Citations:the 'G'


 * 1999 Jenny Zimmer, Joanna Capon & Caroline Field, Anthony Pryor: sculpture & drawings, 1974-1991, Palgrave Macmillan Australia, p201
 * When Ted Hopkins wrote his eulogy to the ‘G’ for The Herald Sun, 1 April 1995, he described it as a place where stories are created and legends made, a place of epic footy and mega-concerts that contribute richly to every Melburnian’s general sense of well-being.
 * 2000 David H. Bernstein, Diamonds & demons: the Joseph Gutnick story, Lothian, pxi
 * [...] and there is a certain pleasure in the thought of a frustrated Yossel spending all those Sabbaths in synagogue when he really would far rather have been down at the G.
 * 2001 Jay Newman, Biblical religion and family values: a problem in the philosophy of culture, Greenwood Publishing Group, p101
 * The multigenerational families throughout Australia file off to the footy (again the word football seemed too difficult to say so the word was shortened; the Melbourne Cricket Ground was reduced to the MCG but that was shortened to the “G” – the next permutation will probably be just the sound “gah”) every Saturday afternoon be it Aussie Rules or Rugby.
 * 2002 Chris Rowthorn, Alex Landragin & Kate Daly, Victoria, Lonely Planet, p136
 * The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG or just ‘the G’) is the temple in which sports-mad Melburnians worship their heroes.
 * 2003 Richard Freadman, Shadow of doubt: my father and myself, Bystander Press
 * A day of football or cricket at the 'G' (the Melbourne Cricket Ground, this town's vast coliseum of sport) with Roy was just about perfection in this life.
 * 2005 Garrie Hutchinson, Best Australian Sports Writing 2004, Black Inc., pxii
 * And 52 years after Carlton’s failed bid, home games will be shared between the ‘G’ and the Dome.
 * 2008 Donna Wheeler, Lonely Planet Melbourne and Victoria City Guide, Lonely Planet, p67
 * It’s one of the great sporting venues, and for many Australians the ‘G’ is hallowed ground.