Bernard Whimpress
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Dr. Bernard Whimpress is an Australian historian, most active in the area of sports history. A former sports magazine journalist and photographer, he has written, co-written and edited 20 books, mainly on cricket.
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Test Eleven was widely praised in the English press and cricket magazines and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Passport to Nowhere was short-listed for the Jack Pollard Trophy in 2000.
From 1998 to 2010 he published and edited a journal of Australian cricket history, Baggy Green.
's sequicentential history, The Australian Game of Football since 1858. He was an associate editor and contributor to The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History and has several entries in various volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Excerpts from Whimpress's work are included in The Oxford Book of Australian Sporting Anecdotes, Gideon Haigh's Cricket Anecdotes, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection and The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004.
(1979-83), Long Boundary (1996-2003) and was reviews editor of Sporting Traditions (2003-2007).
Wider writing and reviewing have also appeared in a range of magazines, journals and newspapers such as Community History, Aboriginal History, The Australian, The New Federalist, Journal of Australian Studies, Arena, Sydney Morning Herald, The Advertiser, History Australia, Overland and Australian Review of Books.
As Publications Manager of the South Australian National Football League
from 1979 to 1984 he edited league's weekly magazine, the South Australian Football Budget, annual reports and newsletters; wrote the history of the league, The South Australian Football Story; and arranged themed historic displays throughout the members dining rooms and bars in both the members area and outer ground of Football Park.
As Curator of the Adelaide Oval
Museum and Historian for the South Australian Cricket Association
(SACA) from 1994 to 2009 he was responsible for historical displays and maintaining historical records of the Oval and expanding heritage consciousness of the ground. In addition he edited several of the association's annual reports and was the founding editor of the newsletter, Long Boundary. In 2008 he conceived the design and wrote the text for the reinterpretation of the Bradman Collection Museum on its transfer from the State Library to Adelaide Oval. In 2010 and 2011 he acted as a historical consultant to the SACA in developing displays in the members western grandstand.
and an associate diploma in photography from the South Australian College of Arts and Education. He has taught courses in sports, American and world history at Flinders University; and Aboriginal history and sports journalism at the University of South Australia
. He has both supervised and examined theses at doctoral level.
He was Oral Historian for the Adelaide City Council between 1990 and 1993.
He is a past member of the Australian Journalists Association, the Australian Historians Association, the Australian Society of Authors, the Oral History Association, Museums Australia and the Institute of Photographers.
He is currently working as a freelance writer.
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Books
These include:http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search/a?SEARCH=Whimpress%2C+Bernard&sortdropdown=-&searchscope=1- The South Australian Football Story (1983);
- Adelaide Oval Test Cricket 1884-1984 (with Nigel Hart, 1984);
- Understanding Cricket (1985, 2006);
- Test Eleven (with Nigel Hart, 1994, 1995; as Great Ashes Battles, 2005; as The Greatest Ashes Battles, 2009);
- Australian Eleven (with Nigel Hart, 1997);
- Grass Roots (with Geoff Sando, 1997);
- Passport to Nowhere (1999);
- The Imaginary Grandstand (ed., 2002);
- Chuckers: A History of Throwing in Australian Cricket (2002, 2004);
- A History of Australian Cricket/The Penguin History of Australian Cricket (with Chris Harte, 2003, 2008);
- J.N. Crawford: His Record Innings by Innings (with Nigel Hart, 2003);
- Champions of Australia (Max Sayer, ed., 2003);
- The Superior Cricket Watcher's Ashes Quiz Book (2005);
- Clem Hill's Reminiscences (ed., 2007);
- Ernie Jones: Australia's First Fast Bowler (2007);
- Adelaide Then and Now (with photographer Adam Lee, 2008);
- Off Cuts (2008);
- Australian Aviation: An Illustrated History (ed., 2008)
- The Official MCC Ashes Treasures (2009, 2010);
- Adelaide Sights (ed., 2010)
- Classic Adelaide and its Environs (with photographer Adam Lee, 2010);
- Addicted to Cricket (J. Neville Turner, pub./ed., 2010).
Test Eleven was widely praised in the English press and cricket magazines and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Passport to Nowhere was short-listed for the Jack Pollard Trophy in 2000.
