Playing With Apartheid: Racism, Australian Sport & South Africa

Australian sport propelled an international campaign against apartheid, exposing racism at the heart of sport.

In no country were contests over racism in sport more bitterly fought, more protracted or important than in Australia. In the wake of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa in 1960, sport became a fault-line in international campaigns against racism. Struggles over racism penetrated every aspect of sporting interaction between Australia and South Africa.

Playing With Apartheid expl...