Portrait of Shane Gould [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 3570195
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1972
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.9 cm.
- Summary:
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Born on 23 November, 1956, in Sydney, Australia, Shane moved to Fiji with her family at the age of 18 months. By the age of six she was a competent swimmer. Her father's job with Pan American Airlines involved many moves, and Shane attended nine different schools in Fiji, Australia and the USA. The Gould family settled in Sydney in 1970 where Shane was trained by leading swim coaches Forbes and Ursula Carlile and their assistant Tom Green. Qualifying for the Munich Olympics in seven individual events, the media speculated that Shane was "taking on too much" by entering five. She finished with three Gold, a Silver and a Bronze. Returning a national heroine, constant media attention created pressure on the Gould family and a much-publicised conflict between her father and her coach.
Feeling confused and overwhelmed by her high profile as a teenage sporting prodigy, she took refuge and meaning in God, surfing and an alternative lifestyle, leading to marriage at the age of 18. In effect, Shane turned her back on Shane Gould the swimmer. Voluntarily adopting a natural and simple lifestyle with her husband, Neil Innes, on a farm near the town of Margaret River in Western Australia, Shane developed a love for horses and a passion for the environment. The birth of four children in five years from 1978 to 1983 saw another "tumble turn" into the role of mother and educator.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.
- "AIS photo [Australian Information Services]"--In pen on compactus card.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137100173
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Swimmers
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2042 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1972
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