Booklets
He has also written and published a number of booklets:- W.G. Grace at Kadina (1994);
- Adelaide Gold (1997);
- A Footy Crowd (1999);
- The First Sheffield Shield Match (2000);
- Corroboree" (2000);
- Hughie's Best Never Eleven (2002);
- Lord Hawke's XI at Unley (2003);
- Ted Stokes, Bat and Ball (2003);
- Memorial Drive Tennis Club: A Brief History (2004);
- Hughie's Best Never Ashes Series (2004);
- Major Taylor at Adelaide Oval (2005);
- Bradman at Adelaide Oval (2005);
- Ten Year's After (2006);
- Michael Gandy, From Government Paddocks to Bellerive Oval (2007);
- J. Neville Turner, The Case of the Half-Eaten Pear (2007);
- Giffen's Match (2009).
From 1998 to 2010 he published and edited a journal of Australian cricket history, Baggy Green.
Contributions to Books
Whimpress has also been a major contributor to The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport, The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, The A-Z of Australian Cricketers, Cambridge University Press's Sport in Australia: A Social History, the Adelaide City Council's City Memory, and the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
's sequicentential history, The Australian Game of Football since 1858. He was an associate editor and contributor to The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History and has several entries in various volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Excerpts from Whimpress's work are included in The Oxford Book of Australian Sporting Anecdotes, Gideon Haigh's Cricket Anecdotes, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection and The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004.
Articles and Journalism
Historical articles and journalism on sporting subjects have appeared in numerous, magazines and journals in Australia and overseas, including Wisden Cricketer's Almanack Australia, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Cricketer, Cricket Lore, Australian Cricket, Inside Edge, Journal of the Cricket Society, Cricket Statistician, Sports Historian, Sporting Traditions, Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin and the Bulletin of Sports and Culture. He previously edited Football Times (1975-77), the South Australian Football BudgetSouth Australian Football Budget
The South Australian Football Budget is the matchday programme of the South Australian National Football League.-History:A publication known as the SA Football Budget was first produced in 1914 but was discontinued due to the onset of the First World War...
(1979-83), Long Boundary (1996-2003) and was reviews editor of Sporting Traditions (2003-2007).
Wider writing and reviewing have also appeared in a range of magazines, journals and newspapers such as Community History, Aboriginal History, The Australian, The New Federalist, Journal of Australian Studies, Arena, Sydney Morning Herald, The Advertiser, History Australia, Overland and Australian Review of Books.
Work with sporting organisations
Whimpress has held major positions with key sporting organisations.As Publications Manager of the South Australian National Football League
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
from 1979 to 1984 he edited league's weekly magazine, the South Australian Football Budget, annual reports and newsletters; wrote the history of the league, The South Australian Football Story; and arranged themed historic displays throughout the members dining rooms and bars in both the members area and outer ground of Football Park.
As Curator of the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
Museum and Historian for the South Australian Cricket Association
South Australian Cricket Association
The South Australian Cricket Association is the peak body for the sport of cricket in South Australia. The association runs Adelaide Oval and the Southern Redbacks based in Adelaide, South Australia. SACA is the controlling body for the South Australian Grade Cricket League...
(SACA) from 1994 to 2009 he was responsible for historical displays and maintaining historical records of the Oval and expanding heritage consciousness of the ground. In addition he edited several of the association's annual reports and was the founding editor of the newsletter, Long Boundary. In 2008 he conceived the design and wrote the text for the reinterpretation of the Bradman Collection Museum on its transfer from the State Library to Adelaide Oval. In 2010 and 2011 he acted as a historical consultant to the SACA in developing displays in the members western grandstand.
Other historical work
Whimpress holds a doctorate in history from Flinders UniversityFlinders University
Flinders University, , is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century.The university has established a reputation as a leading research...
and an associate diploma in photography from the South Australian College of Arts and Education. He has taught courses in sports, American and world history at Flinders University; and Aboriginal history and sports journalism at the University of South Australia
University of South Australia
The University of South Australia is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 36,000...
. He has both supervised and examined theses at doctoral level.
He was Oral Historian for the Adelaide City Council between 1990 and 1993.
Societies
Whimpress is a founder member of the Australian Society for Sports History and was vice-president of that body from 2003 to 2007. He is a current member of the Professional Historians Association, the Australian Cricket Society, the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, and the Art Deco and Modernism Society.He is a past member of the Australian Journalists Association, the Australian Historians Association, the Australian Society of Authors, the Oral History Association, Museums Australia and the Institute of Photographers.
He is currently working as a freelance writer.