Sport in the National Imagination

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How did sport shape Australian national consciousness? A study of the Federation decades โ€” why Australians were so determined to be seen winning abroad, and how the symbols of Australian sport were made. Richard Cashman โ€ข Paperback, viii + 282 pp. โ€ข Walla Walla Press 2002 โ€ข Reprinted July 2006 โ€ข ISBN 1 876718 48 X

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In conjunction with the Centre for Olympic Studies, The University of New South Wales

How did sport affect the development of national consciousness in Australia? Why were Australians so keen to compete and be seen as successful on the world sporting stage? How did the symbols of Australian sport develop and what do they say about our self-image? These and other issues are explored through the history of various sports before and since Federation.

Sport and Culture in Australia

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1 876718 48 X