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Australian Women's Golf Championship at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Aug-Sep 1935

The Age (Melbourne, Vic.: 1854- )Aug/Sept 1935

Scope and contents

The first international Australian Women's Golf Championship was held August to September 1935 at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria. Visiting players from England, Scotland and Ireland dominated the competition. British golfers included Pamela Barton, Phyllis Wade, Jessie Anderson, Mrs Walter Greenlees and Mrs J B Walker.

Australian competitors included Katherine Rymill, Betty Nankivell, Betty Sale (MBE), Janet Gardiner, Leonora Wray (MBE), Mrs Sloan Morpeth (née Susie Tolhurst), Mrs Clive Robinson (née Christina “Nin” McMaster), Joan Hood Hammond (DBE CMG), Mrs T S McKay (née Odette Lefebvre) and Mona Macleod.

Mrs J B Walker of Britain defeated Mrs Sloan Morpeth of Victoria in the final, before a gallery of 2,000, mostly women.

Several photographs from series featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer, Fiona Collyer.

Record details

Title:

Australian Women's Golf Championship at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Aug-Sep 1935

Creator:

The Age (Melbourne, Vic.: 1854- )Bull, Hugh Jones, 1897-1993

Date of work:

Aug/Sept 1935

Reference number:

AuWoGolf1935

Level of description:

Series from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materials

Part of:

Sub-sub-collection: McKenzie Collection of glass plate negatives (SC_MCKENZIE)

Includes:

11 item record(s)

Access restrictions:

Restrictions may apply. Refer to individual item records for Access Restrictions.

Use restrictions:

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Topics:

SportGolfRoyal Melbourne Golf Club (Vic.)Women golfers1930-1939CompetitionsWorld War, 1939-1945

Form/Genre:

Glass negatives

Record types:

Images, maps and artefacts

Language:

English

Record number:

1527698

Bookmark link:

https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/ARCENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=1527698