Sport History Unit

Teaching

Undergraduate

Members of the Sport History Unit are involved in delivering a number of undergraduate degree subjects that have a strong sports history focus.  These subjects include: 

• AHE 2112      History of Sport and Physical Education

• APS 1111      Sport, History and Culture

• HPX 1010      Olympic Studies

• AHS 0114      Football Studies

• AHS 0054      Sport, Gaming and Gambling

• HPX 1015      Sport and Culture Research Seminar

• AHE 4080      History of Australian Sport

• AHE 3123      Sport and Fitness Delivery Systems

• AHE 0005      History of Sport in the Asia Pacific region

Postgraduate

A number of students have undertaken postgraduate studies under the supervision of members of the Sport History Unit in the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Victoria University.  These studies include the following Honours, Masters and PhD level research projects (listed in reverse chronological order, by year of completion):

Honours

Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) – Honours 

Student: Caroline Leach

Topic: 'Female Patriots: Women Playing Football in 1943’

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess

Completion: Forthcoming December 2010

Student: Kathryn Sinclair

Topic: '"Who Won?  Who Cares?": Media Coverage of Women Playing Australian Rules Football During 1947'

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess

Completion: December 2009

Student: Rachel Winterton

Topic: 'For "Duty and Pleasure”: The Development of Competitive Swimming in Victoria, 1900-1908’

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess

Completion: December 2006

Click here to see a copy of the Winterton thesis in pdf format.

Student: Tim Shellcot

Topic: ‘Press Coverage of Sport in Melbourne: A Content Analysis of the Age, 1925 – 1975’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess and Dr Matthew Nicholson

Completion: December 2006

Masters

Student: Annabel Sides

Topic: ‘Sport, Politics and Gender: Women’s Water Polo and the Sydney 2000 Games’

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess

Completion: Forthcoming, March 2011

Student: Matthew Healy

Topic: ‘Hard Sell: Australian Football in Sydney’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess and Associate Professor Bob Stewart

Completion: August 2002

Student: Kirsten Lange

Topic: ‘Sport and New Media: A Profile of Internet Sports Journalists in Australia’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess and Dr Matthew Nicholson

Completion: March 2002

Master of Applied Science (Human Performance) – Minor Thesis

Student: Klaus Gebel

Topic: ‘Physical Activity as a Medium for Health Promotion in Australia and Germany’

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess

Completion: August 2001

Master of Arts (Recreation Management) – Minor Thesis

Student: Michael Lanyon

Topic: ‘A History of the Phillip Island Motor Racing Circuit, 1952-1999’

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess

Completion: Discontinued, December 2000

PhD

Student: Katherine Haines

Topic: ‘1921: A Rugby League Story’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess, Dr Nikki Wedgwood (University of Sydney)

Completion: Forthcoming, March 2013

Student: Jackey Osborne

Topic: ‘Sport, Games and Celtic Mythology’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess, Professor Terry Roberts

Completion: Forthcoming, March 2010

Student: Rachel Winterton

Topic: “'Feats of Fancy and Marvels of Muscle”: A Social History of Swimming in Colonial Melbourne'

Supervisor: Dr Rob Hess and Dr Claire Parker (University of New England)

Completion: January 2010

Student: Gregory de Moore

Topic: ‘In From the Cold: Tom Wills - A Nineteenth Century Sporting Hero’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess and Associate Professor Richard Cashman (University of NSW)

Completion: October 2008

Click here to see a copy of the de Moore thesis in pdf format.

Student: Akhtar Nawaz

Topic: ‘A Comparison of Elite Sport Management Structures in Australia and Pakistan’

Supervisors: Dr Rob Hess and Dr Richard Baka

Completion: October 2008

Student: Peter Sherwood (School of Health Sciences)

Topic: ‘The Evolution of Natural Medicine and Biomedicine and Their Future Roles in Health Care’

Supervisors: Dr Barry Nester, Dr Kerry Watson and Dr Rob Hess

Completion: March 2004

This website page was last updated on 04 July 2011