Oppy : the life of Sir Hubert Opperman / Daniel Oakman
- Bib ID:
- 7818444
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Oakman, Daniel, author
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Vic. : Melbourne Books, [2018]
- ©2018
- 375 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925556247 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Hubert 'Oppy' Opperman was a sporting icon, a cycling phenomenon whose epic feats of endurance captivated the cycling world. For over two decades, he dominated almost every race he entered and shattered record after record in Australia and Great Britain. In 1928, he led the first Australasian team to ever contest the Tour de France. But Oppy was more than a just a champion. During the Great Depression, a time of painful economic and social change, he became a transcendent symbol of Australian fortitude. This book explores the emotional pain of his private life, the controversies that dogged his seventeen-year political career, including his post as Immigration Minister in the Menzies Government and the remarkable and far-reaching changes he helped bring to Australian immigration policy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-353) and index.
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2018
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