Sport in Australia, a social history
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Sport in Australia, a social history
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and indexIncludes index
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sport in Australia
Sub title
a social history
Summary
This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swiming and surfing and the various football codes. Both authors University of Canberra
Table Of Contents
Australians and sport / Wray Vamplew -- Australian football / Bernard Whimpress -- Boxing / Wray Vamplew -- Cricket / Richard Cashman -- Golf / Brian Stoddart -- Horse-racing and trotting / John O'Hara -- Lawn bowls / Louella McCarthy -- Lawn tennis / Graeme Kinross-Smith -- Netball / Ian F. Jobling -- Rowing and sculling / Daryl Adair -- Rugby / Murray G. Phillips -- Soccer / Philip Mosely and Bill Murray -- Swimming, surfing, and surf-lifesaving / Douglas Booth -- Track and field / John A. Daly -- Reflections past and present / Brian Stoddart
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