Overview
Background
Gary has a range of research interests in the historical and contemporary dimensions of sport. These include Indigenous Australian sport histories, Australian and Pacific aquatic sport, racial stereotyping, sport myth, social memory and sporting histories beyond the written word.
Gary gained his PhD in the field of sport history from the University of Queensland, following joint enrolment in the School of Human Movement Studies and the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. Dr Osmond teaches in the socio-cultural dimensions of sport and physical activity.
Hs major grants include:
- Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery project (DP230102268 (2023-2025). Torres Strait Islander History: Sport, Culture and Identity. [Gary Osmond, Murray Phillips, Alistair Harvey (UQ)].
- Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery project (DP190100647: 2020-2023), titled Pride, Resilience and Identity: Reimagining Aboriginal Sport History [Murray Phillips (UQ), Gary Osmond, Barry Judd (Melbourne)].
- ARC Future Fellowship (FT160100212: 2017-21), titled Sport, Stories and Survival: Reframing Indigenous Sport History.
- Chief Investigator on a ARC Linkage digital history project (LP130101031: 2014-2019) titled Creating Histories of the Australian Paralympic Movement: A New Relationship between Researchers and the Community [Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond, Tony Naar (Australian Paralympic Committee)].
Availability
- Associate Professor Gary Osmond is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Digital history
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Sport history
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Indigenous Australia
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Race and sport
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Visual representations
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Material culture
Works
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2024
Other Outputs
50 years after Evonne Goolagong’s Australian Open win, we should remember her achievements – and the racism she overcame
Osmond, Gary (2024, 01 02). 50 years after Evonne Goolagong’s Australian Open win, we should remember her achievements – and the racism she overcame The Conversation
2024
Journal Article
Concussion’s Past: An Introduction
Townsend, Stephen, Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Olive, Rebecca (2024). Concussion’s Past: An Introduction. Journal of Sport History, 51 (2), 2-14. doi: 10.5406/21558450.51.2.02
2024
Conference Publication
The Sensory Turn, Smell, and Sport History
Osmond, Gary (2024). The Sensory Turn, Smell, and Sport History. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Conference, Denver, CO, United States, 24-27 May 2024.
2024
Journal Article
The Double Folds of Racism and History: Silences, Concussion, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Athletes
Phillips, Murray G., Wheeler, Kai W. and Osmond, Gary (2024). The Double Folds of Racism and History: Silences, Concussion, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Athletes. Journal of Sport History, 51 (2), 102-118. doi: 10.5406/21558450.51.2.09
2024
Conference Publication
Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design
Osmond, Gary, Phillips, Murray G. and Wheeler, Kai (2024). Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design. 2024 NASSH Pre-Conference Workshop: "Sport Studies as a Public Service: Popular Scholarship, Histories, and Activism", Denver, CO, United States, 23-24 May 2024.
2024
Book Chapter
Sovereign celebration: Cathy Freeman, 1994
Klugman, Matthew and Osmond, Gary (2024). Sovereign celebration: Cathy Freeman, 1994. Sports through the lens: essays on 25 iconic photographs. (pp. 206-217) edited by Maureen M. Smith, Daniel A. Nathan and Sarah K. Fields. Austin, TX, Australia: University of Texas Press.
