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Guest curator Tony Clews takes time out of a game to explain the role of cricket in Australian Deaf sports

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Adult Deaf Cricket Team, Melbourne, 1920s

1920

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Victorian and NSW Male Tennis Teams in Auburn 1923

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Victorian Deaf Tennis Team

1923

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Australia vs England Test Series, 1994

This is a summary of the results from the 2nd test series against England, when the Australian team played in

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Adult Deaf Lacrosse Team 1918 (A)

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Taking the SA Lacrosse Team to Warrandyte 1924

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Combined Cricket Team

National Carnival Adelaide 1926

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Deaf Cricket Team playing in local Sydney competition (Moore Park)

1959-60 Season

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Deaf Society of NSW Archival Footage 2

Outdoor sports, an outing, and Blackall House, the premises of the Deaf Society of NSW in Newcastle.

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Adult Deaf Lacrosse Team 1918 (B)

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Victorian Deaf Tennis Team in Sydney 1925

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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NSW Deaf Cricket Team, 1927-28

1927-1928

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Australian Deaf Games, Perth, 1970-71

1970-71 Deaf Games in Perth (and maybe 1973 and 1974)

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At Blackburn 1918-1920

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Centipede Race at Long Gully 1926 (B)

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Victorian Deaf Women’s Hockey

The “Limes” team, 1930

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Australian Deaf Cricket Team, 1992

This was the Australian Deaf Cricket Team for the first test series against England – the “Deaf Ashes”. The English team came to Australia for this first series.

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Deaf Society of NSW Archival Footage 9 – Deaf Games

1973-74 Deaf Games

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Adult Deaf Lacrosse Team 1920

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Centipede Race at Long Gully 1926 (A)

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Hobart Carnival Tennis

Deaf Carnival in 1938

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Adelaide Deaf Mission Cricket Club Premiers

The deaf team were premiers of the United Church Association in 1939-1940.

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Oldest and Youngest Lacrosse Players

A 1916 newspaper clipping

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Opening New Tennis Court in Sydney 1922

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Centipede Race 1926

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Deaf Women’s Basketball Premiers

Sydney 1944

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South Australian Adult Deaf Lacrosse Club, 1920

Photo of the South Australian lacrosse team at an interstate match against Victoria in 1920.

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Tennis Group Photo

Tennis/Social group photo – Willie Hately is in the back row.

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Boot Scramble Race at Killarney

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Group at Long Gully Adelaide 1926

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Victorian Ladies Basketball Team

1944

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Adelaide Deaf Adult Lacrosse Club, 1927

Photo of the South Australian lacrosse team after the 1927 season.

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Social Group Photo

Social group photo with Willie Hately front and centre.

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Cigarette Race at Killarney 1922

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Cricket Carnival in Hobart, Christmas 1928

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Annual Deaf Cricket

This early film shows a gathering of players and spectators for a cricket match in Melbourne, between the Victorian team

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Adelaide Deaf Lacrosse Club, 1923

Photo of the South Australian lacrosse team after the 1923 season.

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Cricket Group Photo (A)

Cricket group photo with Willie Hately on the floor to the left

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Gents’ Race at Killarney 1922

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Travelling to the Cricket Carnival in Hobart, 1928

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Deaf Lacrosse Players Knock Referee Out

Deaf team conduct reported to the Victorian Lacrosse Association.

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Indoor Bowls at Stanmore

Bowls, both inside and outside, were popular at Stanmore.

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Cricket Group Photo (B)

Cricket group photo – Willie Hately is seated to the left, holding a cricket bat.

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Group Photo at Killarney 1922.

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Victorian Deaf Cricket team, Hobart 1928

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Deaf Mute Cricket Club Entertainment, 1889

In 1889, the Deaf Mutes Cricket Club in Melbourne held a “Grand Variety Entertainment” to raise funds from the general

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Girls Hockey Team

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston, this photograph shows a deaf girls’ hockey team in the early 20th century, most likely at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institute in Melbourne. Let us know if you can identify any

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