Title Fields of green, lanes of gold : the story of athletics in Australia / Paul Jenes

Published Caringbah, N.S.W. : Playright Publishing, 2001

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Description 304 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), ; 30 cm regular print Contents 1. Origins: a distinction of class -- 2. Olympics and the amateur ideal -- 3. War and its aftermath -- 4. Against the tide -- 5. Women on the track -- 6. John Landy: a noble hero -- 7. The Friendly Games -- 8. Into the surging sixties -- 9. Beyond the mountain -- 10. The end of shamateurism -- 11. Commonwealth of talent -- 12. Political games -- 13. National spirit -- 14. Emerging champions -- 15. Catching them young -- 16. All roads to Sydney Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 290-291 Subject Track and field athletes -- Australia -- History. Track and field -- Australia -- History. Genre/Form History. ISBN 0949853631

Other Titles Story of athletics in Australia

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