A ROWING EIGHT

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1910 - 1929

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Overview

A rather stained black and white photo on thick card of a rowing team of eight plus cox, on a river rowing towards a large high bridge.

Historical information

This rowing eight is believed to be associated with Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia.
This is based on Guildford Grammar traditionally rowing along a narrow section of the Swan River in the vicinity of a bridge. Other private schools usually rowed on a much wider section of the river, or along sections with no bridge.
Based on the uniform style and photographic elements, this image appears to date from the 1910s to the 1920s. The crew members are wearing the classic athletic dress of that era—specifically, scoop-neck sleeveless tank singlets with contrasting coloured trim around the neck and armholes, combined with simple dark and light rowing shorts. The coxswain (at the stern) is wearing a dark, short-sleeved crew shirt typical of the late Edwardian to post-WWI athletic styling. The rowers feature short, closely cropped haircuts with clean parts, which was the prevailing men's style during the 1910s and 1920s.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1401

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Sport

Material

Card

Photographic Paper

Width

30.4000 cm

Height or length

24.6000 cm

Contextual information

It has been assumed that this photograph has been donated to the museum by a local family. Guildford Grammar is the closest Perth-based private boarding school to Toodyay.

Year

1910 - 1929

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Last modified

Monday, 2 November, 2026

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Shire of Toodyay