Historical information

St Mark's Harriers was established in Sunshine by the minister of St Mark's Church of England in 1931. It operated until 1964/65
A full biography of race walker, Alex Philpott is available at:- https://www.vrwc.org.au/tim-archive/articles/wv-alex-philpott.pdf

Physical description

Coloured photo shows A. Philpott wearing shash of St. Mark's Harriers Club standing in front of a number of club trophies. He came to Bendigo for many racing championships, competing in state and national walk events for many years. In 1949 he won the Victorian 10 mile walk.
Newspaper cutting (Mobil News April 1970) relates his continued involvement in walking and helping junior walkers.

Inscriptions & markings

Hilda Mitchell (Footscray)