Associate Professor Gary Osmond
Associate Professor

Gary Osmond

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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
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Fields of research

Historical studies

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Digital history

  • Sport history

  • Indigenous Australia

  • Race and sport

  • Visual representations

  • Material culture

Search Professor Gary Osmond’s works on UQ eSpace

168 works between 2003 and 2024
All (168) Journal Article (80) Book Chapter (26) Conference Publication (42) Book (2) Other Outputs (18)

61 - 80 of 168 works

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

'Where Cassius Clay Ends, Muhammad Ali Begins': sportspeople, political activism, and methodology

2018

Other Outputs

Harry Mosby

Osmond, Gary (2018). Harry Mosby. Online: Wikipedia.

Harry Mosby

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

Indigenous women's sporting experiences: agency, resistance and nostalgia

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

Marching for assimilation: Indigenous identity, sport, and politics

2018

Journal Article

Remembering the rejection of Muhammad Ali: identity, civil rights and social memory

Townsend, Stephen, Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2018). Remembering the rejection of Muhammad Ali: identity, civil rights and social memory. Sport in History, 38 (3), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/17460263.2018.1474129

Remembering the rejection of Muhammad Ali: identity, civil rights and social memory

2018

Journal Article

Australian indigenous sport historiography: a review

Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2018). Australian indigenous sport historiography: a review. Kinesiology Review, 7 (2), 193-198. doi: 10.1123/kr.2018-0007

Australian indigenous sport historiography: a review

2018

Conference Publication

Playing the third quarter: sport, memory and silences in Aboriginal memoirs

Osmond, Gary (2018). Playing the third quarter: sport, memory and silences in Aboriginal memoirs. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 46th Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, 25-28 May 2018.

Playing the third quarter: sport, memory and silences in Aboriginal memoirs

2018

Conference Publication

Decolonizing dialogues: sport, resistance and Australian Aboriginal settlements

Osmond, Gary (2018). Decolonizing dialogues: sport, resistance and Australian Aboriginal settlements. NASSH pre-conference workshop – “Indigenous Resurgence, Regeneration, and Decolonization through Sport History”, Winnipeg, Canada, 22-24 May 2018.

Decolonizing dialogues: sport, resistance and Australian Aboriginal settlements

2018

Conference Publication

Yarning about Sport: Indigenous Research Methodologies and Transformative Historical Narrative

Osmond, Gary (2018). Yarning about Sport: Indigenous Research Methodologies and Transformative Historical Narrative. Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) 10th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, United States, 17-19 May 2018.

Yarning about Sport: Indigenous Research Methodologies and Transformative Historical Narrative

2018

Conference Publication

Doing Digital Sport History: Historical Geographical Information Systems and Aboriginal Sport

Osmond, Gary (2018). Doing Digital Sport History: Historical Geographical Information Systems and Aboriginal Sport. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 45th Annual Conference, The California State University at Fullerton, California, 26-29 May 2017. University Park, PA United States: North American Society for Sport History.

Doing Digital Sport History: Historical Geographical Information Systems and Aboriginal Sport

2017

Journal Article

Reflections from an accidental sports historian: arriving, striving, and surviving

Osmond, Gary (2017). Reflections from an accidental sports historian: arriving, striving, and surviving. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 34 (5-6), 1-5. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2017.1344644

Reflections from an accidental sports historian: arriving, striving, and surviving

2017

Journal Article

Tweet out? Twitter, archived data, and the social memory of out LGBT athletes

Osmond, Gary (2017). Tweet out? Twitter, archived data, and the social memory of out LGBT athletes. Journal of Sport History, 44 (2), 322-335. doi: 10.5406/jsporthistory.44.2.0322

Tweet out? Twitter, archived data, and the social memory of out LGBT athletes

2017

Journal Article

Indigenous sporting pasts: resuscitating Aboriginal swimming history

Osmond, Gary (2017). Indigenous sporting pasts: resuscitating Aboriginal swimming history. Australian Aboriginal Studies (2), 43-55.

