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Women's Cricket on Thursday Island, 1933
Title:
Women's Cricket on Thursday Island, 1933
NFSA ID
777838
Year
1933
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This is a segment of home movie footage believed to have been filmed in 1933 by Arthur Thomas Sullivan, a merchant and amateur photographer, who was a resident of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait.
The footage appears to be an organised women's cricket match with a good number of spectators sitting around the oval.
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