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# Murray Phillips

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/921
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/hmbs/schools-institutes-centres/qcops/initiatives

Professor

# Murray Phillips

Email:
:   [m.phillips@uq.edu.au](mailto:m.phillips@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 56637](tel:+61 7 336 56637)

## Positions

Centre Director of Centre for Sport and Society
:   Centre for Sport and Society
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Professor
:   School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

### Background

Professor Phillips has a range of research interests in the historical and contemporary dimensions of sport. He has written on the historical and contemporary aspects of sport and war, sport and gender, sports' coaching, golf, rugby league, rugby union, sport structures as well as the ontological, epistemological and methodological aspects of sport history.

With these interests in mind, Professor Phillips has received external funding from the Australian Research Council, Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Coaching Council, the Australian War Memorial, as well as internal funding from the Universities of Canberra, South Australia and Queensland. He was commissioned by the Women and Sport Unit at the Australian Sports Commission to write An Illusory Image: A Report on the Media Coverage and Portrayal of Women's Sport in Australia 1996, has written a history of coaching in Australia entitled From Sidelines to Centre Field for the Australian Coaching Council, and is currently writing the centennial history of swimming in Australia for the National Sporting Organisation, Australian Swimming. In addition, Professor Phillips has been contracted to edit a book on the ontological, epistemological and methodological dimensions of sport history that draws on the collective experience of twelve of the leading sport historians around the world.

Professor Phillips has been an associate editor and book reviews editor for the Journal of Football Studies and is also on the executive committee of the Australian Society for Sport Historians and is the book reviews editor for the national journal, Sporting Traditions.

Background

Murray Phillips is a senior lecturer in the School of Human Movement Studies. He joined the School in 2000 from the University of South Australia (1998-2000) and also from the University of Canberra (1990-1997). He gained his PhD in the field of Sport History in 1992 from the University of Queensland. Professor Phillips teaches in the socio-cultural dimensions of sport and physical activities.

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### Availability

Professor Murray Phillips is:
:   Available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Historical studies](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4909)

### Qualifications

- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

### Research interests

- #### Sport history

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- #### Indigenous Australia

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- #### Digital history

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[Search Professor Murray Phillips’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/1643)

[All
(154)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/all)
[Book
(10)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/4747)
[Journal Article
(70)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/4748)
[Other Outputs
(7)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/4749)
[Edited Outputs
(3)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/4750)
[Conference Publication
(25)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/4751)
[Book Chapter
(39)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/921/4752)

2025

Book Chapter

##### Nature games: traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania

Fabian, Tom, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2025). Nature games: traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania. Sport, the environment and communication: activism and culture in the age of climate crisis. (pp. TBC-TBC) edited by Brett Hutchins, Libby Lester and Toby Miller. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.

[Nature games: traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1a5ada8)

2025

Journal Article

##### Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design

Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Wheeler, Kai (2025). Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design. Journal of Sport History, 52 (3), 37-53.

[Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:75cd52a)

2025

Book Chapter

##### Trauma-Informed Partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Hall, Emily, Louth, Sharon, Phillips, Murray, Cairney, John and Wheeler, Kai (2025). Trauma-Informed Partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Understanding and Implementing Trauma-Informed Practice in Schools. (pp. 166-186) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003436034-9

[Trauma-Informed Partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:dacf86f)

2025

Journal Article

##### The micro games as microcosm: sport, culture, and diplomacy in Oceania

Fabian, Tom, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2025). The micro games as microcosm: sport, culture, and diplomacy in Oceania. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 42 (12-13), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2545549

[The micro games as microcosm: sport, culture, and diplomacy in Oceania](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ad75e6c)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Island of origin: cultural continuity and connection in the Torres Strait

Osmond, Gary, Harvey, Alistair and Phillips, Murray G. (2025). Island of origin: cultural continuity and connection in the Torres Strait. Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH) 25th Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 21-24 July 2025.

[Island of origin: cultural continuity and connection in the Torres Strait](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a49b36e)

2025

Book Chapter

##### Conclusion: Flagging the future: what will brain injury mean for sport?

Stephen Townsend, Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Olive, Rebecca (2025). Conclusion: Flagging the future: what will brain injury mean for sport?. Head in the game: sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport. (pp. 295-302) edited by Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond and Rebecca Olive. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.

[Conclusion: Flagging the future: what will brain injury mean for sport?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3f1b698)

2025

Book Chapter

##### Reading the silences: history, concussion and Australian sport

Phillips, Murray G. and Townsend, Stephen (2025). Reading the silences: history, concussion and Australian sport. Head in the game: sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport. (pp. 189-205) edited by Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond and Rebecca Olive. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.

