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Golf Dreaming

An Aboriginal Social, Political, Cultural and Historical Perspective of Golf

ISBN-13: 9781923236240
Publisher: FAIR PLAY PUBLISHING
Imprint: FAIR PLAY PUBLISHING
By John Maynard
Price: AUD $29.99
Stock: 8 in stock
Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
Local release date: 01/04/2025
Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 160 pages Weight: 300g
Categories: Ball games [WSJ]

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Google Preview: Golf Dreaming explores the little-known Aboriginal connection with golf. There were traditional Aboriginal games played in Australia that settlers remarked resembled golf. Golf of course would challenge football with its global interest. There are so many tantalising aspects of this history including the challenges that Aboriginal people faced in playing the game with access to golf courses and getting a set of clubs. It is also little known the number of Australian golf courses that are linked to Aboriginal sites of significance and burial grounds.; Emeritus Professor John Maynard is a Worimi Aboriginal man from the Port Stephens region of NSW and a Professor of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Newcastle. He has held several major positions and served on numerous prominent organisations and committees, including Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Executive Committee of the Australian Historical Association, New South Wales History Council, Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council, Australian Research Council College of Experts, National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network and the NSW Fulbright Selection Committee. He gained his PhD in 2003, examining the rise of early Aboriginal political activism. He has worked with and within many Aboriginal communities, urban, rural, and remote. Professor Maynard’s publications have concentrated on the intersections of Aboriginal political and social history, and the history of Australian race relations. John is also a passionate sports fan and the author of several books on Aboriginal people and sport.; * John is not only an avid sports fan who has written several books on Aboriginal people and sport, but also a prominent historian.
* He brings to his writing on Aboriginal involvement in sport both the knowledge of the sport and the bigger picture understanding of Aboriginal and Australian history and culture.
* John is a great natural storyteller.
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* John will be a guest at the Manly Writers Festival. We will also be pursuing opportunities within Indigenous literature and Golf.; Google Preview content