COMPLETED NEW PICKET FENCE AT BOWLING CLUB LIGAR STREET, CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, sport, bowling club clunes

Black and white photograph of Bob Pratt as a member of the Bennettswood Bowling Clubpratt, bob snr., south melbourne football club, bennettswood bowling club

6 coloured photos of members of the Tawonga Bowling Club. An attempt has been made to name the members. 1 black and white photo of 5 ladies of the Tawonga Bowling club, 4 of whom are namedtawonga. bowling club. sport. recreation. activity.

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Framed and glazed photograph of the fifteen honour boards of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club including those for bowling, tennis and croquet. Three of the boards are preserved in the Kew Historical Society collection. auburn heights ladies' bowling club - barkers road - kew (vic), honour boards, auburn heights men's bowling club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights croquet club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburne heights recreation club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights tennis club - barkers road - kew (vic)

Photograph.Depicting 16 men in their bowling outfits, and the premiership flag for the years of 1967-8.cottage, miners, c.h.bowling association, c.h.bowling association

Cheltenham Bowls Club, which was located to the rear of Cheltenham Railway station. This photograph was taken by Percy Fairlam, who opened a photographers shop in Charman Road. Percy took many of the best known photographs of Cheltenham at the turn of the century.This photograph was taken by Percy Fairlam, who opened a photographers shop in Charman Road. Percy took many of the best known photographs of Cheltenham at the turn of the century.Black and white photograph of people bowling at the Cheltenham Bowling Club, depicting a large area of lawn surrounded by trees and bushes, with buildings in the background. There are several groups of men and women standing on the lawn in front of a series of small balls.Printed in black ink on a round white sticker: 111 Handwritten in red ink: 90%. Handwritten in red ink: K000603leisure, bowls, games

A framed coloured photograph titled, ''At the Bowling Green, Bendigo, Victoria.'' Date and site unknown.lydia chancellor, collection, photograph, bowls, bendigo bowling green. sport, amusements, recreations

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The collection also includes a Commonwealth Games blazer (1962) and a cased set of lawn bowls owned by W PassmoreSmall metal on plastic bowling club trophy with information on front plaque about the award.O.P.B.C. / 1978 / Indoor Fours / W Passmoretrophies, bowling club trophies, w passmore, awards, indoor bowls