Aborigines and the sport of Kings : aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing history / / John Maynard

• Autore: Maynard John
• Pubblicazione: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : Aboriginal Studies Press, , 2002; ©2013
• Edizione: Revised edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Disciplina: 798.400899915
• Soggetto topico: Jockeys - Australia; Racehorse trainers - Australia; Aboriginal Australian jockeys; Horse racing - Australia - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Foreword by Richard Waterhouse; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Aboriginal Jockeys - A Proud Past But an Uncertain Future?; Part I: Behind the Barriers - The Background to Indigenous Involvement in Racing; The Arrival of the Horse; Off and Racing: Characters and Yarns from the Inner Sanctum; Identity, Racing and Racism; Aboriginal Women in Racing; To the Finish Line; Part II: Riding High: The Stars of the Turf; Peter St Albans; Rae 'Togo' Johnstone; David Hugh 'Darby' Munro; Merv Maynard; Frank Reys; Norm Rose ; Richard Lawrence 'Darby' McCarthyLeigh-Anne Goodwin; Part III: Ahead of the Field: More Indigenous Australian Jockeys; Charlie Flannigan; Percy Kennedy; Massa Read; Jimmy Dries; Besley Murray; Stan Johnson; Kenny Broderick; Barry Hagan; Frank and Jack Duval; Doug Hodgson; Gordon Taylor; Jimmy Leslie; Harry Fuller; Bill O'Brien; David Mathews; Merv Marion; Reg 'Punter' Hart; William Lord; Geoff Booth; Glen Pickwick; Lyall Appo; Bradley Appo; Paul Timbery; Rosalyn and Rod Bynder; Gaynor Chambers; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Aborigines and the 'Sport of Kings' is a celebration of the significant involvement and impact of Aboriginals in Australian horse racing history. Beginning with the remarkable history of Australian Aboriginal people's first contact with horses and how the European animals caused them bewilderment and terror, this book then discusses how, over time, they caught horses and taught themselves to ride and showed an uncanny affinity with horses. The work then goes on to share numerous stories of some of Australia's most successful and famous Ab
• Titolo autorizzato: Aborigines and the sport of Kings
• ISBN: 1-922059-45-5; 1-922059-44-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910535333603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II