Highland Sports, Coffs Harbour, 1909
- Title
- Highland Sports, Coffs Harbour, 1909
- Description
- Inscription on reverse: 1909 Fitzroy Hotel. Built 1907-08 Old Cricketers Arms at left. At right commercial travellers "sample rooms" Masonic Temple upstairs. Bank of NSW Later Blackadder chemist shop. Highland Sports on New Years Day 1/1/1909. Wood chopping blocks large!
- Description
- Digital master held.
- Description
- The Highland sports on New Years day were run by the Coffs Harbour Highland Society, of which Mr Murdoch McLean was President. For a time from 1907 the venue (opposite the Fitzroy Hotel) was called "McLean's paddock, but by 1912 the paddock had become Fitzroy Stadium. See Coffs Harbour by Neil Yeates, v. 1, p. 133.
- Creator
- Phipps, S.
- Subject
- Coffs Harbour Highland Society
- Subject
- Highland games
- Subject
- Festivals, celebrations etc
- Subject
- Sportsgrounds
- Subject
- Woodchop
- Subject
- Spectators
- Subject
- Masonic halls
- Subject
- Hotels & taverns
- Subject
- Fitzroy Hotel (Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.)
- Subject
- Banks
- Subject
- Coffs Harbour (N.S.W.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
- Subject
- Coffs Harbour (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
- Subject
- Towns
- Image number
- Museum accession no. 07-1144
- Format
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm.
- Managed by
- Item held by Coffs Harbour City Council
- Collection or series
- Local history events (Coffs Harbour Regional Museum. Photograph folder)
- Date or place
- 1909 (198-? copy)
- Date or place
- Coffs Harbour Region, New South Wales
- Rights
- This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permission of Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.
- Rights
- Contact Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.
- Rights
- This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permission of Coffs Harbour Regional Museum
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