A sporting nation
Subtitle: celebrating Australia's sporting life
By: compiled and edited by Paul Cliff ... with additional contributions by Marlene Mathews, Eric Rolls, and Marion Halligan.
Contributors: Rolls, Eric C.; Halligan, Marion, 1940-; Mathews, Marlene.; Cliff, Paul, 1953-; National Library of Australia.
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Sports -- Australia -- History.; Popular culture -- Australia -- History.; Sports -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Description: "Sport across it's whole array - for competitor and spectator, from suburban backyard to Olympic field - has traditionally been recognised as a defining element of national life. In paying homage to Australia's sporting culture, the present work brings together a broad sampling from across the National Library of Australia's Collection."
Notes: National Library of Australia 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.
"Based on the National Library of Australia's Oral History, Manuscript, Pictorial, Newspaper & Microform, and Ephemera Collections."