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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2022
Journal Article
Fighting colonialism: Olympic boxing and Australian race relations
Osmond, Gary, Phillips, Murray G. and Harvey, Alistair (2022). Fighting colonialism: Olympic boxing and Australian race relations. Journal of Olympic Studies, 3 (1), 72-95. doi: 10.5406/26396025.3.1.05
2022
Journal Article
Through a long lens: racism, protest, memory and sovereignty in Australian sport
Osmond, Gary and Klugman, Matthew (2022). Through a long lens: racism, protest, memory and sovereignty in Australian sport. Sport in History, 42 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/17460263.2022.2069849
2022
Other Outputs
Marching with a Mission: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls
Williams, Lesley, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2022). Marching with a Mission: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls. Murgon, QLD, Australia: Ration Shed Museum.
2022
Book Chapter
Going strong
Osmond, Gary (2022). Going strong. Sports and aging: a prescription for longevity. (pp. 191-212) edited by Gerald R. Gems. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
2022
Book Chapter
O'Chin, Andrew (Jack) (1917–1978)
Osmond, Gary (2022). O'Chin, Andrew (Jack) (1917–1978). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. n/a-n/a) Online: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2022
Book Chapter
A critical discussion of history and Indigenous sport in Australia
Judd, Barry and Osmond, Gary (2022). A critical discussion of history and Indigenous sport in Australia. Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 287-294) edited by Murray G. Phillips, Douglas Booth and Carly Adams. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306-40
2022
Book Chapter
Expanding repertoires inside and outside the archives: methods
Osmond, Gary (2022). Expanding repertoires inside and outside the archives: methods. Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 57-64) edited by Murray G. Phillips, Douglas Booth and Carly Adams. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306-9
2021
Journal Article
Bending the ball: racial policy and 1930s sport on Thursday Island
Osmond, Gary (2021). Bending the ball: racial policy and 1930s sport on Thursday Island. Australian Historical Studies, 53 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/1031461x.2021.1933111
2021
Journal Article
Tensions, complexities, and compromises: sharing Australian Aboriginal women’s sport history
Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2021). Tensions, complexities, and compromises: sharing Australian Aboriginal women’s sport history. Journal of Sport History, 48 (2), 118-134. doi: 10.5406/21558450.48.2.03
2021
Other Outputs
Fred Nitz
Osmond, Gary (2021). Fred Nitz. Online: Wikipedia.
2021
Journal Article
'Pride of Yarrabah’: Yarrabah’s annual sports days as historical Aboriginal spaces
Osmond, Gary (2021). 'Pride of Yarrabah’: Yarrabah’s annual sports days as historical Aboriginal spaces. Australian Aboriginal Studies (1), 36-52.
2021
Conference Publication
What iconic sporting images reveal of Australia and Australianness
Klugman, Matthew and Osmond, Gary (2021). What iconic sporting images reveal of Australia and Australianness. International Australian Studies Association (InASA), ‘Reinventing Australia’ Conference , Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 8-10 February 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Sisterhood, pleasure and marching: Indigenous women and leisure
Olive, Rebecca, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2021). Sisterhood, pleasure and marching: Indigenous women and leisure. Annals of Leisure Research, 24 (1), 13-28. doi: 10.1080/11745398.2019.1624181
2021
Conference Publication
Sport and cultural continuity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia
Osmond, Gary (2021). Sport and cultural continuity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH), Virtual, 28-31 May 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Sport and Queensland Aboriginal reserves in the 1920s and 1930s: Ideology, profit and exploitation
Osmond, Gary and Frost, Lionel (2021). Sport and Queensland Aboriginal reserves in the 1920s and 1930s: Ideology, profit and exploitation. Asia Pacific Economic and Business History Conference 2021, Perth, WA, Australia, 11-13 February 2021.
2020
Journal Article
Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin: A Man between Two Worlds : by Roy Hay, Sports and Editorial Services Australia, 2020, ix + 265pp., AU$29.95 (paperback), ISBN (13)9780994601940
Osmond, Gary (2020). Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin: A Man between Two Worlds : by Roy Hay, Sports and Editorial Services Australia, 2020, ix + 265pp., AU$29.95 (paperback), ISBN (13)9780994601940. Sport in Society, 24 (2), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2020.1840555
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
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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