TY - BOOK
T1 - Aborigines and the Sport of Kings: Aboriginal Jockeys in Australian Racing History
AU - Maynard, John
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Aboriginal jockeys have played a small but vital part in the Australian racing industry since they first began riding in the nineteenth century. Yet the future for Aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing today is unclear, and seems only partly related to the current state and future of the industry itself. How can we explain the dramatic drop in the numbers of young Aboriginal riders pursuing careers as jockeys over the past three decades? What factors are at play, and what changes have occurred? This book explores the history of Indigenous involvement in racing over more than 150 years, and examines the evolution of this career path and the implications of a changing view of the involvement of Aboriginal riders in the industry.
AB - Aboriginal jockeys have played a small but vital part in the Australian racing industry since they first began riding in the nineteenth century. Yet the future for Aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing today is unclear, and seems only partly related to the current state and future of the industry itself. How can we explain the dramatic drop in the numbers of young Aboriginal riders pursuing careers as jockeys over the past three decades? What factors are at play, and what changes have occurred? This book explores the history of Indigenous involvement in racing over more than 150 years, and examines the evolution of this career path and the implications of a changing view of the involvement of Aboriginal riders in the industry.
M3 - Book
SN - 9781922059543
VL - 1
T3 - Aboriginal jockeys have played a small but vital part in the Australian racing industry since they first began riding in the nineteenth century. Yet the future for Aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing today is unclear, and seems only partly related to the current state and future of the industry itself. How can we explain the dramatic drop in the numbers of young Aboriginal riders pursuing careers as jockeys over the past three decades? What factors are at play, and what changes have occurred? This book explores the history of Indigenous involvement in racing over more than 150 years, and examines the evolution of this career path and the implications of a changing view of the involvement of Aboriginal riders in the industry.
BT - Aborigines and the Sport of Kings: Aboriginal Jockeys in Australian Racing History
PB - Aboriginal Studies Press
CY - Canberra
ER -