Photo - Dederang Football Premiers 1912

Historical information

Dederang won the football premiership in 1912. Many country towns had a local football team that played against others in the district.

Significance

Towns in the Kiewa Valley were big enough to field a football team. Sport was a popular way of relaxing and socialising on the weekends.

Physical description

Sepia photo of 'Dederang Football Premiers 1912 with : - list of players named left to right in 3 rows. 'Lent by Mrs D. Coad, Yackandandah' - all of which is on attached paper below the photo. The photo is glued to thick grey cardboard and thus framed.
Made 1912 - Thelma Studio Beechworth embossed in gold on photo
This photo is published on Page 56 of 'A History of the Kiewa Valley' by Esther Temple and David Lloyd

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