Heartland: How Rugby League Explains Queensland
How Rugby League Explains Queensland
$28.01
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2019
Summary
‘A compelling read which evokes great memories and highlights the importance of rugby league to this state.’ - Mal Meninga
For more than 40 years, rugby league has embodied all the hopes and dreams, contradictions and tensions of life in the Sunshine State. The game speaks to Queenslanders’ sense of being the underdog and the outsider - a powerful undercurrent that sweeps through politics, business, the arts, and sport. The enduring appeal of State of Origin is that it allows Queensla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702260421 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0702260428 |
| Author: | Joe Gorman |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 153mm x 225mm |
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Critics Review
“A compelling read which evokes great memories and highlights the importance of rugby league to this state.” –Mal Meninga
“Queensland is Queensland. And Queenslanders are Queenslanders. As Joe Gorman shows us, so insightfully and entertainingly, to understand these profound concepts, your best bet is to start with rugby league.” –John Harms
Joe Gorman
Joe Gorman is an independent journalist and author. His journalism has been published in the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Courier-Mail, Overland, New Matilda, Sports Illustrated, Penthouse and SBS. He has spoken at the Sydney Writers Festival, and appeared on Al Jazeera, Copa90, Deutsche Welle, and the ABC. His first book, The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, was hailed as ‘one of the best and most important written on Australian sport’ by the Age, and long-listed for the 2017 Walkley Book Award. Joe was born in Brisbane and lives in the Blue Mountains.
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