Davis Sporting Collection No. 1. 1862-1936 : Boxes 7-8
Boxes 7-8: Sports Carnivals for Charities, Mainly in New South Wales and Queensland, 1894-
1928, and Eight Hour Day Athletics Carnivals, Mainly in New South Wales, 1904-1930
Box 7: Sports carnivals for charities, 1894-1928 (7-1 – 7-30) and Eight hour day athletics carnivals, 1904-1928 (7-31 – 7-41)
42 items
| Item No. | Name | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-1 | Grand Australian Fair | Official programme of the grand Australian fair sports (under the auspices of the various athletic bodies of Sydney) in aid of St. Mary’s Cathedral : Agricultural Society’s grounds : | 1897 | |
| Moore Park : Saturday, 6th February, 1897 | ||||
| St. Mary’s Cathedral (Sydney, | ||||
| N.S.W.) | ||||
| 7-2 | Charity fete & art union : grand sports carnival in aid of the destitute of Sydney : | 1896 | Annotated | |
| Clifton Gardens (Chowder Bay), Saturday, | ||||
| August 29, 1896 : official programme | ||||
| 7-3 | Brisbane Hospital | Third annual hospital sports carnival under distinguished patronage : intercolonial meeting on Saturday, 6th July, 1895 : | 1895 | |
| Exhibition Ground [Brisbane] | ||||
| 7-4 | Ambulance Sports Committee (Qld.) | Ambulance sports meeting (under distinguished patronage) : championship and | 1894 | Annotated |
| intercolonial meeting : on Saturday, 20th October, 1894 : Exhibition Grounds | ||||
| 7-5 | Sydney Hospital Sports Meeting | Sydney Hospital sports : Agricultural Grounds, Saturday 10th October, 1896 : official programme | 1896 | |
| 7-6 | Sydney Hospital Sports Meeting | Sydney Hospital sports : Agricultural Grounds, Saturday 10th October, 1896 : official programme | 1896 | Annotated; plan of cycle track, p. 2; manuscript sheet of results inserted |
| 7-7 | Charity fete & art union : grand sports carnival in aid of the destitute of Sydney : | 1896 | Damaged covers | |
| Clifton Gardens (Chowder Bay), Saturday, | ||||
| August 29, 1896 : official programme | ||||
| 7-8 | Brisbane Hospital | Fourth annual hospital sports carnival : | 1896 | |
| intercolonial meeting to be held at Exhibition Grounds, Saturday, July 25th, 1896 | ||||
| 7-9 | Charity fete & art union : grand sports carnival in aid of the destitute of Sydney : | 1896 | Annotated | |
| Clifton Gardens (Chowder Bay), Saturday, | ||||
| August 29, 1896 : official programme | ||||
| 7-10 | Sydney Hospital Sports Meeting | Sydney Hospital sports : Agricultural Grounds, Saturday 10th October, 1896 : official programme | 1896 | Annotated; plan of cycle track, p. 2; newscutting inserted |
| 7-11 | The gymkhana, in aid of the Consumptive | 1897 | Annotated; includes | |
| Homes and Victoria Orphanage : Agricultural Ground, Saturday, September 4th, 1897 | ‘exhibition of | |||
| rough riding’ by ‘Mr Harry Morant (“The Breaker”)’ and events featuring A. B. | ||||
| Patterson [i.e. | ||||
| Paterson] | ||||
| 7-12 | Brisbane Hospital | Sports carnival : in aid of Brisbane Hospital to be held at Exhibition Grounds, 0n Saturday, July 29, 1893 | 1893 | Annotated |
| 7-13 | Brisbane Hospital | Fifth annual hospital sports carnival : | 1897 | Annotated |
| intercolonial championship meeting, to be held at Exhibition Grounds, Saturday, 4th September, 1897 | ||||
| 7-14 | Grand Australian Fair | Official programme of the grand Australian fair sports (under the auspices of the various athletic bodies of Sydney) in aid of St. Mary’s Cathedral : Agricultural Society’s grounds : | 1897 | Annotated |
| Moore Park : Saturday, 6th February, 1897 | ||||
| St. Mary’s Cathedral (Sydney, | ||||
| N.S.W.) | ||||
| 7-15 | St. George Cottage Hospital | Programme of sports : grand fancy dress carnival, in aid of St. George Cottage Hospital | [c.1896] | |
| and other local charities, to be held at Moorefield Racecourse, Kogarah, on Monday, 9th November, Prince of Wales’ birthday | ||||
| 7-16 | St. George Cottage Hospital | Programme of sports : grand fancy dress carnival, in aid of St. George Cottage Hospital | [c.1896] | Annotated |
| and other local charities, to be held at Moorefield Racecourse, Kogarah, on | ||||
| Monday, 9th November, Prince of Wales’ birthday | ||||
| 7-17 | Ambulance Carnival (Qld.) | Official programme : 17th annual ambulance carnival and art union : Brisbane Cricket Ground, Saturday, May 9th, 1914 | 1914 | Annotated |
| 7-18 | Leichhardt Ambulance Carnival | Official programme : Leichhardt ambulance carnival : monster procession and sporting festival : Saturday, 29th April, 1922 : | 1922 | Annotated |
| Leichhardt Oval and Park | ||||
| 7-19 | Orphanage Benefit Committee (N.Z.) | Official programme : orphanage benefit : | 1922 | |
| ‘mardi gras’ : Forbury Park [Dunedin], | ||||
| Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1922 | ||||
| 7-20 | Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Fund | Souvenir of the Semaphore celebrations : | 1917 | Annotated |
| Saturday and Monday, Jan. 27 & 29, 1917 | ||||
| 7-21 | Monster Red Cross Festival | Sports meeting and band contest : St. Luke’s | 1918 | Annotated |
| Oval Concord : Saturday afternoon : 16th February 1918, and evenings of Saturday 16th, Monday 18th, Tuesday 19th, Wednes. | ||||
