Yarrabah – Christmas Sports – Yarrabah – 1903
Item
Sport
Christmas Sport See all items with this value
Competition Type
Community-based
Communities Involved
Yarrabah See all items with this value
Start Date
December 29, 1903
Place
Yarrabah, Queensland See all items with this value
Title
Yarrabah – Christmas Sports – Yarrabah – 1903
Description
Boxing Day sports delayed until 29th December 1903. Footraces were for all sections of the community. Events included: grinning through a horse collar [sic] ; tug of war b/t married and single men; egg and spoon races; great canoe race. Also a race b/t 3 canoes manned by girls. One overturned – “of course they could all swim”. Source: Missionary Notes, 19 1 1904, p. 2.