Books (and videos) I want
As I’ve been visiting libraries and bookstores, I’ve been writing down and taking pictures of materials that I would like the University of Canberra Library to acquire. If that isn’t possible, I’ve been noting these with the hopes that some random reader may have these books or books like these that they might want to permanently part (trade?) with so that I can read them. (It never hurts to ask. You never know. If you have some Australian or Kiwi related sport books that you want to get rid of, let me know. If you have general books about Australian rules football or netball or field hockey, also let me know.) This is the list that I’ve come up with so far:
| Title | Author | Sport |
| An illustrated history of the Essendon Football Club | Forward by James Hard | Australian rules football |
| Football Stories from Country Victoria | [UNKNOWN] | Australian rules football |
| Local Rites, A year in grass roots football in Victoria and beyond | Paul Daffey | Australian rules football |
| More than a game | Rob Hess | Australian rules football |
| Plugger and the Mighty Swans | Jim Male | Australian rules football |
| Side by Side, A season with Collingwood | Peter Ryan | Australian rules football |
| Tales from the Inner Sanctum | [UNKNOWN] | Australian rules football |
| The Australian Game of Football | [UNKNOWN] | Australian rules football |
| The Convert, A Fan’s Journey from League to AFL | Peter Lewis | Australian rules football |
| The Games are not the Same, The Political Economy of Football in Australia | Bob Stewart | Australian rules football |
| The Swan Lake Spectatular, How South Melbourne [UNKNOWN] 1933 VFL Premieres | Mark [UNKNOWN] | Australian rules football |
| The Tiger Growls Again | Marc F[UNKNOWN] | Australian rules football |
| Women, The forgotten heroes | Kevin Sheedy and Carolyn Brown | Australian rules football |
| The Victorian Ladies’s Bowling Association, A history from 1907 to present | [UNKNOWN] | Bowls |
| Punch! Why women participate in violent sports | Jennifer Lawler | General sport |
| Sporting Females, Critical issues in the history and sociology of women’s sports | Jennifer Hargreaves | General sport |
| Sporting Island, A history of sport and recreation in Tasmania | David Young | General sport |
| The Economic Impact of Sport and Recreation — Household Expenditure | (Australia) Department of Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism and Travel | General sport |
| A Netball History in Tasmania, The First Bounce, 1900-2005 | Pauline Barker | Netball |
| Anne Sargeant – Grace and Glory, The Netball Video | THIS IS A VIDEO | Netball |
| Yarrawon, Football-Netball, The Pigeon [UNKNOWN], 1883-200[UNKNOWN] | [UNKNOWN] | Netball |
| 100 Years of Rugby League, Volume 2: 1967-2007 | Ian Collis and Alan Whiticker | Rugby league |
| A Centenary of Rugby League, 1908-2008, The definitive history of the game in Australia | Ian Heads and David Middleton | Rugby league |
| A League of Legends, 100 years of rugby league in Australia | [UNKNOWN] | Rugby league |
| The ABC of Rugby League | Malcolm Andrews | Rugby league |
| The History of Rugby League Clubs | Ian Collis and Alan Whiticker | Rugby league |
| A Game for Hooligans, A history of rugby union | Huw Richards | Rugby union |
| A History of Rugby | Paul Morgan | Rugby union |
| The Rugby Rebellion, The divide of league and union | Sean Fagan | Rugby union |
| All Whites ’82, The untold story behind New Zealand soccer’s greatest campaign | John Matheson and Sam Malcomson | Soccer |
| Marketing & Football, An international perspective | Michael Despordes | Soccer |
| No Free Kicks | Eric Hedley Hayward | Soccer |
| Popular Culture Studies: 8. The Football Imagination, The rise of football fanzine culture | Soccer | |
| The People’s Game? Football, finance and society | Stephen Morrow | Soccer |
If there are any books you think I should be reading that deal with Australian sport fans or Australian sport history, let me know.