Between the 1920’s and 1950’s the YWCA, Blue Triangle and local committee of representatives organised an Inter House Athletics Day for Girls in Geelong and Melbourne. Local Geelong business, such as the surrounding woollen mills, business firms and church clubs would form teams of seven women to compete in a variety of sports such as bowls, basketball, hockey, cricket and soccer. Events such as these were organised to encourage women to participate in competitive sports and network with other women in the workforce.Four black and white photographs of the Collins Bros. and Holeproof Basket Ball Team. Two photos are of teams, two of play.sporting teams, collins bros mill pty ltd, sport

Original photo at Blackburn Lake Education Centre. Dorothy Meagher loaned photo so a print could be made.Black and white photograph of children playing on the dam on the corner of Blackburn and Canterbury Roads, Blackburn. The Bellbird Hospital is now on the site.canterbury road, blackburn, blackburn road, blackburn lake education centre, meagher, dorothy, bellbird private hospital

Coloured photograph of Victorian Re-Enactment Society performing Federation Play on Open Day 2001, in honour of Centenary of Federation.victorian re-enactment society, centenary of federation, heritage festival 2001, nunawading & district historical society

Black & white photograph of Bob and Harold Pratt, his father, at Thelma Pratt's wedding. Harold played football for Ringwoodpratt bob snr., pratt harold, chapman jean

Three people playing in snow outside the Mission Hall in the Main Street of Olinda. Current Mangana Store covers this site.On back of photograph - Mission hall OLINDA. Mission Hall Olinda in the snow.olinda, mission hall, snow

Black and white photograph of a young Tony Roche playing tennis, aged approximately 13. Materials: Paper, Photographic emulsiontennis

Colour photograph. Band seated in hall. Playing. One man looking back at camera. Music book Mrs Corry.entertainment, music, musicians

Colour photograph showing man playing concertina with his arms around a woman. You cannot see either of their faces.photo, group, mixed group

Colour photograph quite faded. Showing bush band playing. Accordion. Concertina. Back of photo reads: Emu Creek.photo, group, musicians

Bendigo 1950s. Men playing bowls at the Bendigo Bowling Club green, Barnard Street, Bendigo. Benevolent Asylum in background.Kodakbendigo 1950s. men playing bowls bendigo bowling club green bendigo. benevolent asylum

Colour photograph. 2 young men playing accordions. Over exposed lines on photograph from beginning/end of film.photo, group, musicians

Black and white photo of a man playing a piano. A number of instruments in the background. Written on the back is: Eb. Wren Forbes. 1986.photo, individual, eb wren forbes, peter ellis collection, eb wren forbes

Colour photograph. People sitting playing instruments. Tourist park (?) Back of photo reads: Nariel 05/06 Session.entertainment, music, musicians

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 1803-1910Reeve 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.DVD recording play in the RVBA Division 1 Pennant competition, in March 2014, of which Kew Heights won the premiership. The names of the team members are listed on the reverse of the DVD casekew heights sports club - barkers road - kew (vic), kew heights bowling club

Book: 'HOW TO PLAY WINNING TENNIS'. Hardcover with dust jacket. First published 1964. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboardtennis

An article entitled 'How I Play Championship Tennis', by Norwegian tennis champion, Molla Bjurstedt. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Book: 'How To Play Better Tennis' . Original copyright 1937, this edition 1938. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Clothtennis

A small rectangular, blue silk cloth piece, featuring a painted illustration of a woman playing tennis. Materials: Paint, Silktennis

A modern reproduction of an 1880 illustration of John Hartley and Herbert Lawford playing in the final of Wimbledon 1880. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

A 4-page instruction manual for playing Deck Tennis (otherwise known as Ring tennis, or Tennikoits). Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Portrait of a seated man with dark curly hair and brown jacket playing a guitar against an abstract multi-coloured background. Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton Aug 65'.clifton pugh, painting, portrait, brian mooney, guitar

A set of UNO cards with printed instructions and a single Braille page. On the box is marked 'Braille UNO game 26787'. This set was used by Tilly Aston members when on holiday. UNO playing cards with braille embossed on top left-hand and bottom right-hand corners in red cardboard box recreation equipment, games

Black and white photograph of Dave Beyer showing a young man with tennis racket posed as if in play Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy, clothing, sports

Bakelite record by ACO England G15875. "The Triumph of Right" played by H.M. Welsh Guards. Size: 10 inch recordflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Also two other photographs similar view, names of children unknown.Black and white photograph of children playing in school ground, organised activities includes trampoline, at primary school. Johnsonville Victoriaschools, activities

Photograph published page 37 in the Port Melbourne Quarterly July-September 1959Blanc and white photograph with white birder depicting three men playing pool in the Billiard Room of the Flinders Street Mission.sailors, seamen, pool, billiard, billiard room, mission to seamen, seamen's mission, mission to seafarers, flinders street, melbourne, 1959, snooker

number in album 03539.03Colour photograph Bill Allen and Rein Jongkryg playing table tennis at Senior Citizens Club. Lakes Entrance Victoria sports, senior citizens

A commemorative lead crystal trophy presented by the Croatian T.A. (H.T.S.) to the Australian Davis Cup team, during the play-off for a position in the 1997 Davis Cup World Group, between Croatia and Australia, played in Split, Croatia. Australia won 4-1, and advanced to the World Group. Materials: Lead crystaltennis