TOODYAY HOCKEY TEAM; WOMENS

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c. 1940

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Overview

Black and white copy, image of eleven smiling women.
The women are hockey players wearing the team uniform.
Group standing - six in back row , five in front row holding hockey sticks. They are standing on the oval.
Top left hand corner, man wearing hat.
Back row L-R: Blanche Leeder, Beryl Twine, Kath Donegan, Kit Twine, Merle Ferguson, Nellie Smith
Front row L-R: Gwen Smith, Alma Sinclair, Kath Leeder, Bertha Smith, Ivy Haywood

Historical information

Date and names from p.121 of 'Toodyay, The Good Old Days' by Wally Chitty where this image is reproduced.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-1999.4

Material

Photo Paper

Width

23 cm

Height or length

16.5000 cm

Themes

Social History

Sport

Contextual Information

The first opportunity for Australian women to actually participate in an energetic team sport came with the introduction of hockey to this country around 1900.
The local Toodyay district girls were not slow at taking up this new game and in 1903 formed a hockey club, although they still had to play in long skirts!
A light-hearted report in the Western Mail in 1949 of the ‘old and bold’ Toodyay Country Week hockey team comprising ten married women at least awarded them some media coverage.

Year

c. 1940

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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