The ADFA was the minor league in Ararat with clubs named after churches, mills and mines.

[1] The competition was regarded as the minor league of the area, whilst the major club in town, the Ararat Football Club played in the Wimmera Football League.

This association was founded in 1922 and was re-figured and calibrated several times in its first ten years of existence.

[2] Aradale Mental Hospital was closed, alongside government bodies which supplied employment for the town, this forced clubs to merge due to low numbers.

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