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Canterbury Park Racecourse 1897

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[TN83]
(Australian Town and Country Journal, 10 April 1897, p26)

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Urban growth in the Cooks River valley
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Canterbury Park racecourse
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State Library of New South Wales

Urban growth in the Cooks River valley

Urbanisation, industry and pollution transformed the once lush Aboriginal hunting grounds and picturesque locale of the Cooks River valley into the inner city suburban sprawl we know today

Horseracing

Horses

Canterbury Park racecourse

Racecourse on the Cooks River established in the 1880s, although racing had been conducted nearby from the 1840s.

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Canterbury Park Race Club

Horseracing club established at Canterbury.

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