Tirranna Picnic Race Club Programme, 15 January 1875

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Type: Programs
Place: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Tirranna Race Club collection
Accession number: 2012.0019.0067

Description

A Tirranna Picnic Race Club programme, 15th January 1875. The programme is missing its covers. On the first page in the top right hand corner '15 Jan / 1875' is handwritten in black ink. The pages have the name of each race and details of the horses running, opposite blank pages with the title 'MEMORANDA.' The first two and last two pages in the book have lines marking out twelve squares which are numbered accordingly. There are handwritten notes in pencil and black ink throughout.

About the collection

The Tirranna Race Club collection comprises a complete series of minute books and other official records, documents and photographs associated with the Tirranna Race Club, which operated in the Goulburn district of southern NSW from 1855 until the early 1930s. After the Club disbanded, the collection was cared for by the Gibson family, on whose property the Tirranna picnic races were held each January. Most collection items are in fair condition. As one of the earliest country race clubs established, the Tirranna Race Club helped found the Australian picnic races tradition. Picnic races allowed prosperous rural families to display their wealth and maintain social connections.The rules of the Tirranna Race Club held that only club members could enter horses or ride in races. Within a pastoral setting of summer hills, attendees at the Tirranna picnic races donned the latest, expensive fashions and together created a visual spectacle.

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