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This brief chapter explores ways in which the tensions created and revealed by this bi-directional cultural traffic could be personified. It does so by examining two key figures in Australian cricket: Fred ‘the Demon’ Spofforth and Billy Midwinter. By attempting to identify as both Australian and British, these men embody the tensions and complexities of the emergent mediated Australian identity.
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van Duinen, J. (2018). Interlude: The British World Personified: Fred ‘the Demon’ Spofforth and Billy Midwinter. In: The British World and an Australian National Identity. Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52778-3_4
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