Tirranna Picnic Race Club Programme, 9 January 1908

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Type: Programs
Place: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Graphite, Ink, Paper
Collection: Tirranna Race Club collection
Accession number: 2012.0019.0130

Description

A Tirranna Picnic Race Club programme, 9th January 1908. The programme has red covers. On the front is a picture of a horse set amongst the printed text 'TIRRANNA PICNIC RACE CLUB / ANNUAL MEETING / FIRST DAY / THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1908. / PRICE - SIXPENCE.'. The middle pages of the booklet have the name of each race and details of the horses running. At the front and the back are pages with a list of horses running in each race divided by perforated lines. Printed in the centre of the back cover are the words 'Published for the club by / DANIEL BROTHERS, GOULBURN / Copyrighted'.

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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