Boxing-day in Bungendore
Clear and bright, in tropic splendour, Gilding bush and mountain o'er, Rose the sun in all his glory O'er the roofs of Bungendore…
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Sport, 1867
8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Bungendore Races
ACCORDING to announcement races came off at Bungendore last Monday, when there was an excellent meet. Several hundreds of persons assembled on the course, including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket. Denominational School, Canberra v. Public School, Queanbeyan
ELEVEN youths from each of the above schools, assembled on the cricket ground, Queanbeyan, on Easter Monday, and settled their differences with the "willow and ball." From the appended score…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundaroo Races
ON Friday last being the birthday of her Majesty the Queen, we celebrated it here by having races, the previous two or three days was sadly against them, it having rained so much. However it cleared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Queanbeyan Public School v. Canberra Denominational School
THE return match between the above schools was contested on Friday, May 24th, at Canberra, ending in a victory for the Public School boys, who won easily with nine wickets to spare. The players were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Queanbeyan Annual Races
THE efforts of the sporting community of this district to revive the annual race meet has this year been a success. The programme advertised for some weeks previously was a very liberal one, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cooma. Foot Racing
OUR town during the past week was much enlivened by the arrival among us of Mr Grady, from Queanbeyan, whose absence from the sports of the proceeding week was much regretted, as a match between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Randwick Races. Derby Day—saturday—august 31
THE interest in the races of this meeting was not so manifest for some days prior to the Derby Day as that displayed before the last autumn races. This is attributable to various causes, the principal one no…
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