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Mother and daughter play off in a golf final, Brisbane

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    MOTHER DEFEATS DAUGHTER MRS. GARDINER'S FIFTH CLUB TITLE Chipping and Putting Prove Wining Factor Mrs W.F. Gardiner won the Royal Queensland golf club's championship for the fifth time yesterday. She defeated her daughter Miss Janet Gardiner (title holder), 2 and 1, in a closely contested 36 holes match. With six one pott greens in the second round, Mrs. Gardiner demonstrated the value of proficiency in the short game supporting accuracy from tees and airways. The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld); Tuesday, 28 July 1938 Source: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41014106

Two men boxing in front of a crowd at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement ca 1908

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    "From the beginning our people loved sport. We had a sports ground – where the school is now. In summer we played cricket and in winter we played rugby league. We also had boxing matches, athletics, swimming carnivals and sports’ days with novelty events. " source:http://cherbourgmemory.org/tag/1900s/
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    There is a blog story on Jerry Jerome (Aboriginal boxer) 1874-1943 at www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/jerry-jerome-aboriginal-boxer-187.... Jerry Jerome died on 27 September 1943 at Cherbourg Aboriginal mission penniless and is assumed to be buried at Murgon cemetery. He had a great boxing career.

Tennis players standing on a court, ca. 1915

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Tennis was becoming popular in the summer of 1903 and the Headmaster, Horace Dixon, decided to erect a roughly put-together net and call it a tennis court. It was outside the Dixon residence, so Horace could keep an eye on the boys whilst he sipped tea on his veranda. Source: www.tss.qld.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/18-Jun-tenn...