Receipt issued to Tirranna Picnic Race Club, 31 March 1877

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Type: Receipts
Place: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Tirranna Race Club collection
Accession number: 2012.0019.0194

Description

A receipt from Tirranna Picnic Race Club. The receipt is printed and handwritten in black ink on a piece of yellow paper. There is an emblem at the top with the text 'THE GOULBURN HOTEL...' and the bottom half of the page is divided into columns. The text reads '... Tirranna Race Club Goulburn 31st March, 1877. / To W. R. Riley, Dr / ... / 200 race books (embossed covers) 4...'. The lower right hand corner is torn.

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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