Yarrabah – Christmas Sports – Yarrabah – 1902

Item

Sport

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Competition Type

Community-based

Communities Involved

Yarrabah See all items with this value

Start Date

December 26, 1902

Place

Yarrabah, Queensland
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Title

Yarrabah – Christmas Sports – Yarrabah – 1902

Description

Ernest Gribble report: “On Boxing Day, at 2 p.m., we held our sports on the beach, the different events causing great excitement, especially a well-contested canoe race. Four canoes entered, each canoe containing two men.” Prize was a tomahawk apiece. Source: Missionary Notes, 21 2 1903, p. 9.
Ernest Gribble writes of importance of receiving Xmas gifts from parishioners: we missionaries would be disappointed if we couldn’t have our “usual Christmas Tree [gifts distributed] and Prizes for our Boxing Day sports “. These 2 events always go together. Missionary Notes, 22 1 1903, 4.