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Just Shy of the Mark: Australian Sports Museum.

Authors :
Fenwick, Kirby
Source :
Australian Historical Studies. Feb2022, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p155-161. 7p.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The celebration of sport is positive, so long as such celebration does not happen in a vacuum, because sport has excluded as many as it has included. These are both ambitious statements that speak to the ways in which sport is entwined with Australia's cultural narrative as well as our propensity to place our sporting heroines and heroes on a pedestal - they are "no ordinary player!" Nestled behind Gate 3 of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and stretching into the bowels of the iconic sports stadium sits the recently redeveloped - and renamed - Australian Sports Museum. Particularly in a country like Australia where sport has had and continues to have such a significant role in shaping our cultural identity. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1031461X
Volume :
53
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Australian Historical Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
155483088
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2022.2018764