Settlements – Description – Sport - 1921
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Sport
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Year
1921
Title
Settlements – Description – Sport - 1921
Description
Generic comment made about the three Government Settlements (Barambah, Taroom, Palm Island). 'Recreations. —Outdoor sports, native corroborees, and other healthy amusements were encouraged. Cricket, football, tennis, and such sporting material was supplied. At Taroom, a native mounted infantry squad has been formed, under a returned soldier officer, and the men, all of whom ride their own horses, are very keen. At Palm Island, boating picnics, fishing, harpooning turtle, and pig-hunting are all favourite amusements.
The usual Christmas festivities were indulged in, towards which, by common consent, the accumulated interest on their bank accounts was expended in sporting material and seasonable luxuries and gifts for the children, sick, and old. Through this generous action on the part of the able bodied, the festive season was a time of real enjoyment to all. (DNA Annual Report 1921, p. 8).
The usual Christmas festivities were indulged in, towards which, by common consent, the accumulated interest on their bank accounts was expended in sporting material and seasonable luxuries and gifts for the children, sick, and old. Through this generous action on the part of the able bodied, the festive season was a time of real enjoyment to all. (DNA Annual Report 1921, p. 8).
competitionType
Local