2023
Conference Publication
Indigenous Public History: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls
Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray (2023). Indigenous Public History: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls. Public Sport History and Community Sport Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 5 December 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Too Deadly Tracking Sport Histories with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Osmond, Gary (2023). Too Deadly Tracking Sport Histories with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. Journal of Sport History, 50 (3), 395-406. doi: 10.5406/21558450.50.3.05
2023
Journal Article
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sport: sporting literacy, attenuated agency, and survivance
Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Wheeler, Keane (2023). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sport: sporting literacy, attenuated agency, and survivance. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 40 (8), 699-718. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2023.2245765
2023
Other Outputs
Trove, Surfing History and Myth Busting: Researching women's surfing history in Australia
Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2023, 08 14). Trove, Surfing History and Myth Busting: Researching women's surfing history in Australia Trove blog
2023
Other Outputs
Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide
Osmond, Gary and Olive, Rebecca (2023, 08 03). Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide The Conversation
2023
Conference Publication
Too deadly – Tracking sport histories with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (Maxwell L. Howell and Reet Howell International Honor Address)
Osmond, Gary (2023). Too deadly – Tracking sport histories with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (Maxwell L. Howell and Reet Howell International Honor Address). North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Conference, Washington, DC, United States, 26-29 May 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
The double folds of racism and history: silences, concussion and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sportspeople
Phillips, Murray G., Wheeler, Keane and Osmond, Gary (2023). The double folds of racism and history: silences, concussion and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sportspeople. Remembering the Injured Brain in Sport History’ (North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) pre-conference workshop, Washington, DC, United States, 25 May 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Sport and Queensland Aboriginal reserves in the 1920s and 1930s: ideology, revenue, and exploitation
Osmond, Gary and Frost, Lionel (2023). Sport and Queensland Aboriginal reserves in the 1920s and 1930s: ideology, revenue, and exploitation. Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, 63 (1), 52-72. doi: 10.1111/aehr.12260
2023
Book Chapter
Munns, Oscar John (1906–1982)
Osmond, Gary (2023). Munns, Oscar John (1906–1982). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 1-2) Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Australian National University.
2023
Conference Publication
Yarrabah Yarning: Aboriginal histories of rugby league
Osmond, Gary (2023). Yarrabah Yarning: Aboriginal histories of rugby league. Sporting Traditions XXIV (Australian Society for Sports History), Canberra, ACT, Australia, 10-13 July 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
Stealing, drinking, and not cooperating: sport, everyday resistance in Aboriginal settlements in Australia
Osmond, Gary (2023). Stealing, drinking, and not cooperating: sport, everyday resistance in Aboriginal settlements in Australia. Decolonizing sport. (pp. 186-200) edited by Janice Forsyth, Christine O’Bonsawin, Russell Field and Murray G. Phillips. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Fernwood Publishing.
2022
Book Chapter
Mosby, Harry Walter (1945–1993)
Osmond, Gary (2022). Mosby, Harry Walter (1945–1993). Australian dictionary of biography. Canberra, ACT, Australia: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2022
Conference Publication
Growing up in the Torres Strait under the ‘Act’: Danny Morseu, leisure and place
Morseu, Danny and Osmond, Gary (2022). Growing up in the Torres Strait under the ‘Act’: Danny Morseu, leisure and place. Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference – ‘In Pursuit of Leisure: inequality, storytelling and the meanings of place', Falmouth, United Kingdom, 12-14 July 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Portland's "Aquatic Pied Piper": Arthur Cavill and swimming promotion in Oregon
Osmond, Gary (2022). Portland's "Aquatic Pied Piper": Arthur Cavill and swimming promotion in Oregon. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 123 (2), 170-193. doi: 10.1353/ohq.2022.0016
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Gary Osmond is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
More than a Game: Australian Women's Hockey, 1896 to 2000 - Feminism, Practical Feminism, and Communitas
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips, Dr Marion Stell
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Playing the White Man's Game: Football, Aboriginal Identity, and Community
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Becoming Ali: Digital History, Newspaper Discourse, and America's Most Famous Boxer, 1960-1975
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Phar Lap Story: Representations of the Sporting Past
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter, Professor Murray Phillips
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2017
Master Philosophy
Remembering Women's Football: Material Culture, Museums and Online Representations
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips
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2016
Master Philosophy
Brooches, Blues and Bloomers: How Material Culture creates, sustains and enriches sport and physical education at Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Gary Osmond directly for media enquiries about:
- Indigenous Australians and sport
- racism in sport
- surfing history
- swiming history
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