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Kane Scott Emma George Kane was born in Darwin and spent his early childhood in the satellite city of Palmerston. He moved to Beechworth in 2012 and is a Year 11 student at Beechworth Secondary College. Kane is one of Beechworth’s most accomplished junior sportspeople. He trains six days a week, including most weekends in Melbourne. He finds Beechworth a great town for physical activity with opportunities for football, cricket, mountain biking, hockey, golf and tennis. "When I moved here as a child, sports were a way to meet new people and make friends". Kane enjoys testing himself against older participants, often playing at a higher level than his age. At eight he began playing cricket for Beechworth Wanderers Under 12s and when he was ten he joined the Bushrangers Under 12s football team. He also plays baseball. Kane now plays cricket for the North East Knights, receiving media coverage for his batting prowess. Kane remembers the smoke hanging over the town during the 2020 bushfires. The fires didn’t reach Beechworth but left a cloud of smoke over the town for weeks. The streets were eerily quiet during the normally busy summer season, with business, school and sports disrupted. Emma is Beechworth’s most famous sports star. As a rising prodigy she set twelve pole vault world records in a row in the late 1990s, including an astonishing jump of 4.60 metres in 1999. She won gold at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998 and fulfilled a childhood dream by competing at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Emma injured her back in a 1999 training accident and retired from the sport a few years later. Emma’s run of successes brought attention to women’s high jump in Australia. She became a national identity and inspired young women to take up athletics. She is now recognised as a trail-blazer in Australian sport. Emma was born in Beechworth. As a child she joined the Flying Fruit Fly circus, an Albury troupe that has trained aspiring performers since 1979. As a teenager she left the circus to pursue athletics where she excelled at the high jump. Emma’s athletics career took off while at university in Melbourne. Emma now lives in Perth with her husband and three boys. She is passionate about helping young people enjoy the outdoors and is an accomplished angler. Student, sportsperson, rising star Olympian, journalist, inspiration The Australian Magazine 28th June, 1997 Competing in the women's pole vault at the Nike Track Classic at Olympic Park, Melbourne, 20 February 1997. Burke Museum Collection, 10533.

Kane Scott Emma George Kane was born in Darwin and spent his early childhood in the satellite city of Palmerston. He moved to Beechworth in 2012 and is a Year 11 student at Beechworth Secondary College. Kane is one of Beechworth’s most accomplished junior sportspeople. He trains six days a week, including most weekends in Melbourne. He finds Beechworth a great town for physical activity with opportunities for football, cricket, mountain biking, hockey, golf and tennis. "When I moved here as a child, sports were a way to meet new people and make friends". Kane enjoys testing himself against older participants, often playing at a higher level than his age. At eight he began playing cricket for Beechworth Wanderers Under 12s and when he was ten he joined the Bushrangers Under 12s football team. He also plays baseball. Kane now plays cricket for the North East Knights, receiving media coverage for his batting prowess. Kane remembers the smoke hanging over the town during the 2020 bushfires. The fires didn’t reach Beechworth but left a cloud of smoke over the town for weeks. The streets were eerily quiet during the normally busy summer season, with business, school and sports disrupted. Emma is Beechworth’s most famous sports star. As a rising prodigy she set twelve pole vault world records in a row in the late 1990s, including an astonishing jump of 4.60 metres in 1999. She won gold at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998 and fulfilled a childhood dream by competing at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Emma injured her back in a 1999 training accident and retired from the sport a few years later. Emma’s run of successes brought attention to women’s high jump in Australia. She became a national identity and inspired young women to take up athletics. She is now recognised as a trail-blazer in Australian sport. Emma was born in Beechworth. As a child she joined the Flying Fruit Fly circus, an Albury troupe that has trained aspiring performers since 1979. As a teenager she left the circus to pursue athletics where she excelled at the high jump. Emma’s athletics career took off while at university in Melbourne. Emma now lives in Perth with her husband and three boys. She is passionate about helping young people enjoy the outdoors and is an accomplished angler. Student, sportsperson, rising star Olympian, journalist, inspiration The Australian Magazine 28th June, 1997 Competing in the women's pole vault at the Nike Track Classic at Olympic Park, Melbourne, 20 February 1997. Burke Museum Collection, 10533.

