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Rowing

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Kelly, Frederick
Head of the River regatta
New South Wales Rowing Association
Sydney Rowing Club
Beach, William (Bill)
Hanlan, Edward
Kelly, Frederick Septimus
Kemp, Peter
Pearce, Henry Robert (Bobby)
Searle, Henry
Trickett, Edward (Ned)
Wood, Mervyn
Searle's Monument
'Australia's World Beaters' montage including Bobby Pearce c1930s
Admission ticket no 115 for the Hunter's Hill Amateur Regatta, 1 January 1863
Forward position - F S Kelly demonstrating sculling from his chapter in book 'The Complete Oarsman' 1908
Frederick Septimus Kelly
Frederick Septimus Kelly, after John Singer Sargent 1915
Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907
GPS Regatta at Penrith, Nepean River 1940
Half-way through stroke - F S Kelly demonstrating sculling from his chapter in book 'The Complete Oarsman' 1908
Henry Searle c1888
Pilot Boat, Sydney Harbour, c1860s
Regatta on Parramatta River from Searle's Monument c1925
Rowing match between Trickett and Rush for the Championship of the World, Parramatta River 30 June 1877
St Ignatius College regatta on Lane Cove River
The Finish - weak position. F S Kelly demonstrating sculling from his chapter in book 'The Complete Oarsman' 1908
The Parramatta River with Searle's monument c1915
The late H E Searle, Champion oarsman of the world 1889

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Rowing

Kelly, Frederick

Born in Sydney, Frederick Kelly lived almost all his life in Britain and even won a gold medal for rowing in the London Olympic Games. His acclaim in Sydney however arose from his solitary 1911 visit as composer and pianist.

Head of the River regatta

Annual rowing race on the Nepean River near Penrith between eight of the Great Public Schools.

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New South Wales Rowing Association

Association formed in 1878 as a result of a challenge from the colony of Victoria for a race to be conducted in 1879.

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Sydney Rowing Club

Rowing club established in 1870.

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Beach, William (Bill)

Champion sculler and local government councillor who was unbeaten as World Sculling Champion from 1884 to 1887.

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Hanlan, Edward

Canadian sculling champion.

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Kelly, Frederick Septimus

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Talented Australian born musician and oarsman who won gold for England rowing in the 1908 Olympics.

Kemp, Peter

World champion Australian sculler.

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Pearce, Henry Robert (Bobby)

Australian-Canadian sculler of the 1920s and 1930s who won two Olympic gold medals in the single sculls and was world sculling champion three times.

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Searle, Henry

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Sculler from Grafton who trained in Sydney and won a world championship race in Sydney in 1888 and London in 1889. On his return to Australia later in 1889 he contracted typhoid and died in Melbourne.

Trickett, Edward (Ned)

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Sculler who won the world championship in 1876 and later became a publican and public servant.

Wood, Mervyn

Olympic gold medal winning rower, who rose to the top of the New South Wales police force.

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Searle's Monument

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Monument in Parramatta River off Henley Point to world champion rower Henry Searle who died of typhoid in 1889 at the age of 23. Designed by Shervey and Lenthall , with work carried out by the Patten Brothers, the memorial was unveiled on December 10 1891. Described in The Australian Town and Country Journal on January 2 1892 as consisting of a 21 foot high 'pedestal of Melbourne bluestone, on which is placed a broken column of white Sicilian marble, which is relieved for one third of its height with reeds and fluting, and above are wreaths of native flowers. A bust of the sculler in bas-relief with cross sculls and wreaths decorate the pedestal of marble', with inscriptions on all four sides of the plinth. It marks the finishing spot of the championship course where Searle became world champion in October 1888.

The monument was repaired in 1926 after being damaged when a boat crashed into it during a heavy fog on the river.

'Australia's World Beaters' montage including Bobby Pearce c1930s

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[hood_08028 / Home and Away 8028]

Admission ticket no 115 for the Hunter's Hill Amateur Regatta, 1 January 1863

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Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.aus-vn2594796-1]

Forward position - F S Kelly demonstrating sculling from his chapter in book 'The Complete Oarsman' 1908

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Contributed By
Internet Archive
[completeoarsman00lehmrich_0229]
(from 'The Complete Oarsmen', by R.C. Hehmann, Methuen & Co, London 1908) (University of California Libraries)

Frederick Septimus Kelly

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Contributed By
Wikimedia Commons
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F_S_Kelly_1903.jpg]

Frederick Septimus Kelly, after John Singer Sargent 1915

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By
John Singer Sargent
Contributed By
National Portrait Gallery UK
[NPG D36773]
(CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[BN336]
(The Sydney Mail, 23 October 1907, p1075)

GPS Regatta at Penrith, Nepean River 1940

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By
Sam Hood
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[hood_30440 / Home and Away 30440]

Half-way through stroke - F S Kelly demonstrating sculling from his chapter in book 'The Complete Oarsman' 1908

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Contributed By
Internet Archive
[completeoarsman00lehmrich_0238]
(from 'The Complete Oarsmen', by R.C. Hehmann, Methuen & Co, London 1908) (University of California Libraries)

Henry Searle c1888

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By
Tuttle & Co
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a755006 / PXA 1023, 209]
(Mitchell Library)

Pilot Boat, Sydney Harbour, c1860s

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[d1_47745 / GPO1 47745]
(Mitchell Library)

Regatta on Parramatta River from Searle's Monument c1925

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Courtesy Canada Bay Connections,
City of Canada Bay Library
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadabayconnections/4794576681/]

Rowing match between Trickett and Rush for the Championship of the World, Parramatta River 30 June 1877

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Image courtesy of the
State Library of Victoria
[IAN06/08/77/121]

St Ignatius College regatta on Lane Cove River

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By
Kerry & Co
Contributed By
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
[85/1284-2154]
(Tyrrell Photographic Collection)

The Finish - weak position. F S Kelly demonstrating sculling from his chapter in book 'The Complete Oarsman' 1908

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Contributed By
Internet Archive
[completeoarsman00lehmrich_0233]
(from 'The Complete Oarsmen', by R.C. Hehmann, Methuen & Co, London 1908) (University of California Libraries)

The Parramatta River with Searle's monument c1915

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By
GW Wilson
Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.pic-an24616593]

The late H E Searle, Champion oarsman of the world 1889

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By
A.J.V.
Contributed By
National Gallery of Australia
[Accession no: NGA 86.655]
(planographic lithograph and photo-lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones, printed image 36.0 h x 51.2 w cm, published in Supplement to 'The Pictorial Australian', Christmas 1889, Adelaide Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986)

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