The Gold Coast Titans 2024 Indigenous Jersey features artwork by Sylvia Khan Koori Doobai, an Aboriginal woman with strong cultural ties and connections to the Bundjalang tribe. Sylvia is from Box Ridge mission, Coraki, located within the Bundjalung Nation, of NSW and is an artist of Bomsy Studio. The artwork depicts two distinct cultural Storylines of both her son Alofiana Khan-Pereira, and Jaime Chapman’s individual journeys of becoming Titans and professional Rugby League players growing up in Northern Rivers and Gold Coast, and how those areas have been part of their journey.
The main theme of the artwork surrounds each of the players, Jullabee’s (Spirit Totem). Spirit totems are known in Aboriginal cultures as connection to spirituality and ancestral ties that guides and provides protection to one’s sense of cultural connection to tradition, Aboriginal practice, tribe, belongingness, and Country.
The artwork depicts Alofiana’s Jullabee connection to the Junru Junur (White Owl) and Jaime’s connection to Kaputhin (Wedgetail Eagle). Each player’s Jullabee are displayed on the front of jersey as a strong representation of connection to Country. The players’ home countries are acknowledged in a display of the country’s symbols and lines of cultural connections with yarning circles.
Featuring Dynasty Sport’s cutting edge Ecotek fabric, which is made from ethically sourced recycled plastic bottles.
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