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Sporting Ancestors:

discovering forgotten athletes

Shauna Hicks

www.shaunahicks.com.au

Diary of an Australian Genealogist http://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.

com.au

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Introduction

Finding a sporting ancestor

Original records - Archives

Published resources - Libraries

Websites

Images

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Discovery

Home sources

Newspapers

Directories

Almanacs

Local histories

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Home Sources

Newspaper clippings

Trophies

Medals

Ribbons

Photographs

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Courier Mail 11 February 1938 via Trove

http://trove.nla.gov.au

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Image courtesy of Smith family

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Image courtesy of Smith family

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Pugh’s Almanac

1890

Brisbane directory

www.textqueensland.com.au

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Pugh’s Almanac 1890 www.textqueensland.com.au

Original records

Club’s archives

Historical societies

Libraries/Archives

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http://kewhistoricalsociety.org.au/khs/sport

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www.gympiegoldmuseum.com.au/files/other/

FFcricket-baT.pdf

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www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/

society_art/races/index.html

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http://archives.unimelb.edu.au

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http://archives.unimelb.edu.au

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www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html

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www.womenaustralia.info

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www.womenaustralia.info

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www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-

archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-

in-brief/archives-in-brief-41

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www.slq.qld.gov.au

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www.slq.qld.gov.au

Published Resources

Newspapers

Local histories

Sporting histories

Club histories

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Northern Mining Register

9 May 1891 via Trove

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Metropolitan Zone athletic championship results

Courier Mail 6 Sep 1945 via Trove

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The_Australian_Women's_Weekly_(1933_-

_1982)_Saturday_8_September_1934.pdf

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The Australian Women’s Weekly 17 Dec 1949 via Trove

http://trove.nla.gov.au

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Established 1923

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www.textqueensland.com.au

Websites

Wikipedia

Google

Specific sport

Club/Organisation

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Australia

See Also

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_Olympics

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https://rv.racing.com/careers-and-education/australian-racing-

museum/hall-of-fame/jockeys/william-billy-pyers

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www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com

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www.nafc.com.au/history

Images

Trove

Historical societies

Google images

Flickr

Social media

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www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle

/10070/64928

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www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au

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www.google.com.au

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www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw

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www.historypin.org

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The Australian

Women’s Weekly

7 Nov 1956 via Trove

Conclusion

Lots of ways to discover sporting

ancestors

Not all work and no play

Why not take a look?

You just might be surprised!

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