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 (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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2020
Journal Article
The trials of Sala Bogi: race, racism and resistance in sport
Osmond, Gary (2020). The trials of Sala Bogi: race, racism and resistance in sport. Journal of Australian Studies, 44 (3), 271-286. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2020.1788117
2020
Journal Article
Sport and the Torres Strait: Thursday Island, Island Studies, the Archipelagic Turn, and Identity
Osmond, Gary (2020). Sport and the Torres Strait: Thursday Island, Island Studies, the Archipelagic Turn, and Identity. International Journal of the History of Sport, 37 (8), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2020.1779704
2020
Journal Article
Strait talking: a call for Torres Strait sport history research
Osmond, Gary (2020). Strait talking: a call for Torres Strait sport history research. Sporting Traditions, 37 (1), 47-64.
2020
Journal Article
Aboriginality, racial discourse and football media in 20th-century Queensland
Sherwood, Catherine, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2020). Aboriginality, racial discourse and football media in 20th-century Queensland. Journal of Australian Studies, 44 (1), 97-113. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2019.1668821
2019
Journal Article
Yarning about sport: Indigenous research methodologies and transformative historical narratives
Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2019). Yarning about sport: Indigenous research methodologies and transformative historical narratives. International Journal of the History of Sport, 36 (13-14), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1691532
2019
Journal Article
The view from the office, the view from the field: sport in Queensland Aboriginal reserves
Osmond, Gary (2019). The view from the office, the view from the field: sport in Queensland Aboriginal reserves. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 36 (6), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1625894
2019
Other Outputs
Paralympic Stories
Osmond, Gary, Phillips, Murray G. and Naar, Tony (2019). Paralympic Stories. Online website: https://paralympichistory.org.au/: Paralympics Australia.
2019
Other Outputs
Thomas Butler
Osmond, Gary (2019). Thomas Butler. Online: Wikipedia.
2019
Journal Article
A forgotten picture: race, photographs and Cathy Freeman at the Northcote Koori Mural
Osmond, Gary and Klugman, Matthew (2019). A forgotten picture: race, photographs and Cathy Freeman at the Northcote Koori Mural. Journal of Australian Studies, 43 (2), 203-217. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2019.1581247
2019
Other Outputs
Victor Salvemini
Osmond, Gary (2019). Victor Salvemini. Online: Wikipedia.
2019
Journal Article
Decolonizing dialogues: sport, resistance and Australian Aboriginal settlements
Osmond, Gary (2019). Decolonizing dialogues: sport, resistance and Australian Aboriginal settlements. Journal of Sport History, 46 (2), 288-301. doi: 10.5406/jsporthistory.46.2.0288
2019
Journal Article
Playing the third quarter: sport, memory and silences in Aboriginal memoirs
Osmond, Gary (2019). Playing the third quarter: sport, memory and silences in Aboriginal memoirs. Australian Aboriginal Studies (2), 73-88.
2019
Conference Publication
Sport in the Torres Strait: island studies, the archipelagic turn and identity
Osmond, Gary (2019). Sport in the Torres Strait: island studies, the archipelagic turn and identity. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 47th Annual Conference, Boise, ID, United States, 24-27 May 2019.
2019
Journal Article
Clay vs. Ali: Distant Reading, Methodology, and Sport History
Townsend, Stephen, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2019). Clay vs. Ali: Distant Reading, Methodology, and Sport History. Journal of Sport History, 46 (3), 380-395. doi: 10.5406/jsporthistory.46.3.0380
2019
Conference Publication
Whose periphery? The archipelagic turn and sport in the Torres Strait
Osmond, Gary (2019). Whose periphery? The archipelagic turn and sport in the Torres Strait. 2019 Sporting Traditions Conference, Bathurst, NSW, 1-4 July 2019.
2018
Journal Article
‘Swimming instruction trust of America’: the Cavill family, borderlands and decentring Australia sport history
Osmond, Gary (2018). ‘Swimming instruction trust of America’: the Cavill family, borderlands and decentring Australia sport history. Sport in History, 39 (1), 24-44. doi: 10.1080/17460263.2018.1556726
2018
Other Outputs
Harry Mosby
Osmond, Gary (2018). Harry Mosby. Online: Wikipedia.
2018
Journal Article
'Where Cassius Clay Ends, Muhammad Ali Begins': sportspeople, political activism, and methodology
Townsend, Stephen, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2018). 'Where Cassius Clay Ends, Muhammad Ali Begins': sportspeople, political activism, and methodology. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 35 (11), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2018.1523146
2018
Journal Article
Indigenous women's sporting experiences: agency, resistance and nostalgia
Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2018). Indigenous women's sporting experiences: agency, resistance and nostalgia. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 64 (4), 561-575. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12516
2018
Journal Article
Marching for assimilation: Indigenous identity, sport, and politics
Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2018). Marching for assimilation: Indigenous identity, sport, and politics. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 64 (4), 544-560. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12520
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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