Cherbourg, Palm Island, Woorabinda - Boxing - Brisbane - 1951 May

Item

Sport

Competition Type

Inter-settlement

Communities Involved

Start Date

May 1, 1951

Place

Brisbane, Queensland

Title

Cherbourg, Palm Island, Woorabinda - Boxing - Brisbane - 1951 May

Description

Boxing matches held in conjunction with the Jubilee celebrations.
Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld) 1 May 1951: 7
Bout planning. Boxing bouts between Cherbourg, Woorabinda and Palm Island fighters to take place as a part of Jubilee celebrations in Brisbane.
Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld) 2 May 1951: 7
Bout results. Best performers Jacky Harrison (Cherbourg) and Dave Twaddle (Woorabinda). Results listed. Note: fight results are difficult to read - particularly a name that looks like Fred Fulford of Palm Island? - Some names are illegible.
Woorabinda Golden Jubilee Year
Web page amongst the information there is information about the lives of Woorabinda residents including boxers that competed at the Jubilee including Francis Brown, Robert Bundle, Ronald Powder, George Hayden, Billy Hill and David Twaddle.
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.
Brisbane Telegraph (Qld) 10 April 1951: 14
More than 120 aborigines from four settlements in Queensland and Torres Strait will come to Brisbane for the Jubilee celebration week. Brief run down of events.

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