Settlements - Description - Sport - 1927
Item
Sport
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Communities Involved
Palm Island See all items with this value
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Woorabinda See all items with this value
Year
1927
Title
Settlements - Description - Sport - 1927
Description
"Recreations.—The native is fond of all outdoor sport, and cricket and football are followed up keenly in each season. Teams have been allowed to visit neighbouring towns and have proved successful in many of the contests. The native brass bands at Barambah and Palm Island have accompanied their teams, and the behaviour has always been well commented upon.
The Barambah Concert Party also gave several entertainments in other towns, to raise funds, and the hall, for which this money was desired, has been commenced. The Woorabinda team of footballers also played a match in Rockhampton, and won praise for their play and behaviour.
The usual corroborees and displays with aboriginal weapons are always popular.
On each settlement an annual sports day has been organised, and proved successful in every way, the natives working willingly in the preparations for the festivity and entering heartily into the competitions.
The usual Christmas and New Year festivities have also been organised and gifts, extra rations, and usual delicacies supplied.
The evident enjoyment of the inmates has well repaid the trouble. " (DNA Annual Report for 1927, p. 10).
The Barambah Concert Party also gave several entertainments in other towns, to raise funds, and the hall, for which this money was desired, has been commenced. The Woorabinda team of footballers also played a match in Rockhampton, and won praise for their play and behaviour.
The usual corroborees and displays with aboriginal weapons are always popular.
On each settlement an annual sports day has been organised, and proved successful in every way, the natives working willingly in the preparations for the festivity and entering heartily into the competitions.
The usual Christmas and New Year festivities have also been organised and gifts, extra rations, and usual delicacies supplied.
The evident enjoyment of the inmates has well repaid the trouble. " (DNA Annual Report for 1927, p. 10).
competitionType
Local
Participant
Yes