| Description |
343 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 33 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Before 1788: sport in the Dreamtime: before the strangers came -- 1788-1819: games of survival -- 1820-1839: black snakes.... billiards and bloody bareknuckle -- 1840-1859: a mania for bats and balls -- 1860-1879: the demon and the black demon -- 1880-1899: Griffo, Carbine and the lion-like Searle -- 1900-1913: tears they could not explain -- 1914-1918: "All I ask for tonight, is to see Les Darcy fight" -- 1919-1928: miracle makers in the jazz age -- 1929-1938: days without sunset -- 1939-1945: war games -- 1946-1950: quietly, goes the Don -- 1950s: the roaring, soaring fifties -- -- 1960s: the era of the little big men -- 1970s: fire and snow at the SCG -- 1980s: five minutes to midnight |
| Summary |
Sport in the dreamtime - Games of survival - Billiards - Boxing - Racing - Cricket - Carbine - Les Darcy - War games - Donald Bradman - Impact of the Great War on sport - John Wren - Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker; Covers the broad sweep of Australian sport and sporting characters |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Biography |
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History |
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Sport |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-343) and index |
| Notes |
Text in Spanish |
| Subject |
Sports -- Australia -- History.
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| Author |
Lester, Gary, 1945-
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| LC no. |
94985313 |
| ISBN |
0949853135 |
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