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This exercise book contains a handwritten inventory list of details of photos and items in Disability Sport and Recreation Victoria's 1960s Archives Box. Only a small amount of the pages contain the inventory, with the rest being blank ruled lines. Where photos or items from this box are not labeled, it can be difficult to match them with the inventory list contained in this exercise book.

Exercise book containing inventory list and details of photos and items in DSR 1960s Archives Box. Only a small amount of the pages contain the inventory, with the rest being blank ruled lines.

The exercise book contains an inventory list and details of photos and items in DSR 1960s Archives Box

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Foldout sheet (four panels) containing the competition ladder, best and fairest, and leading scorers details for the 1967 Victorian Wheelchair Basketball Association competition.

Apart from the ladder, best and fairest, leading scorers for 1967 Victorian Wheelchair Basketball Association competition, the sheet also includes a handwritten (in blue pen) note: Note: Basketball Match against St Kilda Football Club. See ticket attached. PLEASE BE THERE.

disabled sports, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair sport, victorian wheelchair basketball association, st kilda football club, ivan watts, r. howard, bruno moretti, graeme ball, kevin coombs, j. wood, m. wilson, bryan tudor, i. resojovic, r. thornton, b. scilley, r. mcintyre, paravics sports club

Sir Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann CBE FRS (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-born British neurologist who established the Paralympic Games in England. The Jewish doctor, who had fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, is considered to be one of the founding fathers of organised physical activities for people with a disability.

Black and white photo of Sir Ludwig Guttmann and associated dignitaries, at the opening ceremony of the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

paralympics, 1964 tokyo paralympics, ludwig guttmann

Laminated photocopy of wheelchair athletes at the first Australian Games at Albert Park, Melbourne in 1960

Opening Ceremony of First Australian Games at Albert Park, Melbourne in 1960 The Games were opened by John Landy

john landy, albert park, wheelchair sport, disabled sports

Founded in 1962, the ParaVics Sports Club (now Disability Sports and Recreation Victoria) was established to help a group of eight athletes with disability compete in national and international sporting competitions.

Black and white photo of members of the Paravics Sports Club, circa the 1960s.

Handwritten (in pen) notes of those in photo Standing: Herb Sanderson, Geoff Luke, Cyril Thomas, Bruno Moretti. Ross Tong, Alan Yeomans, Graeme Ball, Ian Duckling, Ivan Watts, Bill Ingrams, Tony Crisp Maker's mark stamp: ALLAN STUDIOS COLLINGWOOD WHEN RE-ORDERING QUOTE NO. 9259 POS. 7A

paravics sports club, disabled sports, wheelchair sport, herb sanderson, geoff luke, cyril thomas, bruno moretti, ross tong, alan yeomans, graeme ball, ian duckling, ivan watt, bill ingrams, tony crisp

Black and white photo of Bruno Moretti throwing a basketball to Bryan Tudor.

Reserve of photo has a label an a maker's mark. Label states: Bruno Moretti Bryan Tudor Maker's mark states: ALLAN STUDIOS COLLINGWOOD. WHEN RE-ORDERING QUOTE NO. 9259 POS. 5

bruno moretti, bryan tudor, wheelchair sport, wheelchair basketball, disabled sports

Black and white photo of wheelchair athletes Bill Ingrams, Butch Schmidt, and unidentified woman

Reverse of the photo has handwritten note of two names: Bill Ingrams and Butch Schmidt.

butch schmidt, bill ingrams

Sir Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann CBE FRS (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-born British neurologist who established the Paralympic Games in England. The Jewish doctor, who had fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, is considered to be one of the founding fathers of organised physical activities for people with a disability.

Black and white photo of Sir Ludwig Guttmann and associated dignitaries, at the opening ceremony of the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

paralympics, 1964 tokyo paralympics, ludwig guttmann

Black and white photo of wheelchair basketballers, 1960.

Reverse of the photo lists (in pen) the photo subjects as follows: B. Moretti, G. Burch, A Roberts, F. Martin, R. Lucas, L Murphy (with ball) R. Hepburn

wheelchair basketball, wheelchair sport, disabled sports, robin lucas, fred martin, ron hepburn, bruno moretti, gordon burch, a. roberts, les murphy

Black and white photo of Royal District Nursing Service nurse, wheelchair bound patient, and physio.

Reverse of contains the handwritten text (in pecil): Physio Mr F Sanderson Patient R. Freeman Also included is the photo developer's mark: COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY Barry M. Sutton 80 FERGUSON ST., WILLIAMSTOWN Telephone 397-6017 FOR REPRINT QUOTE NO

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Black and white photo of wheelchair basketballers Bruno Moretti and Robin Lucas.

Reverse of the photo lists the photo subjects as follows: Bruno Moretti Robin Lucas

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The Austin Hospital in Melbourne established a Spinal Injuries Unit in 1957, and soon after helped pioneer the development of wheelchair sports in Australia. This photo is related to item no. 00079 in this collection, which contains an anomaly - in 00079, the middle wheelchair athlete is listed as "Ron Hepburn", whereas here he is listed as "A. Yeomans".

Black and white photo of wheelchair basketballers, 1960s.