| 20th | ||||
| 7-22 | South Sydney Hospital Carnival League | Second annual carnival and sports : Victoria | [1918] | Annotated |
| Park Racecourse : Saturday, November 16 [1918] | ||||
| 7-23 | South Sydney Hospital Carnival League | Second annual carnival and sports : Victoria | [1918] | Annotated |
| Park Racecourse : Saturday, November 16 [1918] | ||||
| 7-24 | Monster Hospitals Carnival | Monster hospitals carnival : Parramatta Oval and Park, Saturday, 6th April : afternoon and night and subsequent evenings : official | 1918 | R. Coombes’s copy; annotated |
| sports programme : Saturday afternoon, 6th April, 1918 | ||||
| 7-25 | St. George Cottage Hospital | Programme of sports : grand fancy dress carnival, in aid of St. George Cottage Hospital and other local charities, to be held at Moorefield Racecourse, Kogarah, on Monday, 9th November, Prince of Wales’ birthday | [c.1896] | |
| 7-26 | Western Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club (N.S.W.) | Official programme of the New South Wales marathon championship (26 miles 385 yards) and Camden District Hospital sports to be held at Onslow Park, Camden on Saturday, August 25th, 1928 | 1928 | Annotated |
| 7-27 | St. George Cottage Hospital | Programme of sports : grand fancy dress carnival, in aid of St. George Cottage Hospital | [c.1896] | Annotated; lacking covers |
| and other local charities, to be held at Moorefield Racecourse, Kogarah, on Monday, 9th November, Prince of Wales’ birthday | ||||
| 7-28 | Royal North Shore Hospital | Programme : grand athletic carnival and fete in aid of Royal North Shore Hospital : North | 1928 | |
| Sydney Oval : Saturday, 10th November, 1928 | ||||
| 7-29a | Royal North Shore Hospital | Programme : grand athletic carnival and fete in aid of Royal North Shore Hospital : North | 1928 | Annotated |
| Sydney Oval : Saturday, 10th November, | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 7-29b | Royal North Shore Hospital | [Manuscript sheet of results relating to event | 1928 | Manuscript |
| in item 7-29A] | ||||
| 7-30 | New South Wales Hockey Association | In aid of the Olympic fund (N.S.W. branch) : grand hockey-lacrosse carnival on Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 : Saturday, April 25th, 1914 : first class hockey, first class lacrosse : ladies’ hockey : inter-association teams’ race | 1914 | |
| : for the first time – hock-crosse game | ||||
| New South Wales Lacrosse | ||||
| Association | ||||
| 7-31 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 49th demonstration and sports of the eighthour societies at Agricultural Grounds, on Monday, 3rd October, 1904 | 1904 | Bound with blank pages and a pencil attached; annotated |
| 7-32 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 49th demonstration and sports of the eighthour societies at Agricultural Grounds, on Monday, 3rd October, 1904 | 1904 | pp. 1-15 |
| damaged | ||||
| 7-33 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 58th annual eight-hour and labor demonstration and sports at Agricultural Ground, on Monday, 6th October, 1913 | 1913 | Annotated |
| 7-34 | Eight Hour Day Committee (Qld.) | Eight hour day, 1914 : official programme | 1914 | |
| 7-35 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | Eight-hour & labor demonstration at | 1916 | Annotated |
| Agricultural Ground, on Monday, 2nd October, | ||||
| 1916 [Official programme : 8 hour day, 1916] | ||||
| 7-36 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour & labor demonstration at Agricultural Ground, Monday, 6th October, 1919 [Official programme : 8 hour day, 1919] | 1919 | Annotated |
| 7-37 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour & labor demonstration at Agricultural Ground, Monday, 3rd October, 1921 [Official programme : 8 hour day, 1921] | 1921 | Annotated; manuscript sheet of results inserted |
| 7-38 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration | 8-hour & labor demonstration at Agricultural | 1922 | Annotated; two |
| Committee (N.S.W.) | Ground, Monday, 2nd October, 1922 [Official programme : 8 hour day sports and demonstration, 1922] | manuscript sheets of results inserted | ||
| 7-39 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour & labor demonstration at Agricultural Ground, Monday, 5th October, 1925 [Official programme : 8 hour day sports and demonstration, 1925] | 1925 | Annotated |
| 7-40 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour & labor demonstration at Agricultural Ground, Monday, 1st October, 1928 [Official programme : 8 hour day sports and demonstration, 1928] | 1928 | Annotated |
| 7-41 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 54th annual eight-hour and labor demonstration and sports at Agricultural Ground, on Monday, 4th October, 1909 | 1909 | Annotated; printed with |
| [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | additional blank pages | |||
| Davis Sporting Collection No. 1 | ||||
| Box 8: Eight hour day athletics carnivals, 1912-1930 | ||||
| 24 items | ||||
| Item No. | Name | Title | Year | Notes |
