Palm Island - RL - Palm Island - 1922
Item
Sport
Rugby League See all items with this value
Competition Type
Local
Communities Involved
Palm Island See all items with this value
Start Date
March 5, 1922
Place
Palm Island, Queensland See all items with this value
Title
Palm Island - RL - Palm Island - 1922
Description
Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) 10 March 1922: 5
Game report. Palm Island provided a Rugby League game as part of the entertainment for passenges travelling on the yacht Speejacks. Some of the events were filmed by the Speekjacks moving picture man.
"The game started under Rugby rules, but fresh players crept in, and before long there were 30 on each side. Then down came a sheet of rain, and wnen the white onlookers turned round after running for shelter, they saw the whole of the population engaged in the game" - Age (Melbourne) 21 April 1939: 6.
Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 March 1922: 12
World touring motor yacht Speejacks arrived at Cairns after visiting Palm Island. Moving pictures taken.
Age (Melbourne) 21 April 1939: 6
Report on Speejacks round the world adventure including passages relating to their Palm Island visit.
Game report. Palm Island provided a Rugby League game as part of the entertainment for passenges travelling on the yacht Speejacks. Some of the events were filmed by the Speekjacks moving picture man.
"The game started under Rugby rules, but fresh players crept in, and before long there were 30 on each side. Then down came a sheet of rain, and wnen the white onlookers turned round after running for shelter, they saw the whole of the population engaged in the game" - Age (Melbourne) 21 April 1939: 6.
Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 March 1922: 12
World touring motor yacht Speejacks arrived at Cairns after visiting Palm Island. Moving pictures taken.
Age (Melbourne) 21 April 1939: 6
Report on Speejacks round the world adventure including passages relating to their Palm Island visit.