Geoff Armstrong
@geoffarmstrong.bsky.social
Author (Spirit of the Red V, Phar Lap, 100 Greatest Cricketers, Century of Summers, etc), publisher at Stoke Hill Press (including Anna Meares, Mike Colman, The Night the Music Died), St George DRLFC life member ...
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
The Best Sports Books of 2024 - ABC listen
Rod caught up with Geoff Armstrong to talk about the best sports books of 2024.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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
Australia's greatest living cricketer turns 79 today. Why 21 December hasn't been officially named our National Day remains a mystery ...
December 21, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Australia's greatest living cricketer turns 79 today. Why 21 December hasn't been officially named our National Day remains a mystery ...
Reposted by Geoff Armstrong
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.
December 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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.
Hey @peterfitz1.bsky.social ... can you follow me — I need a foundation follower
November 14, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Hey @peterfitz1.bsky.social ... can you follow me — I need a foundation follower