Wheeling Matilda

The Story Of Australian Cycling

Jim Fitzpatrick

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English

Star Hill Studio
16 October 2013

History; Local history; Cycling

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Wheeling Matilda: The Story of Australian Cycling, sweeps across nearly 150 years of bicycle use in Australia. Set in a country which had the largest bicycle path network in the world in the 1890s and was the long distance cycling centre of the world for many years, this is an eye-opening history.

Australian soldiers were at the forefront of the first significant wartime use of the bicycle, in the Boer War, and during the international heyday of cycling, Australia held the richest bicycle race in the world. Today Australia is a powerhouse of the cycle racing scene.

From Sydney to South Africa, from Melbourne to Madison Square Garden—and in places in between where you would never expect to even see a bicycle—Australians riders have been there.

By: Jim Fitzpatrick
Imprint: Star Hill Studio
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9780987143716
ISBN 10: 0987143719
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 16 October 2013
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active