Skip to main content

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
The flying pieman (William Francis King) 1847

The flying pieman (William Francis King) 1847

By

William Nicholas

Contributed By

National Gallery of Australia

[Accession No: NGA 87.1643]

(Purchased 1987)

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Appears in

Sport

Subjects

Athletics English Mobile economy and street vendors

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Contact

Footer Secondary

Contribute
Donate

Nicholas, William

A watercolourist, etcher and lithographer, best known for his portraits.

National Gallery of Australia

Sport

Sport has long been important in Sydney life, interwoven with its fabric and culture. The ritual contests and physical activity of the Aboriginal people gave way to the informal, disreputable and often cruel pastimes of the early nineteenth century. The late nineteenth century saw the development of formal codes and organised leagues, leading to the commercialised, professional sports of the present.

English

Mobile economy and street vendors

Athletics