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AustralasianTrack& Field Magazine 1979–81 Mike Agostini Athletics
AustralasianTrack& Field Magazine
1979–1981 | 29 Issues | Edited byMike Agostini
Offered here is an early run of AustralasianTrack& Field, later titledTrack& Field, edited by former Olympian Mike Agostini.
This lot comprises 29 issues in total.
Volume Breakdown
- Volume 1 (New Series) – 1979
12 issues – Complete - Volume 2 – 1980
12 issues – Complete - Volume 3 – 1981
Issues 1–7
Total: 29 issues
Publication Background
Published inAustraliaby Vaucluse Press, this magazine focused on:
- National and state championship coverage
- Rankings and statistical listings
- Coaching articles
- Athlete profiles
- International athletics reports
- Official athletics association news
The magazine was edited by Mike Agostini, the Trinidad-born Olympian and Commonwealth Games medalist who later became a significant figure inAustralian athletics journalism and administration. Agostini competed at the Olympic Games in the 100m and 200m and was a multiple Commonwealth Games medal winner before moving into publishing and editorial work.
Under Agostini’s editorship, AustralasianTrack& Field developed a strong emphasis on results coverage, rankings, and informed commentary on the development of athletics withinAustraliaand the wider region. His involvement gives these early volumes additional historical interest, representing a period when former elite athletes were directly shaping the written record of the sport.
Contributors include well-known Australasian athletics writers and statisticians of the period.
Historical Interest
These issues documentAustralian and Australasian athletics during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including domestic championships, ranking lists and Olympic-era commentary.
Material includes detailed statistical content rarely digitised and of particular interest to athletics historians and statisticians.
Suitable For
- Athletics statisticians
- Australian athletics historians
- Olympic-era researchers
- Specialist sports periodical collectors
Offered as one archive lot.
