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• Barambah versus Palm Isand (Expenditure and Income 1929)

  The teams from Palm Island and Barambah played in football matches at the Exhibition Ground, in Brisbane, against picked Brisbane teams, and their good behaviour and play won the appreciation of the public. On both occasions His Excellency the Governor attended (ROS, 1930, p. 11) Proceeds from Football matches: Palm Island 804 pound and Barambah 216 pound. Expenses for the Football matches: Palm Island 517 pound and Barambah 80 pound. (ROS, 1930, p. 5)

• Palm Island Expenditure on and Income from Football (1928)

  Palm Island spent 337 pound on 'footballers' which was as much as Barambah spent on sewerage that year! Income generated from matches at Palm Island was over 729 pounds (ROS, 1929, p, 12)

• Cherbourg, Palm Island - Rugby League - Brisbane - 1951 April

  Brisbane Telegraph (Qld) 30 April 1951: 12 Rugby League match between Palm Island and Cherbourg to be played on consecutive nights in Brisbane and then Ipswich on the 3rd and 4th of May as a part of the Jubilee Festival. Boxers from Cherbourg, Palm Island and Woorabinda settlements will also clash. There is mention that the Department of Native Affairs are bring down 'Aborigines' from the Torres Strait. No comment on what it is they will be doing.

• Cherbourg, Woorabinda, Palm Island - Jones Shield Series - Woorabinda - 1952 May

  Jones Shield Inter-settlement Competition Woorabinda Show, 30-31 May 1952, report (extensive): Competition included ring events and football: “The show concluded with a programme of ring events on Saturday, a natives' dance, and a football match on Sunday”. Many names listed.