<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" class="extiw" title="en:Carlton Football Club">Carlton Football Club</a> hoist the 1906 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFL" class="extiw" title="en:VFL">VFL</a> premiership flag in 1907 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Oval" class="extiw" title="en:Carlton Oval">Carlton Oval</a>. The ritual of hoisting of the premiership flag in Australian sporting culture dates back to 1895 and is an enduring symbol in Australian sporting culture and particularly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football" class="extiw" title="en:Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a>.  "The Flag" is figuratively still as important as "the Cup" in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League" class="extiw" title="en:Australian Football League">VFL/AFL</a> long after a premiership trophy was introduced in 1959.
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