Atlanta Kookaburras

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**Atlanta**

Full name	Atlanta Kookaburra
Nickname	Kookaburras
Strip	Green, with yellow V neck and white insignia
Founded	1998
Sport	Australian rules football
League	MAAFL, SEAFL
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Ground	Creel Park
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President/Chair	Wayne Kraska
Coach	Brent Bacon
Captain	Brent Bacon
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The Atlanta Kookaburras are an Australian rules football club based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The club competes in men's and women's divisions in the MAAFL and SEAFL and USAFL National Championships.

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The club was founded by Mike Powers (who had previously been involved with Louisville and Nashville clubs), with the first practice being held in Marietta in August of 1998.

Atlanta have been premiers of the SEAFL competition in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Also in 2005, the Kookaburras established a local Metro Footy league, the Atlanta Metro Footy League.

The club also a fields a women's team known as the Lady Kookaburras.

Atlanta were Women's Footy national champions in the inaugural women's division of the USAFL National Championships in 2005.