Reverse of the photo lists the photo subjects as follows: R. Schmid, K/C, A. Yeomans, R. Lucas, F. Martin, Standing: Harrow Morgan, Physio.

wheelchair basketball, wheelchair sport, disabled sports, austin hospital, butch schmidt, kevin coombs, robin lucas, a. yeomans, fred martin, ron hepburn

The Austin Hospital in Melbourne established a Spinal Injuries Unit in 1957, and soon after helped pioneer the development of wheelchair sports in Australia. This photo is related to item no. 00080 in this collection, which contains an anomaly - in 00080, the middle wheelchair athlete is listed as "A. Yeomans", whereas here he is listed as "Ron Hepburn".

Black and white photo of wheelchair basketballers, 1960s.

Reverse of the photo lists the photo subjects as follows: Butch Schmidt Kevin Coombs Ron Hepburn Robin Lucas Fred Martin

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The Austin Hospital in Melbourne established a Spinal Injuries Unit in 1957, and soon after helped pioneer the development of wheelchair sports in Australia.

Black and white photo of wheelchair basketball at the Austin Hospital in the 1960s.

The reverse of the photo contains the text (written in pencil), "Austin Hospital B'Ball Court".

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Black and white photograph of wheelchair athlete Les Murphy on basketball court, facing forwards.

The reverse side of the photo has the handwritten note "Les Murphy 1960s".

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Black and white photograph of wheelchair athlete Les Murphy.

The reverse side of the photo has the handwritten note "Les Murphy in the 60".

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The Austin Hospital in Melbourne established a Spinal Injuries Unit in 1957, and soon after helped pioneer the development of wheelchair sports in Australia.

Black and white photo of wheelchair athletes at the Austin Hospital in 1960, along with a label attached naming those in the photograph.

The label attached to the photo has the following: Balcony W*d (Ward?) 17 Austin 1960. Left to right: Kevin Coombs, Ron Hepburn, Fred Martin, Robin Luas, Graeme Philp, Brian Bird, Gordon Burch. The reverse of the photo contains the same text (written in pen), except with Graeme Philp written as Graeme "Phillp".

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Bruno Moretti was a key early Australian Paralympian, and a gold and silver medallist in the Paralympics during the 1960s. A founding and later life member of Disability Sport & Recreation, Moretti continued to contribute to the disabled sports movement after his retirement from competition.

Black and white photograph of Bruno Moretti with two trophies.

The reverse side of the photo has the handwritten description (in pencil): Bruno Moretti BEST PLAYER 1960'S

This photo is from the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics. The Opening Ceremony was held at the Oda Field located within the Olympic village, as nearly 5,000 spectators looked on. The patrons of the Games, His Imperial Highness Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, were in attendance.

Black and white photo from the opening ceremony of the 1964 Paralympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan. Prince (and later Emperor) Akihito is pictured with his wife, Princess Michiko with an athlete.

Reverse side of the photo has "Tokyo 1964" written on it.

1964 paralympics, paralympics

This photo, depicting a wheelchair athlete competing in the shot put in the Mt Gambier Games, was likely taken after 1981 (possibly in 1986), as one of the onlookers is wearing a cap from the Australian Institute of Sport which was formed in 1981.

Black and white photo from Mt Gambier Games, uncertain date, likely mid 1980s.

Reverse side of the photo has a post it note with the following inscription. Mt Gambier Games rear: Dominic Gregorio (VIC) Graham Maloney (SA) Steve Trestrail (SA) Michael McIntyre (SA) Peter Peterson )VIC) Don Perriman (VIC) holding

mt gambier games, dominic gregorio, graham maloney, steve trestrail, michael mcintyre, peter peterson

This photo is from the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics. The Opening Ceremony was held at the Oda Field located within the Olympic village, as nearly 5,000 spectators looked on. The patrons of the Games, His Imperial Highness Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, were in attendance.

Black and white photo from the opening ceremony of the 1964 Paralympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan.

Reverse side of the photo has "242 17" written on it.

1964 paralympics, paralympics

This photo is from the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics. The Opening Ceremony was held at the Oda Field located within the Olympic village, as nearly 5,000 spectators looked on. The patrons of the Games, His Imperial Highness Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, were in attendance.

Black and white photo from the opening ceremony of the 1964 Paralympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan.

Reverse side of the photo has "243 19" written on it.

1964 paralympics, paralympics

Though there is no information on the tie to indicate to whom this tie belonged it is possible to assume that it belonged to Kevin Coombs, as the box it was found contained several medals and other memorabilia related to Coombs.

Navy blue neck tie with white letter "V"

The neck tie contains a white letter "V". The label attached to contains "Aristo" and "polyester - washable".

Though there is no information on the tie to indicate to whom this tie belonged, it is possible to assume that it belonged to Kevin Coombs, as the box it was found contained several medals and other memorabilia related to Coombs.

Dark green neck tie with gold pattern. Label indicating "polyester - washable".

The pattern on the green background is three gold interlocking wheels likely symbolising "Friendship - Unity - Sportsmanship" - see this link for a similar motif https://victoriancollections.net.au/manage/catalogue/items/5dc386f021ea670f9c4576fb