[Reading the silences: history, concussion and Australian sport](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d3181b8)

2025

Book Chapter

##### Introduction: (Re)Setting the field: understanding brain trauma in sport

Townsend, Stephen, Osmond, Gary, Phillips, Murray G. and Olive, Rebecca (2025). Introduction: (Re)Setting the field: understanding brain trauma in sport. Head in the game: sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport. (pp. 1-31) edited by Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond and Rebecca Olive. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.

[Introduction: (Re)Setting the field: understanding brain trauma in sport](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ac510d0)

2025

Book

##### Head in the game: sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport

Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond and Rebecca Olive eds. (2025). Head in the game: sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.

[Head in the game: sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:887c9ff)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Forty Years of ‘Island of Origin’: Sport and Culture in the Torres Strait

Osmond, Gary, Harvey, Alistair and Phillips, Murray G. (2025). Forty Years of ‘Island of Origin’: Sport and Culture in the Torres Strait. North American Society for Sport History (NASSH), Gatineau, QC, Canada, 26-29 May 2025.

[Forty Years of ‘Island of Origin’: Sport and Culture in the Torres Strait](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d2a069d)

2025

Journal Article

##### Public First Nations Sport History Projects

Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Wheeler, Kai W. (2025). Public First Nations Sport History Projects. Journal of Sport History, 52 (3), 37-53. doi: 10.5406/21558450.52.3.05

[Public First Nations Sport History Projects](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:df2afbb)

2024

Other Outputs

##### What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history

Harvey, Alistair, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray (2024, 09 02). What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history The Conversation

[What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:39e5522)

2024

Journal Article

##### Indigenous public history: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2024). Indigenous public history: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 42 (2), 131-146. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2024.2391055

[Indigenous public history: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:bdb38db)

2024

Journal Article

##### ‘It’s pretty sad if I’m just betting by myself … ’: navigating shame and stigma in everyday sports betting

Irving, Rohann, Olive, Rebecca, Phillips, Murray G. and Carah, Nicholas (2024). ‘It’s pretty sad if I’m just betting by myself … ’: navigating shame and stigma in everyday sports betting. Leisure Studies, 1. doi: 10.1080/02614367.2024.2364788

[‘It’s pretty sad if I’m just betting by myself … ’: navigating shame and stigma in everyday sports betting](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:97891d1)

2024

Journal Article

##### Sport, identity, and self‐determination: Aboriginal rugby league in Brisbane after the Second World War

Sherwood, Catherine, Aird, Michael, Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2024). Sport, identity, and self‐determination: Aboriginal rugby league in Brisbane after the Second World War. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 70 (4), 683-699. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12984

[Sport, identity, and self‐determination: Aboriginal rugby league in Brisbane after the Second World War](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:380e1b2)

2024

Journal Article

##### Nature games: traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania

Fabian, Tom, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2024). Nature games: traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania. Sport History Review, 55 (1), 13-30. doi: 10.1123/shr.2023-0039

[Nature games: traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:66ccfa0)

Featured

2024

Journal Article

##### Concussion’s Past: An Introduction

Townsend, Stephen, Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Olive, Rebecca (2024). Concussion’s Past: An Introduction. Journal of Sport History, 51 (2), 2-14. doi: 10.5406/21558450.51.2.02

[Concussion’s Past: An Introduction](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3531c7c)

2024

Journal Article

##### The Double Folds of Racism and History: Silences, Concussion, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Athletes

Phillips, Murray G., Wheeler, Kai W. and Osmond, Gary (2024). The Double Folds of Racism and History: Silences, Concussion, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Athletes. Journal of Sport History, 51 (2), 102-118. doi: 10.5406/21558450.51.2.09

[The Double Folds of Racism and History: Silences, Concussion, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Athletes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d3bd82b)

2024

Conference Publication

##### Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design

Osmond, Gary, Phillips, Murray G. and Wheeler, Kai (2024). Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design. 2024 NASSH Pre-Conference Workshop: "Sport Studies as a Public Service: Popular Scholarship, Histories, and Activism", Denver, CO, United States, 23-24 May 2024.

[Public First Nations sport history projects: the cross-disciplinary value of the principles of co-design](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ba63ff2)

2023

Conference Publication

##### Indigenous Public History: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls

Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray (2023). Indigenous Public History: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls. Public Sport History and Community Sport Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 5 December 2023.

