Title The genesis of sport in Queensland : from the dreamtime to federation / Reet A. Howell, Maxwell L. Howell

Published St. Lucia, Qld., Australia : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1992

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Description xiii, 313 pages ; 22 cm Series UQP paperbacks UQP paperbacks. Contents Foreword / Andrew Slack -- 1. Games in Queensland: From Dreamtime to Early Settlement -- 2. Early Settlers and Their Cultural Baggage -- 3. Queensland's First Sporting Industry: Horse-Racing to 1850 -- 4. Sports of the Early Colonists to 1850 -- 5. The Diffusion of Major Sports: 1850s to 1890s -- 6. Proliferation of Sports: 1850s to 1890s -- 7. Intercolonial Competition -- 8. The Country Elite -- 9. The Stockmen, Drovers, Selectors and Townspeople -- 10. Among the Miners: Charters Towers Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-301) and index Subject Sports -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Author Howell, Maxwell Leo, 1927- LC no. 93192852 ISBN 0702222534

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