Burning Ambition - The Centenary of Australia-New Zealand Football Ashes P.J. Laverty With themes of gender

With themes of gender

These 16 women not only secured Australia's first Olympic Gold Medal in Hockey but also clinched the nation's first Gold Medal for a team sport

Albert is a young Indigenous man who is the best player in the local Aussie Rules team in his small fictional town of Duneldin in Victoria

a cautious meditation on whether institutions that have betrayed trust can ever truly rebuild it

he meets football hooligans

Burning Ambition - The Centenary of Australia-New Zealand Football Ashes P.J. Laverty With themes of genderFor the men involved, the Dunedin first Test of international football between Australia and New Zealand on June 17, 1922, was the first day of the future. The coming of age of the game would see not only international football but also domestic discussions about professionalism, relationships with Asia, FIFA membership, reorganising Empire contact and Olympic Games ambitions. The 1922 series, followed a year later by return matches in Australia, were