The Corio Oval tribe: Geelong Football Club in colonial times
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Hess, Robert Klugman, Matthew |
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07/07/2011
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Geelong, Victoria’s second city, has an AFL football club whose culture and identity is closely tied to the city itself. An analysis of its playing group for the colonial period demonstrates that this local tribalism began early. As football became professionalised towards the end of the nineteenth century, country Victoria lost power in relative terms to metropolitan Melbourne: for example, Ballarat’s three main clubs lost their senior status. But Geelong, with its one remaining senior club, prospered and was admitted to the VFL ranks in 1897. The Geelong players were the sons and nephews of the Western District squattocracy and so had access to networks of power and influence. Many attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School and the worthy Geelong College (in surprisingly equal numbers). They pursued careers both on the land and in professional roles, and maintained the social connections they had built through the club and other local institutions. Despite their elite standing, however, they continued to be regarded by the supporter base as an embodiment of the city and a defence against the city’s Melbourne critics that Geelong was a mere ‘sleepy hollow’. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49851/2/c49851.pdf Pennings, Mark W. & Pascoe, Robert (2011) The Corio Oval tribe: Geelong Football Club in colonial times. In Hess, Robert & Klugman, Matthew (Eds.) Imperialism & Colonialism, Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff, NSW. |
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Copyright 2011 The authors. |
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School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts |
Palavras-Chave | #160000 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY #210000 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY #Geelong (Vic.) #Australian football – history and culture #Western District (Vic.) – history |
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Conference Paper |