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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1869

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

Anniversary Day.—shoalhaven Regatta

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1869 · page 3

LAST year after vain attempts to get together committee for the purpose of geeting up a regatta, it was thought that boat racing would be one of the things of the past but our…

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Cricket. Australian C. C. V. Dapto C. C.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1869 · page 2

THE newly inaugurated cricket club, representing Kiama, and bearing the appllation of the "australian," met, as a first contest, thed Dapto team on Saturday last. The match, it…

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The Regatta

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1869 · page 2

Robertson's Point, at Lake Illawarra, presented quite a lively and picturesque appearance yesterday, perhaps more so than on any previous occasion since it became the property and habitation of Europeans…

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Jamberoo Races.—first Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1869 · page 2

THE Annual Meeting of the Illawarra Turf Club took place on the Jamberoo Course on Tuesday and Wednesday last. In so far as the attendance of visitors and…

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Athletic Sports

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 December 1869 · page 2

The Green adjacent to the Catholic Chapel will be the convincing ground, to-morrow, upon which the athletic sports which have been advertised for some time will be decided. It is stated that neither money…

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