Indigenous sporting pasts: resuscitating Aboriginal swimming history

2017

Book Chapter

The changing field of sports history in Australasia

Osmond, Gary (2017). The changing field of sports history in Australasia. The Oxford handbook of sports history. (pp. 377-392) edited by Robert Edelman and Wayne Wilson. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199858910.013.28

The changing field of sports history in Australasia

2017

Conference Publication

Forgotten Pictures: Race, Photographs, and Cathy Freeman at the Thornbury Koori Mural

Osmond, Gary (2017). Forgotten Pictures: Race, Photographs, and Cathy Freeman at the Thornbury Koori Mural. Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH) 21st Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 3-6 July 2017.

Forgotten Pictures: Race, Photographs, and Cathy Freeman at the Thornbury Koori Mural

2017

Conference Publication

“But he plays football”: Ian Roberts, sport, and the challenge of homosexuality to 1990s masculinity

Osmond, Gary (2017). “But he plays football”: Ian Roberts, sport, and the challenge of homosexuality to 1990s masculinity. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 44th Annual Conference, Atlanta GA, United States, 27-30 May 2016. University Park, PA United States: North American Society for Sport History.

“But he plays football”: Ian Roberts, sport, and the challenge of homosexuality to 1990s masculinity

2016

Journal Article

Object lesson: approaching nineteenth-century swimming through the Von Hammer probate inventory

Osmond, Gary (2016). Object lesson: approaching nineteenth-century swimming through the Von Hammer probate inventory. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (3), 337-352. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1199584

Object lesson: approaching nineteenth-century swimming through the Von Hammer probate inventory

2016

Journal Article

Standing Tall: Memorialising Australian Sport through Statues

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2016). Standing Tall: Memorialising Australian Sport through Statues. Sporting Traditions, 33 (1), 1-8.

Standing Tall: Memorialising Australian Sport through Statues

2016

Journal Article

The Duke Paoa Kahanamoku statue at Freshwater: motivations, memory, and identity

Osmond, Gary (2016). The Duke Paoa Kahanamoku statue at Freshwater: motivations, memory, and identity. Sporting Traditions, 33 (1), 67-91.

The Duke Paoa Kahanamoku statue at Freshwater: motivations, memory, and identity

2016

Conference Publication

The historical intersections of homosexuality, masculinity and sport: revisiting Ian Roberts

Osmond, Gary (2016). The historical intersections of homosexuality, masculinity and sport: revisiting Ian Roberts. Australian Historical Association Annual Conference, Ballarat, Victoria, 4-8 July 2016.

The historical intersections of homosexuality, masculinity and sport: revisiting Ian Roberts

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Torres Strait Islander History: Sport, Culture and Identity
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Yarrabah Community, Identity and Pride: A History of Yarrabah Sport
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Pride, Resilience and Identity: Reimagining Aboriginal Sport History
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2022
    Sport, Stories and Survival: Reframing Indigenous Sport History
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    APC Paralympic movement knowledge management
    Australian Paralympic Committee
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Creating Histories of the Australian Paralympic Movement: A New Relationship between Researchers and the Community
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Representing Indigenous Australians in Sport History: A Visual Approach
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011
    UQ Travel Awards Category 2 - Dr Frederick Gary Osmond
    UQ Travel Awards for International Collaborative Research (Category 2)
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Cherbourg Sporting Stories: Linking Past and Future
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Australian Surfing History - The 'She' Factor Network
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Humanities Travelling Fellowship: Hawaiian in 'Maoriland': racial dimensions of Duke Paoa Kahanamoku's tour to New Zealand in 1915
    Australian Academy of the Humanities
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Gary Osmond is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

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Enquiries

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  • Indigenous Australians and sport
  • racism in sport
  • surfing history
  • swiming history

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