[Indigenous Public History: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:bd10060)

### Current funding

- 2025 - 2027

  Ngura Ninti Project (led by UoM)

  University of Melbourne

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/70569)
- 2023 - 2026

  Torres Strait Islander History: Sport, Culture and Identity

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/57070)

### Past funding

- 2020 - 2025

  Pride, Resilience and Identity: Reimagining Aboriginal Sport History

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37055)
- 2018 - 2019

  The History of Basketball Queensland

  Basketball Queensland

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34944)
- 2015 - 2017

  APC Paralympic movement knowledge management

  Australian Paralympic Committee

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26998)
- 2014 - 2018

  Creating Histories of the Australian Paralympic Movement: A New Relationship between Researchers and the Community

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15622)
- 2012

  Australian Sports Commission Junior Sports Framework Review

  UniQuest Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15448)
- 2011 - 2014

  A History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia

  Australian Paralympic Committee

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13496)
- 2011 - 2012

  The Power of Sport in Museums: Understanding Sport in Australian Culture

  UQ FirstLink Scheme

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/20005)
- 2010 - 2011

  Cherbourg Sporting Stories: Linking Past and Future

  Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12077)
- 2009 - 2010

  Australian Surfing History - The 'She' Factor Network

  UQ FirstLink Scheme

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/11552)
- 2001

  The Origins of Rugby League in Australia: A Revisionist Approach

  UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45131)

### Availability

Professor Murray Phillips is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Escaping in changing coastal environments: Women's experiences of social yacht racing in Australia

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Rebecca Olive](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/17030)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Movement is not Separate from Culture, but is Culture: Yarning about Physical Literacy with the Yarrabah Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor John Cairney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/25474), [Dr Kai Wheeler](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29913)

#### Completed supervision

- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Pre-service teachers' navigation of stressors and resources: The student experience of mental health](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9582481)

  Principal Advisor
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Examining The Social Effects of Australian Rugby League Among Pasifika People](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ec2bb57)

  Principal Advisor
- 2017

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [Remembering Women's Football: Material Culture, Museums and Online Representations](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:634408)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1250)
- 2016

  Master Philosophy

  ##### Brooches, Blues and Bloomers: How Material Culture creates, sustains and enriches sport and physical education at Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1250)
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Blurred lines: Women, subjectivities and surfing](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:312179)

  Principal Advisor
- 2012

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [Athletic Talent Migration: A Case Study of Australian Football](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:269213)

  Principal Advisor
- 2011

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Phar Lap Story: Representations of the Sporting Past](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:260203)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Emeritus Professor David Carter](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/895), [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1250)
- 2006

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### NIMBLE SAVAGES: MYTH, RACE, SOCIAL MEMORY AND AUSTRALIAN AQUATIC SPORT

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Emeritus Professor Clive Moore](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/345)
- 2006

  Master Philosophy

  ##### TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR COACHES

  Principal Advisor
- 2004

  Master Philosophy

  ##### TRANSNATIONAL FLOW OF SPORT IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES AND COACHES

  Principal Advisor
- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Sports betting as an everyday practice](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f2d1fbd)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Nicholas Carah](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1512), [Dr Rebecca Olive](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/17030)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [More than a Game: Australian Women's Hockey, 1896 to 2000 - Feminism, Practical Feminism, and Communitas](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:aa52136)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Marion Stell](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1897), [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1250)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Playing the White Man's Game: Football, Aboriginal Identity, and Community](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7e2a9ed)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1250)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Becoming Ali: Digital History, Newspaper Discourse, and America's Most Famous Boxer, 1960-1975](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6fb9799)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1250)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Revival and Reconstruction of Western Martial Pursuits in Australia, 1969-2016](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:faac7d2)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Martin Crotty](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1208)
- 2008

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [You'd Look Terrible in a Skirt: Masculinities and Men's Netball](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:155643)

  Associate Advisor
- 2006

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### GOVERNMENTALITY AND SPORT IN LATER LIFE

  Associate Advisor
- 2004

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### CONFRONTING FOUNDATIONAL MYTHS: APARTHEID, RUGBY AND THE POST-COLONISING OF AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

  Associate Advisor

### Enquiries

Contact Professor Murray Phillips directly for media enquiries about:

- Historical methodologies - sport
- History - rugby league
- History - swimming
- Rugby league history
- Swimming history

#### Need help?

For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:

[communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-8913)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/G-4398-2012)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26038548600)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user= )

## Personal links

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