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Geoff Armstrong

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Author of A Thing of Beauty: the Founding of the SCG, also Spirit of the Red V, Phar Lap, 100 Greatest Cricketers, Century of Summers, etc ... Stoke Hill Press publisher, St George DRLFC life member

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Stoke Hill Press Geoff Armstrong has been described as 'Australia's pre-eminent sports historian'. Here he explains how he came to write the story of the founding of the Sydney Cricket Ground, and reveals a little of....

I recently published a two-volume history of the founding of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Available here ... www.stokehillpress.com

23.02.2026 11:07 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Stoke Hill Press Geoff Armstrong has been described as 'Australia's pre-eminent sports historian'. Here he explains how he came to write the story of the founding of the Sydney Cricket Ground, and reveals a little of....

I recently published a two-volume history of the founding of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Available here ... www.stokehillpress.com

23.02.2026 11:07 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Best Sports Books of 2024 - ABC listen Rod caught up with Geoff Armstrong to talk about the best sports books of 2024.

A chat with the ABC's Rod Quinn about my favourite Australian sports books of 2024, featuring Bonnie Hancock, Xavier Fowler, Frank Dempsey, Pauline Menczer, Michelle Ford, Graeme Hughes & Tony Loxley, Gordon Bray, Vince Rugari and Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes ... tinyurl.com/yck3nxb7

25.02.2025 05:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Australia's greatest living cricketer turns 79 today. Why 21 December hasn't been officially named our National Day remains a mystery ...

21.12.2024 01:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On this day in 1902: Major Taylor and his wife, Daisy, are on a 3-week voyage on RMS Ventura, from San Francisco to Sydney. They're very worried about the "White Australia" policy, underpinned by a 1901 law aimed at excluding non-white, non-European migrants. Turns out it doesn't apply to them.

03.12.2024 16:19 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Hey @peterfitz1.bsky.social ... can you follow me — I need a foundation follower

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