Palm Island - RL - Home Secretary visit - 1925
Item
Sport
Rugby League See all items with this value
Communities Involved
Palm Island, Queensland See all items with this value
Year
1925
Place
Palm Island, Queensland See all items with this value
Title
Palm Island - RL - Home Secretary visit - 1925
Description
Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954) 29 June 1925: 4
Home secretary visit to Palm Island. Palm Islanders keen footballers. Newly formed brass band.
Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903 - 1926) 8 July 1925: 6
Article on the Home Secretary's visit to Palm Island. Football corroboree. Home secretary announces he would make arrangements for the band and Rugby League team to visit Townsville to play a "white thirteen". Note: A Townsville match occured in 1926.
Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) 8 July 1925: 11
Report of Minister's visits to Aboriginal settlements in Queensland. Mentions Palm Islands interest in Rugby League and in defeating players from a passing 'warship'. Also defeated mainland teams.
Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) 1 August 1925: 27
Multiple photos of the Home Secretary's visit to Palm Island
Home secretary visit to Palm Island. Palm Islanders keen footballers. Newly formed brass band.
Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903 - 1926) 8 July 1925: 6
Article on the Home Secretary's visit to Palm Island. Football corroboree. Home secretary announces he would make arrangements for the band and Rugby League team to visit Townsville to play a "white thirteen". Note: A Townsville match occured in 1926.
Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) 8 July 1925: 11
Report of Minister's visits to Aboriginal settlements in Queensland. Mentions Palm Islands interest in Rugby League and in defeating players from a passing 'warship'. Also defeated mainland teams.
Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) 1 August 1925: 27
Multiple photos of the Home Secretary's visit to Palm Island