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Osborne rifle range

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1913

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Osborne Rifle Range c1913
Thought to be first Kings PM at the Osborne rifle range (now Swanbourne rifle range)
Donated by EC Riseborough

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cwa-org-205-2022.151

Width

160 mm

Height or length

210 mm

Contextual Information

1913 Kings Prize was won by GJ Jones (36, miner) of Kalgoorlie RC. Grand Aggregate winner was JS Simpson (Police RC). If the date (1913) is accurate then this is the earliest photograph of NRA of WA (now WARA) Kings PM at Osborne range. Previously shooting took place at the Karrakatta range.

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