AFL legend and Aboriginal equality advocate Adam Goodes has added the title “doctor” to his list of accolades.

Aboriginal advocacy is ever present in Goodes’ life as he knows the feeling of being undermined due to racial difference from his time at the AFL.

media_camera Adam Goodes was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by UniSA on Wednesday. Picture: UniSA

The Swans great was on Wednesday awarded an honorary doctorate by UniSA — though his academic gown was in Crows colours — for his human rights advocacy, fight against racism and support for Aboriginal youth.

Wallaroo-born Goodes, 39, the 2014 Australian of the Year, said: “I’m a very proud SA boy. I’ve been living away from home for 25 years now and to come home and accept an accolade like this is massive.”

Goodes has worked with Aboriginal youths in detention centres.

In 2009 he co-founded the Goodes O’Loughlin (GO) Foundation to create educational opportunities for young indigenous people.