Purple one mile track champion sash awarded to Dunc Gray by Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club, 1931
View this record on the National Museum of Australia's website
Sign in to save favourites.
- Type
- Sashes
- Place
- Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
- Materials
- Metal - non specific, Paint - non specific, Textile - non specific
- Collection
- Dunc Gray collection
- Accession number
- 2024.0002.0020
Description
A purple sash with gold fringing. Written on the sash in gold is 'G.A.B.C. / ONE MILE TRACK CHAMP. 1931. / WON BY DUNC. GRAY.'.
About the collection
This large collection was acquired by champion Australian cyclist Edgar Lawrence 'Dunc' Gray (1906-1996) over the course of his 1920s and 1930s career. Key objects include uniforms, bicycles and medals, and the collection is supported by related photographs and archival material. It reflects Gray's rise through state and national championships to his participation in major international sporting events including three Olympic Games in 1928, 1932 and 1936, and two British Empire Games in 1934 and 1938. Alongside Hubert Opperman, Dunc Gray was perhaps Australia's most famous and admired cyclist of the interwar era. This unsurpassed and wide-ranging collection attests to the development of amateur competitive cycling in Australia and the world. It also provides rich insight into the public and private experience of Australian athletes competing overseas and intersects with major global trends as played out through the medium of sport.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:20:29 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-08-18. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.