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Great Australian Sporting Stories

Author : Ian Heads
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1760789119
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Sporting Stories written by Ian Heads and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee 'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that Heads and Tasker have accumulated over more than a century combined in journalism.' Ian Chappell, former Australian cricket Captain. Australia enjoys a rich sporting heritage. Our small population has yielded a disproportionate number of champions. These sports stars have become known worldwide as fierce combatants and honourable competitors, achieving soaring victories, but also heart-pounding near-wins and humbling defeats. Veteran Australian sports journalists Ian Heads and Norman Tasker have seen it all. In these 65 original stories, we hear of the explosive introduction of World Series Cricket in 1977, which turned a genteel endeavour into a high-octane contest, and the clash of the titans as Packer and Murdoch squared off over the Super League war. We see Rugby Union become a battleground for race and the Olympics an arena for sublime acts of courage and achievement. We get an insider's perspective on every kind of sporting endeavour - from boxing to tennis, cricket to AFL, athletics to rugby league - and not just the action on the field, but the change room gossip and clubhouse politics as well. Written with wit, insight and a wealth of knowledge, Great Australian Sporting Stories is an enthralling expedition into the combative, collegiate, entertaining and always exciting world of Australian sport.

The Fairytale

Author : H. G. Nelson
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1760989193
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Fairytale written by H. G. Nelson and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sporting nation is only limited by its imagination. Every time this story is told it changes; something is always added, embellished or dropped from the run-on side. For more than thirty years, H.G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye for facts and folly to the illustrious history of our great sporting nation. In his trademark fast and furious style, H.G. dives deep into the moments that have truly made us who we are. He reminds us of our leaders' great sporting triumphs, from Harold Holt's swimming to John Howard's bowling; rewrites the record on legends such as 'Aussie Joe' Bugner and Jack Brabham; and explains why Australia's reality TV is the best in the world. The Fairytale is H.G. Nelson's magnum opus - an all-encompassing, no-holds-barred history of Australia at play, told through the stories of our sporting highs, lows and middles.

Legends of Australian Sport

Author : Peter Meares
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 9780702234101
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Legends of Australian Sport written by Peter Meares and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the lives of 25 of Australia's sporting greats, written by sports broadcaster, Peter Meares. His friendships have allowed him unprecedented access to their lives and the secrets of their success. Includes profiles on Greg Norman, Leigh Matthews, Greg Chappell, Pam Burridge, Margaret Court and David Campese.

Great Australian Sporting Moments

Author : Michael Roberts
Publisher : The Miegunyah Press
ISBN 13 : 0522855474
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Sporting Moments written by Michael Roberts and published by The Miegunyah Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a fully illustrated book highlighting some memorable moments in Australian sporting history."--Provided by publisher.

Australia's Sporting Success

Author : John Bloomfield
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 9780868405827
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Australia's Sporting Success written by John Bloomfield and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary performances of Australian athletes, and the awareness of the system that fostered them, came to the world's attention during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Bloomfield traces the development of Australian sport from the early 19th century to the modern day institutions that drive our sporting success.

Great Australian Stories

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1742693733
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Stories written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country, and this?new edition contains?10 extra stories. Australia has a rich tradition of story telling that reflects?a unique history and experience. Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories?Aussies tell about themselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.

Cheat

Author : Titus O'Reily
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760894508
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Cheat written by Titus O'Reily and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering the not-so-subtle art of cheating in sport. Where there’s sport, there’s cheating. No sport is immune; athletics, swimming, rugby, American Football, cricket, baseball, badminton, motorsports, tennis and curling. Yes, even that sport on the ice with brooms. Almost as soon as humans started playing sport competitively, they started to cheat. They cheated to win, for the fame, for the money and sometimes for reasons that are hard to understand. From the fiendishly clever to the outright hare brained, the borderline to the blatant, Titus O’Reily takes us through the many and varied ways athletes and countries have tried to cheat over the years. There’s the winner of the New York marathon who was driven in a car part of the way, the male basketballer whose drug test revealed he was pregnant, the Tour De France where many of the riders took the train, the Spanish Paralympic basketball team who faked being intellectually disabled to win gold at the 2000 Paralympics. As well as sharing an alarming amount of tales involving swapping bodily fluids, Titus takes you through doping, illegal equipment, bribes, playing dirty, faking injuries, wearing disguises, dodgy referees, ball tampering, eye gouging, itching powder, licking an opponent to distract them and sending a dwarf out to bat to shrink the strike zone. Just as sport has become more sophisticated, so has cheating in sport, from state backed doping programs to tiny motors in Tour De France bikes. What does this say about us, that we cheat with such regularity and creativity? Will technology help stop cheating or will it only make it worse? Mastering the not-so-subtle art of cheating is a hilarious trip through the history of cheating in sport, and a handy how-to-guide for the professional athlete in your family.

Death and Life of Australian Soccer

Author : Joe Gorman
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702259268
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Death and Life of Australian Soccer written by Joe Gorman and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, journalist and historian Joe Gorman explores the rise and fall of Australia's first national football competition and shows how soccer came to practice and embody multiculturalism long before it became government policy. Drawing on archival research and interviews with players, supporters and club officials, he tells the incredible and oft-unknown stories of Australian soccer. The Death and Life of Australian Soccer is a fascinating and timely account of the first Australian sport to truly galvanize every ethnic, regional, metropolitan, gender and political group across the country. It examines the myths and legends of Australian sport and offers new ways of understanding the great changes that shaped the nation. This is more than a book about soccer – it is the riveting story of Australia's national identity.

