Sport in Australia A Social History

This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life. It is the first single volume to deal 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 football codes. It demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.Vamplew, Wray is the author of 'Sport in Australia A Social History' with ISBN 9780521435130 and ISBN 0521435137.