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In contemporary Australia, sport and war are inextricably linked. Cricket and the different codes offootball strongly associate themselves with the Anzac tradition, emphasising that the Australian national character is displayed in prowess on both the sporting field and the battlefield. This is most evident on Anzac Day when sport virtually appropriates the day and conducts its own rituals to commemorate the Australian war dead. The connection is not just a recent phenomenon.
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Blackburn, K. (2016). Introduction. In: War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137487605_1
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