Tom Wills

Author : Greg De Moore
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 174176548X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Tom Wills written by Greg De Moore and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of the visionary sportsman who brought us Australian Rules football.

The Best Australian Bush Stories

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743314396
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book The Best Australian Bush Stories written by Jim Haynes and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories that take us from the Mallee to the back of Bourke and beyond . an indispensable collection about the enduring appeal of the Australian bush.

Not Playing the Game

Author : Xavier Fowler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369395436
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Not Playing the Game written by Xavier Fowler and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War remembrance and sport have become increasingly entwined in Australia, with AFL and NRL Anzac Day fixtures attracting larger crowds than dawn services. National representative teams travel halfway around the world to visit battle sites etched in military folklore. To validate their integration into this culturally sacred occasion, promoters point to the special role of sport in the development of the Anzac legend, and with it, the birth of the nation. The air of sombre reflection that surrounds each Anzac Day is accompanied by a celebratory nationalism that sport and war supposedly embody. But what exactly is being remembered, and indeed forgotten, in these official commemorations and tributes? In Not Playing the Game, Xavier Fowler reveals that the place of sport in the Great War was highly contested. Civilian patriots and public officials complained that spectator sport distracted young men from enlisting and wasted public finances better spent elsewhere. Sport's defenders argued it was a necessary escape for a population weary of the pressures of war. These competing views often reflected differences of class, politics and ethnicity, and resulted in ferocious, sometimes violent, clashes. Not Playing the Game challenges the way our memories of the war are influenced by the fervour of sport, painting a picture not of triumph but immense turmoil and tragedy.

David Boon's Funniest Sporting Moments

Author : David Boon
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743313241
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book David Boon's Funniest Sporting Moments written by David Boon and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious collection and anecdotes and memories from one of Australia's best loved sports stars, David 'Boonie' Boon.

The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004

Author : Garrie Hutchinson
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781863952132
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004 written by Garrie Hutchinson and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Hoop Dreams Down Under

Author : Matt Logue
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1460711033
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams Down Under written by Matt Logue and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five home-grown Aussie superstars who have taken American basketball by storm. Ever since Luc Longley lit up the court as the first Australian to play in the NBA in 1991, Australians have made an indelible impact on the world's best basketball competition. Longley's journey from Perth to the NBA, alongside Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls, paved the way for a generation of players to follow in his footsteps. Hoop Dreams Down Under documents the behind-the-scenes stories of twenty Australian men and five women who have played on basketball's greatest stage. From surprise success stories like Matthew Dellavedova to No. 1 Draft picks like Ben Simmons and Andrew Bogut, and indisputable champions like Lauren Jackson, these are compelling success stories of Down Under talent that has made it to the top. Hoop Dreams Down Under is a must-read for all passionate basketball fans, or anyone with an interest in the power of sport to thrill, inspire and reward. PRAISE 'Matt Logue's Hoops Dreams Down Under is a fun read, packed with all kinds of things I didn't know, including the scope of the Aussie presence in the NBA - way more than a footprint. It's a movement, and he posts it up with an array of well-told stories' Roland Lazenby, sports writer 'Collating the achievements of 25 Aussie basketballers in one book makes this a treat' - Townsville Bulletin 'The book makes me proud' - three-time NBA champion Luc Longley 'If you haven't bought one yet, go and get one. A great read about Aussie basketball player pathways' - legendary WNBA player turned Phoenix and Australian Opals coach Sandy Brondello 'Humbled to be included in a book with legends of our game' - former NBA player Chris Anstey 'It's an honour to have my little place in Australian basketball history' - Australian women's basketball pioneer Michele Timms

Sporting Chance, A

Author : Titus O'Reily
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760892858
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Sporting Chance, A written by Titus O'Reily and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it often actually means exactly the opposite. Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things. With ridiculous tales from Australia's chequered sporting history, A Sporting Chance dissects the scandals big and small, the mistakes made in covering them up and the path athletes tread back to redemption. From the Essendon supplements saga and the sandpaper-loving Australian cricket team to whatever it is Nick Kyrgios has done now, Titus reveals the archetypes at the heart of our greatest sporting scandals. There's the corrupt cop who gave us the race that stopped a nation and the boxing champion who refused to train. There's the cashed-up businessmen who bankrupted clubs and the commentators who can't get their foot out of their mouth. And of course there's the good blokes, like Wayne Carey, Matthew Johns and Shane Warne, who it seems we'll forgive for absolutely anything. In his rambling and at times incoherent style, Titus asks the question- are Australians really that forgiving of their sporting heroes? With the rise of social media, women's sport and the drive towards greater equality, are the good blokes of Australia's sporting landscape an endangered species?

The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing

Author : David John Headon
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1863952667
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)

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Download or read book The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing written by David John Headon and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Sport in Australia

Author : Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521071352
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Sport in Australia written by Wray Vamplew and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first single-volume book to deal comprehensively with Australia's sporting life. It covers the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming, surfing, and the various football codes. The book demonstrates the central role of sports in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sports reflect changing Australian society.