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
Media expert

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)

81 - 100 of 168 works

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

2016

Conference Publication

Digitally Reading ‘Snippets and Shadows’: Locating male homosexuality in the Australian sporting press

Osmond, Gary (2016). Digitally Reading ‘Snippets and Shadows’: Locating male homosexuality in the Australian sporting press. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 43rd Annual Conference, Miami, Florida, 22-25 May 2015. University Park, PA United States: North American Society for Sport History.

Digitally Reading ‘Snippets and Shadows’: Locating male homosexuality in the Australian sporting press

2015

Journal Article

The Nimble Savage: Press Constructions of Pacific Islander Swimmers in Early Twentieth-century Australia

Osmond, Gary (2015). The Nimble Savage: Press Constructions of Pacific Islander Swimmers in Early Twentieth-century Australia. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, 157 (157), 133-143. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1515700116

The Nimble Savage: Press Constructions of Pacific Islander Swimmers in Early Twentieth-century Australia

2015

Journal Article

Review of David Davis, ‘Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku’.

Osmond, Gary (2015). Review of David Davis, ‘Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku’.. Sporting Traditions, 32 (2), 123-125.

Review of David Davis, ‘Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku’.

2015

Journal Article

Aboriginal rules: The black history of Australian football

Gorman, Sean, Judd, Barry, Reeves, Keir, Osmond, Gary, Klugman, Matthew and McCarthy, Gavan (2015). Aboriginal rules: The black history of Australian football. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 32 (16), 1947-1962. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2015.1124861

Aboriginal rules: The black history of Australian football

2015

Journal Article

A Bird’s-Eye View of the Past: Digital History, Distant Reading and Sport History

Phillips, Murray G, Osmond, Gary and Townsend, Stephen (2015). A Bird’s-Eye View of the Past: Digital History, Distant Reading and Sport History. International Journal of the History of Sport, 32 (15), 1725-1740. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2015.1090976

A Bird’s-Eye View of the Past: Digital History, Distant Reading and Sport History

2015

Journal Article

Australia’s Women Surfers: History, Methodology and the Digital Humanities

Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2015). Australia’s Women Surfers: History, Methodology and the Digital Humanities. Australian Historical Studies, 46 (2), 285-303. doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2015.1044757

Australia’s Women Surfers: History, Methodology and the Digital Humanities

2015

Other Outputs

The AFL has failed Adam Goodes with its reluctance to condemn booing as racist”

Klugman, Matthew and Osmond, Gary (2015, 07 29). The AFL has failed Adam Goodes with its reluctance to condemn booing as racist” The Age

The AFL has failed Adam Goodes with its reluctance to condemn booing as racist”

2015

Journal Article

Crossing lines: sport history, transformative narratives and aboriginal australia

Bond, Chelsea, Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2015). Crossing lines: sport history, transformative narratives and aboriginal australia. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 32 (13), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2015.1038704

Crossing lines: sport history, transformative narratives and aboriginal australia

2015

Other Outputs

Donna Burns

Osmond, Gary (2015). Donna Burns. Online: Wikipedia.

Donna Burns

2015

Journal Article

Blown out of the water: the 1933 New Caledonian water polo visit to Australia and demise of a racial stereotype

Osmond, Gary (2015). Blown out of the water: the 1933 New Caledonian water polo visit to Australia and demise of a racial stereotype. Journal of Pacific History, 50 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00223344.2014.993492

Blown out of the water: the 1933 New Caledonian water polo visit to Australia and demise of a racial stereotype

2015

Book Chapter

Introduction: The bones of digital history

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2015). Introduction: The bones of digital history. Sport history in the digital era. (pp. 1-32) Chicago, ILL, United States: University of Illinois Press.

Introduction: The bones of digital history

2015

Conference Publication

‘Taking a Walk on the Wild Side’: Distant and Close Reading in Sport History

Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2015). ‘Taking a Walk on the Wild Side’: Distant and Close Reading in Sport History. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 42nd Annual Conference, Glenwood Springs, Colorado United States, May 2014. University Park, PA United States: North American Society for Sport History.

‘Taking a Walk on the Wild Side’: Distant and Close Reading in Sport History

2015

Book Chapter

Indigenous sport and heritage: Cherbourg’s ration shed museum

Phillips, Murray, Osmond, Gary and Morgan, Sandra (2015). Indigenous sport and heritage: Cherbourg’s ration shed museum. Sport heritage. (pp. 22-37) edited by Gregory Ramshaw. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Indigenous sport and heritage: Cherbourg’s ration shed museum

2015

Book Chapter

Digital history flexes its muscle

Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2015). Digital history flexes its muscle. Sport History in the Digital Era. (pp. 251-269) edited by Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips. Champaign, IL, USA: University of Illinois Press.

Digital history flexes its muscle

2015

Journal Article

‘Pink tea and sissy boys’: digitized fragments of male homosexuality, non-heteronormativity and homophobia in the Australian sporting press, 1845–1954

Osmond, Gary (2015). ‘Pink tea and sissy boys’: digitized fragments of male homosexuality, non-heteronormativity and homophobia in the Australian sporting press, 1845–1954. International Journal of the History of Sport, 32 (13), 1578-1592. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2015.1086343

‘Pink tea and sissy boys’: digitized fragments of male homosexuality, non-heteronormativity and homophobia in the Australian sporting press, 1845–1954

2015

Book

Sport history in the digital era

Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips eds. (2015). Sport history in the digital era. Champaign, IL, USA: University of Illinois Press.

Sport history in the digital era

2015

Conference Publication

Marching and yarning: a transformative narrative of the Cherbourg Marching Girls

Osmond, Gary (2015). Marching and yarning: a transformative narrative of the Cherbourg Marching Girls. Australian Society for Sports History 20th Annual Conference, Darwin, NT, Australia, 1-3 July 2015.

Marching and yarning: a transformative narrative of the Cherbourg Marching Girls

2015

Book Chapter

The bones of digital history

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2015). The bones of digital history. Sport History in the Digital Era. (pp. 1-32) edited by Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips. Champaign, IL, United States: University of Illinois Press.

The bones of digital history

2014

Journal Article

Indigenous sport and heritage: Cherbourg's Ration Shed Museum

Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Morgan, Sandra (2014). Indigenous sport and heritage: Cherbourg's Ration Shed Museum. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 9 (3), 212-227. doi: 10.1080/1743873X.2014.904317

Indigenous sport and heritage: Cherbourg's Ration Shed Museum

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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