Settlements – Description – Sport - 1924
Item
Sport
Recreation See all items with this value
Cricket See all items with this value
Football See all items with this value
Traditional Games See all items with this value
Christmas Sport See all items with this value
Communities Involved
Cherbourg See all items with this value
Palm Island See all items with this value
Woorabinda See all items with this value
Year
1924
Place
Barambah, Taroom and Palm Island See all items with this value
Title
Settlements – Description – Sport - 1924
Description
'Every encouragement was given for practice of healthy outdoor sports, such as cricket, tennis, and football, nor were their old pastimes, such as corroborees, boomerang and spear throwing, neglected.
Sports have been held, with great success, and from the proceeds of concerts, &c, held amongst themselves, a new billiard table was purchased by the Barambah natives.
The usual Christmas festivities were heartily entered into, for which extra luxuries, gifts of clothing, toys, games, &c, were provided, and a week's holiday given over to sports, picnics, and usual amusements (DNA Annual Report for 1924, p. 9)
Sports have been held, with great success, and from the proceeds of concerts, &c, held amongst themselves, a new billiard table was purchased by the Barambah natives.
The usual Christmas festivities were heartily entered into, for which extra luxuries, gifts of clothing, toys, games, &c, were provided, and a week's holiday given over to sports, picnics, and usual amusements (DNA Annual Report for 1924, p. 9)
competitionType
Local