1908 Melbourne Carnival

| country = [[Australia]]

| country = [[Australia]]

| city = [[Melbourne]]

| city = [[Melbourne]]

| num_teams =

| num_teams = 7

| dates = August 1908

| dates = August 1908

| opened_by =

| opened_by =

| host_team =

| host_team =

| defending_champions =

| defending_champions =

| TV =

| TV = None

| medals =

| medals =

| winners = [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]]

| winners = [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]]

Prime Minister and former player [[Alfred Deakin]] delivered a stirring nationalist speech to open the carnival<ref name="JuddHallinan2019">{{cite journal | last1 = Judd | first1 = Barry | last2 = Hallinan | first2 = Christopher | title = Indigeneity and the Disruption of Anglo-Australian Nationalism in Australian Football | journal = Review of Nationalities | date = 1 December 2019 | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 101–110 | eissn = 2543-9391 | doi = 10.2478/pn-2019-0008 | pmid = | s2cid = 215770426 | url = | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Prime Minister and former player [[Alfred Deakin]] delivered a stirring nationalist speech to open the carnival<ref name="JuddHallinan2019">{{cite journal | last1 = Judd | first1 = Barry | last2 = Hallinan | first2 = Christopher | title = Indigeneity and the Disruption of Anglo-Australian Nationalism in Australian Football | journal = Review of Nationalities | date = 1 December 2019 | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 101–110 | eissn = 2543-9391 | doi = 10.2478/pn-2019-0008 | pmid = | s2cid = 215770426 | url = | doi-access = free }}</ref>

===Uniforms===

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===First Matches===

===First Matches===