The West Perth Football Club proposed twice, in 1896 and 1897, to tour the goldfields, playing matches in Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie.
[8] Previously, a situation had existed where the two representatives on the council accorded to Western Australia were divided between the WAFL and the GFA.
While attempting to travel to the 1919 meeting of the council in Melbourne, the GFA's representative, T. J. Brett, was delayed by a railway strike which prevent him leaving the state.
[10] The Western Australian State Premiership was contested intermittently between 1903 and 1924 between the winners of the coastal and Goldfields leagues.
Mines Rovers drew with East Fremantle in the 1906 match, but lost the replay by 19 points.