From Athens with pride : the official history of the Australian Olympic movement, 1894 to 2014, Harry Gordon

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From Athens with pride : the official history of the Australian Olympic movement, 1894 to 2014, Harry Gordon

Title remainder

the official history of the Australian Olympic movement, 1894 to 2014

Statement of responsibility

Harry Gordon

Instantiates

• From Athens with pride : the official history of the Australian Olympic movement, 1894 to 2014

Publication

• St Lucia, Queensland, University of Queensland Press, 2014
• St Lucia, Qld., University of Queensland Press, 2014

Copyright

• ©2014

Note

"Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe"--Cover

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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rdacarrier

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• still image

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Contents

Message from John Coates AC -- Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe -- Flack the Trailblazer -- The Pioneers -- 'A Hash of Our Work' -- Meet Me in St Louis ... Athens too -- London to the Rescue -- Fanny versus Rose -- Casualties of War -- The Manly Assault -- Not Out for a Duck -- The Sixpenny Games -- Prelude to War -- London to the Rescue ... Again -- Marjie, Marjie, It's You! -- The Games Under Threat -- The Friendly Games -- Passage to Rome -- The Goodbye Girls -- Reaching New Heights -- The Stained Games -- Failure ... and Change -- Defying the PM -- A Swordsman with Style -- Big Business, Big Games -- Hero to Zero -- Movers and Shakers -- Friends for Life -- Still the Same Water -- Stumbling Towards Glory -- The Girl Who Liked Pressure -- To Athens, with Talent -- Coming Out in Style -- Britannia Rules -- Winter Olympics - Chamonix 1924 to Sochi 2014 -- Against the Odds -- A Gentle Invasion -- Afterword -- Notes -- Australian Olympic History Facts -- Australian Teams at the Olympic Games -- Australian Teams at the Olympic Winter Games -- Australian Olympic Medals -- Australian Olympic Athletes -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- Picture Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biography

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000052521726

Dimensions

29 cm.

Extent

336 pages

Isbn

9780702253348

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illustrations (some colour), portraits

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u153021

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(OCoLC)870331603