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Wayne Peake

  • Research Coordinator, University of Western Sydney and Writer, Freelance
Picnic Point, Sydney
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Dr Wayne Peake wrote A Xmas Car Rally Puzzle, Sydney Racing in the 1970s, Wild Jack Peake of Peakhurst, Sydney's Pony Racecourses, & The Gambler's Ghost.

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Wayne Peake’s Biography

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Wayne achieved the award Doctor Of Philosophy at Western Sydney University for the thesis 'Unregistered proprietary horse racing in Sydney 1888-1942'. His primary research interests are the cultural history of horse racing, the morphology of the racecourses of Sydney, and historical racecourse design and infrastructure.

Wayne's recent publications include: two articles in the Australian Turf Club The Races magazine (Autumn 2018) - 'A Loveletter to the Slipper' and 'Rosehill: Racing's Oasis of t…

Wayne Peake’s Journalist Portfolio

Love Letter to the Slipper

Love Letter to the Slipper

(editor's blurb): What is it about The Golden Slipper that captures this nation’s imagination? Wayne Peake …

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Articles

Game changers: how one team’s dominance transformed rugby league forever Original

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By Wayne Peake
| The Conversation Verified
One championship is an achievement for any sports team and one rightly celebrated by players and fans alike. Imagine a team winning 11 titles in a row. That’s what St George did in Sydney’s rugby league competition . This incredible dominance, and rival clubs’ frustration with it, sparked a radical change in rugby league – the move away from unlimited tackles to the four-tackle rule in 1967.
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Almanac Life: The Deaths of Walter Edward and Walter Leslie Peake on The Western Front, 1917

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By Wayne Peake
| The Footy Almanac Podcast
My name is Wayne Peake. My family is from Peakhurst, near Hurstville in Sydney — which was named after my ancestor, John Robert Peake, who bought land there in 1838. Every Anzac Day and Armistice Day, my father would retell the story of how his uncle Walter Edward Peake, known as Wally , was killed by a stray German shell on the Western Front, several hours after the Armistice came into effect at 11 am on 11 November 1918.
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Two Odes to the Joys of Going Racing…55 Years Apart

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By Wayne Peake
| The Footy Almanac Podcast
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE RACECOURSE On race-days from the city far, I’d travel with some dear old cronies, All eager as true sportsman are, To win a fortune on the ponies. My cobbers talked of naught but horse, Of horse at Redfern, horse at Mascot, Nor ceased they till we reached the course, To revel in the joys of Ascot.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

a story on Rosebery racecourse, Sydney

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Scobie Malone, played by Jack Thompson.

Awards

Bill Whittaker biannual Australian & New Zealand racing book award: silver medal

2024 - Writing on horseracing

The award is given biennially for the best new book on Australian thoroughbred horse racing. The criteria for choosing the winner are that it must: Be well written. Be well produced. Increase knowledge of Australian thoroughbred racing history.

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