| Description |
xiv, 249 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt.1. Context -- Northern Territory : the historical context -- Pt.II. Untold story : sport during the South Australian Administration 1869-1911 -- Establishment of sport in the Northern Territory, 1869 - 1873 -- Homo Ludens Imperiosus in the Northern Territory, 1874-1900 -- Horse racing on the Northern Territory frontier, 1869-1911 -- Transition to the Commonwealth : Willie Allen, the Northern Territory's first aboriginal sports champion, 1900-1911 -- Pt.III. Often told sotry : Australian football in Darwin, 1911-1953 -- End of an era : the Commonwealth control of the Northern Territory, 1911-1920 -- Contested space and identitites : Australian football in Darwin, 1920-1939 -- From exclusion in inclusion : World War II - 1953 -- Sovereignty and success? |
| Summary |
Contact Zones traces the extraordinary journey taken by the Northern Territory's non white sportsmen and women from sporting exclusion and segregation to integration and liberation. In the Territory sport is hotly contested social and political terrain where issues of race clash |
| Analysis |
Politics & government (Australia) |
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Sports & recreation (Australia) |
| Notes |
This book is based upon the authors PhD thesis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- History.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social life and customs.
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Discrimination in sports -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History.
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Racism in sports -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History.
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Racism -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History.
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| LC no. |
2011486534 |
| ISBN |
9780980665079 (paperback) |
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