Yarrabah – School Sports – Cairns – 1960

Item

Sport

Competition Type

Local

Communities Involved

Start Date

August 1960

Place

Cairns, Queensland

Title

Yarrabah – School Sports – Cairns – 1960

Description

Described as held "lately" [August 1960], Yarrabah won three cups and 36 certificates at school sports in Cairns. The girls had their greatest success in running events; boys in running and jumping. Training for sport is held outside school hours. Source: Palm Island News, 26 August 1960, p. 1,
In August [1960] Yarrabah won 36 certificates and three silver cups (Boys', Girls', and aggregate) in the District Primary School Sports in Cairns, in the B class.
Source: REPORT OF Y ABORIGINAL SCHOOL, Annual Report to the Director of Native Affairs – Yarrabah Mission for 1960-61, Queensland State Archives Item ID504648: Description: ADMINISTRATION – ANNUAL REPORTS – YARRABAH
QSA Item ID504648 1960-61 annual report