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The hum of the wheels the roar of the crowd : five cycling Shaw brothers from Woolloomooloo / Harry Irwin.

The hum of the wheels the roar of the crowd : five cycling Shaw brothers from Woolloomooloo / Harry Irwin.
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ISBN 9781925801521 (paperback)
Author Irwin, Harry (author.)
Title The hum of the wheels the roar of the crowd : five cycling Shaw brothers from Woolloomooloo / Harry Irwin.
Publisher and/or associated date/s North Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018.
©2018.
Description x, 219 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The bicycle craze gripped Australia in the 1880s, 1890s and early 1900s. Bicycle clubs proliferated and bicycle racing caught the public's attention as young men sought fellowship, camaraderie, glory and even riches in amateur and professional competition. Harry Irwin explores the racing culture of the time in fascinating detail -the penny farthings and safety bicycles, tracks and champions, spectacles and carnivals; the prizes held out to racers, the risks, challenges, match racing and gambling; and the social life of the racers. Setting the scene are the stories of the five prominent and plucky Shaw brothers, born and bred in working-class Woolloomooloo, and how they enjoyed and endured the ups and downs of track and road racing in cities and country towns and over long distances in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
Subjects Shaw, William Nathaniel
Shaw, Samuel Robinson
Shaw, Henry Tait
Shaw, Frederick Ewart
Shaw, Thomas John
Shaw family
Cycling -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
Bicycle racing -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
Cyclists -- New South Wales -- Biography
Call number 2019.197
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