Kane Scott Emma George Kane was born in Darwin and spent his early childhood in the satellite city of Palmerston. He moved to Beechworth in 2012 and is a Year 11 student at Beechworth Secondary College. Kane is one of Beechworth’s most accomplished junior sportspeople. He trains six days a week, including most weekends in Melbourne. He finds Beechworth a great town for physical activity with opportunities for football, cricket, mountain biking, hockey, golf and tennis. "When I moved here as a child, sports were a way to meet new people and make friends". Kane enjoys testing himself against older participants, often playing at a higher level than his age. At eight he began playing cricket for Beechworth Wanderers Under 12s and when he was ten he joined the Bushrangers Under 12s football team. He also plays baseball. Kane now plays cricket for the North East Knights, receiving media coverage for his batting prowess. Kane remembers the smoke hanging over the town during the 2020 bushfires. The fires didn’t reach Beechworth but left a cloud of smoke over the town for weeks. The streets were eerily quiet during the normally busy summer season, with business, school and sports disrupted. Emma is Beechworth’s most famous sports star. As a rising prodigy she set twelve pole vault world records in a row in the late 1990s, including an astonishing jump of 4.60 metres in 1999. She won gold at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998 and fulfilled a childhood dream by competing at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Emma injured her back in a 1999 training accident and retired from the sport a few years later. Emma’s run of successes brought attention to women’s high jump in Australia. She became a national identity and inspired young women to take up athletics. She is now recognised as a trail-blazer in Australian sport. Emma was born in Beechworth. As a child she joined the Flying Fruit Fly circus, an Albury troupe that has trained aspiring performers since 1979. As a teenager she left the circus to pursue athletics where she excelled at the high jump. Emma’s athletics career took off while at university in Melbourne. Emma now lives in Perth with her husband and three boys. She is passionate about helping young people enjoy the outdoors and is an accomplished angler. Student, sportsperson, rising star Olympian, journalist, inspiration The Australian Magazine 28th June, 1997 Competing in the women's pole vault at the Nike Track Classic at Olympic Park, Melbourne, 20 February 1997. Burke Museum Collection, 10533.

Kane Scott Emma George Kane was born in Darwin and spent his early childhood in the satellite city of Palmerston. He moved to Beechworth in 2012 and is a Year 11 student at Beechworth Secondary College. Kane is one of Beechworth’s most accomplished junior sportspeople. He trains six days a week, including most weekends in Melbourne. He finds Beechworth a great town for physical activity with opportunities for football, cricket, mountain biking, hockey, golf and tennis. "When I moved here as a child, sports were a way to meet new people and make friends". Kane enjoys testing himself against older participants, often playing at a higher level than his age. At eight he began playing cricket for Beechworth Wanderers Under 12s and when he was ten he joined the Bushrangers Under 12s football team. He also plays baseball. Kane now plays cricket for the North East Knights, receiving media coverage for his batting prowess. Kane remembers the smoke hanging over the town during the 2020 bushfires. The fires didn’t reach Beechworth but left a cloud of smoke over the town for weeks. The streets were eerily quiet during the normally busy summer season, with business, school and sports disrupted. Emma is Beechworth’s most famous sports star. As a rising prodigy she set twelve pole vault world records in a row in the late 1990s, including an astonishing jump of 4.60 metres in 1999. She won gold at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998 and fulfilled a childhood dream by competing at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Emma injured her back in a 1999 training accident and retired from the sport a few years later. Emma’s run of successes brought attention to women’s high jump in Australia. She became a national identity and inspired young women to take up athletics. She is now recognised as a trail-blazer in Australian sport. Emma was born in Beechworth. As a child she joined the Flying Fruit Fly circus, an Albury troupe that has trained aspiring performers since 1979. As a teenager she left the circus to pursue athletics where she excelled at the high jump. Emma’s athletics career took off while at university in Melbourne. Emma now lives in Perth with her husband and three boys. She is passionate about helping young people enjoy the outdoors and is an accomplished angler. Student, sportsperson, rising star Olympian, journalist, inspiration The Australian Magazine 28th June, 1997 Competing in the women's pole vault at the Nike Track Classic at Olympic Park, Melbourne, 20 February 1997. Burke Museum Collection, 10533.