Australia is often seen as a sport-obsessed nation, its people
besotted with watching and playing sport. This book is an exciting
survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It
deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual
sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball,
rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming and surfing and the various
football codes. Leading sports historians look at the impact of
professionalization and commercialization on many sports, the link
between sport and nationalism, the successes of Australian sport in
the international arena and the effect of the communications
revolution on sport. The book shows that class prejudice, sexual
segregation and racial discrimination have permeated Australia's
sporting history, arguing that sport in Australia has not taken
place on a level playing field. Sport in Australia demonstrates the
central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the
ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
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