Sporting celebrities and stars have always featured centrally in the psyche of the Australian nation. Our athletes are portrayed as positive role models and many of their indiscretions and behaviours are…
- Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
The post-mortem of Australia’s performance at the Olympics is in full swing. Indeed the knives were being sharpened as early as day two of compeition when the men bombed out of the men’s 4x100m swimming…
Steve Georgakis of the University of Sydney traces Australia’s development as a sporting nation from British colonisation, to the low point of the 1976 Montreal Games, to the present day. Further viewing…
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