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The Australian Amateur Football Council (AAFC) was formed in 1933 with three states: South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Western Australia later joined when its definition of amateur football was brought into line with the other states.

WA amateur’s earliest record of representative football can be traced to 1934, when the League played other Perth metropolitan leagues. Then named the WA Amateur Football Association, the WA amateur’s first representative match was a loss of eight points to the Perth Suburban Football League.

The highlight for amateur states were the national football carnivals held every three years.

WA amateurs first competed at a AAFC national carnival in 1936. Lead by Sam Miller and coached by F.W. Brack, the team travelled to Adelaide to compete. The team would not record a win against the competition states - Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.

It took till 1991 at home for WA to win its first and only AAFC national carnival. Coached by former Victorian Paul Rafter and Captained by amateur great Bill Armstrong, the team’s blend of youth and experience were able to account for the three other states.

Over the next decades, representative football was played spasmodically between states.

After a 173 point defeat against Victoria at Subiaco Oval in 2003, WA pushed and gained agreeance from other states for national carnivals to be played as under 23s.

The last AAFC Carnival held was in 2015 in Hobart as part of Tasmanian football’s 150th anniversary. WA lost in the Grand Final to South Australia by 14 points.

The AAFC was wound up in 2020.