Nick Richardson (1)
Auteur de 1956: the year Australia welcomed the world
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Nick Richardson peels back the layers to reveal Australia at a critical moment in time. He brilliantly recreates the broader events surrounding the Melbourne Olympics at the end of 1956, as well as the dramas of the Games themselves. Throughout, he also follows a range of men and women who were afficher plus touched by this transformation, to illuminate the personal consequences of being part of Australia's pivotal year. afficher moins
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- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 22
- Popularité
- #553,378
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 11
The Game of their lives covers this match but spends much more time covering the lives (and deaths) of some of the key players in this match, such as South Melbourne’s Bruce Sloss, Norwood’s Charles Perry and Carl Willis of University and South Melbourne fame, and the War itself, specifically Gallipoli and the Western Front.
It seems that the identities of all the players that participated in the Pioneer Exhibition Game will remain forever unknown but The Game of their lives is a fine epitaph for them.… (plus d'informations)