTFA and now the largest Touch Football association in Australia.
Some Early Brisbane clubs
For QLD 1981 and NSW 1980 Year books click here
These books contain early history of many regions.
This website is maintained in Brisbane, Australia and focuses, at first, on the history of Touch Football in Brisbane. The history on this website is not limited to Brisbane, so anyone can contribute their Touch Football history – see the “Contact us” page. The long term vision is to have a central website for Touch Football / Touch Rugby history around the world.