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- 1899
Melbourne - Summary
Exhibition matches of football were held at a fund-raising bazaar for St Vincent’s Hospital in the grounds of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne in 1899. According to Bryan Egan’s history of the hospital, matches were played among Chinese footballers, and he also refers to a game between 'Chinese and Hindoos'. Although Melbourne had a thriving Chinese population, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that some of the participants may have been recruited from other rural Chinese teams.
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Published Resources
Journal Articles
- Hess, Rob, ''A death blow to the White Australia Policy': Australian Rules football and Chinese communities in Victoria, 1892-1908', After the Rush: Regulation, Participation and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1940 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 89-106. Details
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- Title
- Chinese football team, St Vincent's Bazaar
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 8 April 1899
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - South Melbourne
- Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Hess, Rob, ''A death blow to the White Australia Policy': Australian Rules football and Chinese communities in Victoria, 1892-1908', After the Rush: Regulation, Participation and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1940 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 89-106; Brian Egan, Ways of a Hospital: St Vincents Melbourne, 1890s-1990s, St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1993.
Created: 10 November 2005
