Yarrabah – Foundation Day Sports – Yarrabah – 1927

Item

Sport

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Competition Type

Community-based

Communities Involved

Yarrabah See all items with this value

Start Date

June 1927

Duration

2 days

Place

Yarrabah, Queensland

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Title

Yarrabah – Foundation Day Sports – Yarrabah – 1927

Description

Report on Y St Alban’s Day sports. No author. Money deducted from Y men’s pay for local Sports Fund. Source: Northern Churchman, 1 August 1927, p. 7.
Report on Y St Alban’s Day sports by T. Mortimer. Source: North Queensland Notes, Oct 1927 pp. 1370-72 (sport covered on pp. 1370-71).
Spear and boomerang throwing events included in the sports program, followed by a corroboree - good description in Brisbane Courier.

URL

Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) 13 August 1927: 11
Northern Churchman, 1 August 1927, p. 7, top of page Northern Churchman, 1 August 1927, p. 7, bottom of page North Queensland Notes, Oct 1927 pp. 1370 North Queensland Notes, Oct 1927 pp. 1371 North Queensland Notes, Oct 1927 pp. 1372