•See Think Wonder
•See: Bunch of men all neat and tidy for the picture, their uniform appears to be Australian or British cricketers.
•Think: I think they are the old Australian or British cricket team because of the black and white image.
•Wonder: I wonder when the picture was taken.
•Did Australians always have a national obsession with sport?
•No, before and during the 1950s Australia started to enjoy sport, it brought people together and became rivalry becoming the national obsession.
Why did we dominate sport in the 1950s and we don't dominate it now?
Asian and other European countries were still recovering from war.
Australia's drug use.
Surfing
Researching a sports group
AFL (Australian Football League)
Summaries your sports:
“The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 and the following year the League’s first games were played among the foundation clubs – Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne.
In 1908, Richmond and University joined the competition. But after the 1914 season, University left the League. In 1925, Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs), Hawthorn and North Melbourne joined the VFL.”
The then boring and unknown clubs are now famous because of the roles played in 1950s of growing and building the gaming.
•See: Bunch of men all neat and tidy for the picture, their uniform appears to be Australian or British cricketers.
•Think: I think they are the old Australian or British cricket team because of the black and white image.
•Wonder: I wonder when the picture was taken.
•Did Australians always have a national obsession with sport?
•No, before and during the 1950s Australia started to enjoy sport, it brought people together and became rivalry becoming the national obsession.
Why did we dominate sport in the 1950s and we don't dominate it now?
Asian and other European countries were still recovering from war.
Australia's drug use.
Surfing
Researching a sports group
AFL (Australian Football League)
Summaries your sports:
- Contribution to national identity.
- International influence (either from or to)
- How it relates to popular culture.
- Also, what was its role in 1950s and how did that impact subsequent decades from this sport and ongoing developments.
“The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 and the following year the League’s first games were played among the foundation clubs – Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne.
In 1908, Richmond and University joined the competition. But after the 1914 season, University left the League. In 1925, Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs), Hawthorn and North Melbourne joined the VFL.”
The then boring and unknown clubs are now famous because of the roles played in 1950s of growing and building the gaming.