| 8-1 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 57th annual eight-hour and labor demonstration and sports at Agricultural Ground, on Monday, 7th October, 1912 - | 1912 | Annotated; printed with |
| [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | additional blank pages | |||
| 8-2 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 58th annual eight-hour and labor demonstration and sports at Agricultural Ground, on Monday, 6th October, 1913 | 1913 | Annotated; printed with |
| [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | additional blank pages | |||
| 8-3 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 59th annual eight-hour and labor | 1914 | Printed with |
| demonstration at Agricultural Ground, on Monday, Oct. 5, 1914 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | additional blank pages | |||
| 8-4 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | Eight-hour and labor demonstration at | 1916 | Annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground, on Monday, 2nd October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1916 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-5 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1917 | Printed with additional blank |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 1st October, | ||||
| 1917 [Special sports : list of events for judges | pages | |||
| & clerks] | ||||
| 8-6 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1917 | R. Coombes’s copy; annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 1st October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1917 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-7 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1919 | Printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 6th October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1919 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-8a | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1922 | Annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 2nd October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1922 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-8b | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item 8-8a, labelled ‘16/9/22 walk’] | 1922 | Manuscript | |
| 8-8c | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item | 1922 | Manuscript |
| 8-8a, labelled ‘2/10/22 running high jump’] | ||||
| 8-8d | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item 8-8a, labelled ‘16/9/22 high jump’] | 1922 | Manuscript | |
| 8-8e | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item | 1922 | Manuscript |
| 8-8a, labelled ‘2/10/22 mile walk’] | ||||
| 8-8f | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item 8-8a, labelled ‘16/9/22 pole’] | 1922 | Manuscript | |
| 8-8g | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item 8-8a, labelled ‘16/9/22 hop step’] | 1922 | Manuscript | |
| 8-8h | Leichhardt Ambulance Carnival | [Manuscript sheet of results inserted into item 8-8a, labelled ‘29/4/22’, related to event in item 7-18] | 1922 | Manuscript |
| 8-9 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1924 | Annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 6th October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1924 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-10 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1925 | Printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 5th October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1925 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-11a | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1926 | Annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 4th October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1926 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-11b | [Newscutting from Daily Express, 1 September [1926] re Miss [Kinue] Hitomi’s world record long jump at Gothenburg, Sweden on 28 August] | [1926] | Newscutting | |
| 8-12 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1926 | Printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 4th October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1926 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-13 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1927 | Annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 3rd October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1927 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||
| 8-14 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1929 | R. Coombes’s |
| Committee (N.S.W.) | Agricultural Ground : Monday, 7th October, | copy; annotated; printed with | ||
| 1929 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | additional blank pages | |||
| 8-15 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks, c.1918] | [c.1918] | Annotated; lacking title page |
| 8-16 | Eight Hour and Labor Demonstration Committee (N.S.W.) | 8-hour and labor demonstration at | 1930 | Annotated; printed with |
| Agricultural Ground : Monday, 6th October, | additional blank pages | |||
| 1930 [Special sports : list of events for judges & clerks] | ||||