# Event Details - **Event Name**: Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World’s Strangest Sporting Nation. - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 21 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 21 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Talks on Tuesdays: Lectures in your favourite venues. 45-minute lecture + Q&A with Dr Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Managent DeakinAbout this EventTalks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.Event Schedule:6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open7pm Lecuture Starts7.45pm Q&A8pm Talk Concludes8.30pm Event Closes.*Please arrive close to 6.30pmA La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.Your Topic:Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World’s Strangest Sporting Nation.Australia is truly a 'sports mad' nation, supporting over seventy professional sport franchises, four discrete professional football codes, hosting three Summer Olympic cities, and staging major events like the F1 and Australian Open. Australian sport is also globally unique, underpinned by a cultural rivalry that divides the nation along footy preference. Yet, being an AFL or NRL fan is no longer just a topic for pub debate; it's now a billion-dollar business.How does a geographically isolated country of just 27 million become one of the world's great sporting nations? How did Australia end up divided by a sporting fault line found nowhere else on earth? Which football code is, in fact, the best?Part celebration, part exploration, Dr Hunter Fujak, author of Code Wars: the Battle for Fans, Dollars and Survival and a leading authority on Australia's sport landscape, draws on years of original research to tell the story of how we got here, what makes Australian sport globally unique, and what the future of Australian sport holds.Your Speaker:Dr Hunter Fujak is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management at Deakin University and a thought leader in sport fandom, consumer behaviour and media. He is also the author of Code Wars: the Battle for Fans, Dollars and Survival, and is a leading authority on Australia’s sport landscape. Dr Fujak has written for The Guardian and The Conversation, and has been featured in The New York Times, BBC World News, and Forbes. Dr Fujak's research has appeared in leading academic journals including the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, European Sport Management Quarterly, and Media, Culture and Society. He has worked in sports and general consultancy for Australasia's largest sporting leagues and events, including the Australian Open (tennis), the Rugby World Cup, and Cricket Australia, as well as for some of Australia's most prominent brands, including Telstra, Sportsbet, Foxtel, and WoolworthsAgenda?: 06:30 PMDoors open and arrival?: 07:00 PMSpeaker starts - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-kilda/sports-mad-how-australia-became-the-worlds-strangest-sporting-nation/100001992039091547 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Sports, Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: 18+ - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Hotel Esplanade (The Espy) - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 27.78, max: 27.78, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: St Kilda - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Hotel Esplanade (The Espy) - **lat**: -37.8642181 - **long**: 144.9728535 - **full address**: Hotel Esplanade (The Espy), 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, Australia ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World’s Strangest Sporting Nation. - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/79abaed977076f9fd19eb269e581af665aeedaed8190b80ec590194b07768781-rimg-w1200-h675-dc2e1615-gmir.jpg?v=1782529395 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World s Strangest Sporting Nation. being held? - **A:** Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World s Strangest Sporting Nation. takes place on Tue, 21 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 21 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Hotel Esplanade (The Espy), 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, Australia. - **Q**: Is there an age restriction for Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World s Strangest Sporting Nation.? - **A:** Sports Mad: How Australia Became the World s Strangest Sporting Nation. is strictly for guests aged 18 and above. Valid government-issued photo ID is required for entry. Guests under 18 will not be admitted. 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