Australian Sport Reflections
Melbourne Cricket Ground, international football game between Australia and Greece on 25 May 2006. Wikicommons
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Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – John Curtin
By Greg Blood JOHN CURTIN – AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY 14th Prime Minister – 1941-1945 John Curtin was prime minister for the majority of World War II and believed that the continuation of sport was important as long as it did not unduly impact on the war effort. Curtin had a strong connection to sport as…
Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – William Hughes
By Greg Blood WILLIAM MORRIS HUGHES Australian Socialist League (1891), Labor (to 1916), National Labor (1916–17), Nationalist (1917–29) Independent (1929), Australian (1929–31), United Australia (1931–44), Independent (1944–45) 7th Prime Minister – 1915-1923 William ‘Billy’ Hughes was prime minister during World War I and strongly advocated for sportsmen to enlist particularly after significant deaths, injuries and…
Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – Alfred Deakin
By Greg Blood ALFRED DEAKIN PROTECTIONIST / LIBERAL PARTY 2nd Prime Minister: 1903-1904, 1905-1908, 1909-1910 Alfred Deakin understood the importance of exercise and as prime minister was a regular cyclist. Through his published newspaper articles, he understood the importance of sport in the new nation through the lens of character development, physical fitness and links…
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