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

163 works between 2003 and 2024
All (163) Journal Article (78) Book Chapter (23) Conference Publication (42) Book (2) Other Outputs (18)

121 - 140 of 163 works

2012

Conference Publication

Sport History on Wikipedia: An Australian Evaluation

Townsend, Stephen and Osmond, Gary (2012). Sport History on Wikipedia: An Australian Evaluation. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 40th Annual Conference, Berkeley, CA United States, 1-4 June 2012. University Park, PA United States: North American Society for Sport History.

Sport History on Wikipedia: An Australian Evaluation

2011

Journal Article

The surfing Tommy Tanna: Performing race at the Australian beach

Osmond, Gary (2011). The surfing Tommy Tanna: Performing race at the Australian beach. The Journal of Pacific History, 46 (2), 177-195. doi: 10.1080/00223344.2011.607263

The surfing Tommy Tanna: Performing race at the Australian beach

2011

Journal Article

Reading Salute: Filmic representations of sports history

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2011). Reading Salute: Filmic representations of sports history. International Journal of the History of Sport, 28 (10), 1463-1477. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2011.577639

Reading Salute: Filmic representations of sports history

2011

Journal Article

Myth-making in Australian sport history: Re-evaluating Duke Kahanamoku’s contribution to surfing

Osmond, Gary (2011). Myth-making in Australian sport history: Re-evaluating Duke Kahanamoku’s contribution to surfing. Australian Historical Studies, 42 (2), 260-276. doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2010.529922

Myth-making in Australian sport history: Re-evaluating Duke Kahanamoku’s contribution to surfing

2011

Journal Article

Enveloping the past: Sport stamps, visuality and museums

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2011). Enveloping the past: Sport stamps, visuality and museums. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 28 (8-9), 1138-1155. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2011.567768

Enveloping the past: Sport stamps, visuality and museums

2011

Journal Article

The gay games: a history

Osmond, Gary (2011). The gay games: a history. Sporting Traditions, 28 (1), 116-118. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2011.628883

The gay games: a history

2011

Conference Publication

Search for Kwok Chun Hang – The Internet, digitised newspapers, and Australian Chinese sport history

Osmond, Gary (2011). Search for Kwok Chun Hang – The Internet, digitised newspapers, and Australian Chinese sport history. Dragon Tails 2nd Australasian Conference on overseas Chinese history & heritage, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 11–14 November 2011.

Search for Kwok Chun Hang – The Internet, digitised newspapers, and Australian Chinese sport history

2011

Conference Publication

Developing a sport culture in local communities: an historical overview of community sport culture in Australia

Osmond, Gary (2011). Developing a sport culture in local communities: an historical overview of community sport culture in Australia. Malaysia–Australia Research Colloquium on Exercise, Nutrition, Health and Wellness, Penang, Malaysia, 19–21 September 2011.

Developing a sport culture in local communities: an historical overview of community sport culture in Australia

2010

Journal Article

Shaping lives: Statues as biography

Osmond, Gary (2010). Shaping lives: Statues as biography. Sporting Traditions, 27 (2), 101-111.

Shaping lives: Statues as biography

2010

Journal Article

'Honolulu Maori': Racial dimensions of Duke Kahanamoku's tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1914-1915

Osmond, Gary (2010). 'Honolulu Maori': Racial dimensions of Duke Kahanamoku's tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1914-1915. New Zealand Journal of History, 44 (1), 22-34.

'Honolulu Maori': Racial dimensions of Duke Kahanamoku's tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1914-1915

2010

Book Chapter

Sources

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray (2010). Sources. Routledge companion to sports history. (pp. 34-50) edited by S. W. Pope and John Nauright. Abingdon, Oxon, U.K. ; New York, U.S.A.: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203885413-10

Sources

2010

Conference Publication

Picturing Japanese sportsmen: Reading interwar Australian press images

Osmond, Gary (2010). Picturing Japanese sportsmen: Reading interwar Australian press images. North American Society for Sport History, Orlando, Florida USA, 28-31 May 2010. United States: North American Society for Sport History.

Picturing Japanese sportsmen: Reading interwar Australian press images

2010

Journal Article

Photographs, materiality and sport history: Peter Norman and the 1968 Mexico City Black Power Salute

Osmond, Gary (2010). Photographs, materiality and sport history: Peter Norman and the 1968 Mexico City Black Power Salute. Journal of Sport History, 37 (1), 119-137.

Photographs, materiality and sport history: Peter Norman and the 1968 Mexico City Black Power Salute

2009

Journal Article

Filmic sports history: Dawn Fraser, swimming and Australian national identity

Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2009). Filmic sports history: Dawn Fraser, swimming and Australian national identity. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 26 (14), 2126-2142. doi: 10.1080/09523360903303094

Filmic sports history: Dawn Fraser, swimming and Australian national identity

2009

Journal Article

Forgetting Charlie and Tums Cavill: Social memory and Australian swimming history

Osmond, Gary (2009). Forgetting Charlie and Tums Cavill: Social memory and Australian swimming history. Journal of Australian Studies, 33 (1), 93-107. doi: 10.1080/14443050802672569

Forgetting Charlie and Tums Cavill: Social memory and Australian swimming history

2009

Conference Publication

Shaping lives, statues as biography: The case of Duke Kahanamoku

Osmond, Gary (2009). Shaping lives, statues as biography: The case of Duke Kahanamoku. Sporting Traditions XVII. The Cultural Paradigm: Reinvigorating Sport History?, Wellington, New Zealand, 30 June - 3 July, 2009. New Zealand: Routledge.

Shaping lives, statues as biography: The case of Duke Kahanamoku

2009

Conference Publication

Enveloping the Past: Sport Stamps, Visuality and Museums

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2009). Enveloping the Past: Sport Stamps, Visuality and Museums. The Visual Turn in Sports History Conference, Bristol, England, 13-14 June 2009.

Enveloping the Past: Sport Stamps, Visuality and Museums

2009

Journal Article

That picture - Nicky Winmar and the history of an image

Klugman, Matthew and Osmond, Gary (2009). That picture - Nicky Winmar and the history of an image. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2009/2 (2), 78-89.

That picture - Nicky Winmar and the history of an image

2009

Journal Article

Book Review: COAD, DAVID "The Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality and Sport"

Osmond, Gary (2009). Book Review: COAD, DAVID "The Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality and Sport". Journal of Sport History, 36 (2), 167-168.

Book Review: COAD, DAVID "The Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality and Sport"

2008

Journal Article

'Modest monuments'?: Postage stamps, Duke Kahanamoku and hierarchies of social memory

Osmond, Gary (2008). 'Modest monuments'?: Postage stamps, Duke Kahanamoku and hierarchies of social memory. The Journal of Pacific History, 43 (3), 313-329. doi: 10.1080/00223340802281585

'Modest monuments'?: Postage stamps, Duke Kahanamoku and hierarchies of social memory

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Torres Strait Islander History: Sport, Culture and Identity
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Pride, Resilience and Identity: Reimagining Aboriginal Sport History
    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
  • 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:
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Enquiries

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

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