Australian Society for Sports History ( ASSH ) was formed in July 1983. The aim of the Society is to encourage discussion on the history of sport in Australia through research, publishing and events such as conferences and workshops.
6-709: The Tom Brock Lecture is an annual scholarly lecture organised by the Australian Society for Sports History at the bequest of Australian sports historian Tom Brock . The topic of the lecture is the history of rugby league football . It has been given by leading writers and academics every year since 1999, at the New South Wales Rugby League 's headquarters at Phillip Street in the Sydney CBD . David Rowe , an academic, caused some controversy when he used his 2006 lecture to question football's prospects in
12-480: The field of sports history, either in Australia or internationally. It is presented in recognition of the leading role that the recipient has played in developing and furthering the research interests of sports history ASSH biennially hosts a national conference called Sporting Traditions. The first Conference in 1977 was organised by Richard Cashman and Michael McKernan to bring together academics with an interest in
18-602: The future following negative off-field media coverage. Shane Webcke was set to become the first player to give the lecture when he was invited to do so in 2007, but this did not eventuate. In 2010, the Australian Society for Sports History and the Tom Brock Bequest Committee published Tales From Coathanger City: Ten Years of Tom Brock Lectures . The book includes the Tom Brock lectures delivered from 1999 to 2008, an essay considering 10 years of lectures and study of
24-700: The game, a biography of Tom Brock and some information on the Bequest Committee. Australian Society for Sports History The Society was formed during the Sporting Traditions VI Conference held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in July 1983. The inaugural President was Colin Tatz. The ASSH Fellowship is presented to members and non-members who have made an outstanding contribution to
30-504: The history of sport. The conference proceedings were published in the book Sport in history : the making of modern sporting history . Many papers presented at the Conference are published in the Society's journal Sporting Traditions . The Society publishes two journals. Sporting Traditions is a biannual academic journal that has been published since November 1984. The inaugural editor
36-460: Was Wray Vamplew. It includes academic articles and book reviews. ASSH Bulletin is published on a regular basis and covers short articles and news. The Society publishes compilations of papers on a range of topics including specific sports, law, gender, Olympics and Indigenous Australians . The Society was responsible for creating the Oxford Companion to Australian Sport . Most members of
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