Making sense of Australian sport history

Adair, D

Making sense of Australian sport history

Adair, D

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Publisher:: Sydney University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Youth Sport in Australia, 2011, 1, pp. 1 - 25
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Adair, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-3414	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Georgakis, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Russell, K	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Youth Sport in Australia, 2011, 1, pp. 1 - 25	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-920899-64-6	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14340
dc.description.abstract	Despite the high profile of sport in Australian culture, the historical analysis of sport in this country has not attracted much coverage, whether in terms of academic research, media interest, or the reading public. Australian sport fans are eager to recount glorious performances by the nation's teams and athletes, and they certainly indulge in eulogistic books and magazines about sport. But these enthusiasts have comparatively little knowledge about, or interest in, Australian history and the role of sport in shaping its evolution. This is, in large part, a reflection of inadequate education: in many schools history has been supplanted as a key area of study, with the Australian story conveyed as part of broad brush subjects like 'social studies' or 'civics and citizenship: Moreover, at university level Australian history is typically taught with scant regard for the explanatory potential of sport and physical culture.	en_US
dc.publisher	Sydney University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Youth Sport in Australia	en_US
dc.title	Making sense of Australian sport history	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
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Abstract:

Despite the high profile of sport in Australian culture, the historical analysis of sport in this country has not attracted much coverage, whether in terms of academic research, media interest, or the reading public. Australian sport fans are eager to recount glorious performances by the nation's teams and athletes, and they certainly indulge in eulogistic books and magazines about sport. But these enthusiasts have comparatively little knowledge about, or interest in, Australian history and the role of sport in shaping its evolution. This is, in large part, a reflection of inadequate education: in many schools history has been supplanted as a key area of study, with the Australian story conveyed as part of broad brush subjects like 'social studies' or 'civics and citizenship: Moreover, at university level Australian history is typically taught with scant regard for the explanatory potential of sport and physical culture.

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