The forthcoming intercolonial eight-oar race, in which crews from Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, and New South, Wales will compete, is the next great aquatic event which is to be contested over the Champion course. Parramatta ...
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Article : 69 wordsThus a London correspondent:—It is really very curious and noteworthy to those who are acquainted with University life that C. T. Studd (the late captain of the Cambridge Eleven) and Smith (the late stroke of its University boat) ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 11 Apr 1885, Page 39
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