A Sociological Perspective of Women in Sport in Australia

Contents

1.0: Rationale 2

2.0: Analysis of Text and Research 3

2.1: Women’s Sport in Australia - A Sociological Perspective 3

2.1.1: 1800’s 3

2.1.2: 1900’s 3

2.1.3: 2000 to Present 4

2.2: Changes within Women’s Sport 4

2.2.1: Uniform 4

2.2.2: Role Models 4

2.2.3: Prize money 4

2.3: Tennis at Brisbane Girls Grammar School 5

2.3.1: History of Tennis at Brisbane Girls Grammar School 5

2.3.2: Changes within Tennis at Brisbane Girls Grammar School 5

2.4: Women’s sport in the media 5

3.0: Evaluation 6

4.0: Recommendations 6

4.1: Number of Females Participating in Sport 6

4.2: Profile of Female Athletes in the Media 6

5.0: Appendices 7

Appendix 1: Visual Evidence 7

Figure 1: Swimming uniforms in 1912 and 2007 7

Figure 2: Table of Comparison for Prize Money for the Different Genders in 2006 7

Figure 3: Tennis Courts on the West side of the Main Building, 1912 8

Figure 4: Tennis Courts beside the Railway Line, 1946 8

Figure 5: Brisbane Girls Grammar Girls, 1910 9

Figure 6: BGGS Tennis in the lower courts, 1924 9

Figure 7: BGGS Senior Tennis Team, 1933 9

Figure 8: BGGS 1947 Tennis team 9

Figure 9: BGGS 1970 Tennis Player 9

Figure 10: BGGS Tennis 2011 9

Appendix 2: Reference List 10

Bibliography 10

1.0: Rationale

The following commissioned report was compiled for the Health Studies Faculty of Brisbane Girls Grammar. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the nature of women’s sport, not only in society, but also at the Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

The report will refer to the sociological perspective of women’s sport in Australia which leads to the changes within women’s sport, Athletics at Brisbane Girls Grammar, women’s sport in the media and then an evaluation and recommendation on the topic ‘Women in Sport’.

2.0: An...

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Grammar, B. G. (2014, March). Tennis Resource Pack. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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