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Function Term:
Recreational and sporting interests
Function Number:
Function Description:
Non - Government Agencies - This category includes records relating to players, officials and the administration of sport at a local level including Football, Bowling, Rowing, Sailing and Tennis. Also includes records of recreational groups and clubs such as Field Naturalists, bush walkers, gardening, camera, film and social clubs and records of those involved in these activities, including visitors (tourists) to the State. Government: For records relating to the development and promotion of sport, fitness, general physical activity and leisure opportunities for the general community see SPORT AND RECREATION [1]
Agencies Performing Function:
George Frederick Read and Family (NG3817)29 Sep 1788

Morton Allport (NG80)01 Jan 183031 Dec 1878

J. George (NG1044)01 Jan 1830

Peter Laurie Reid (NG1442)01 Dec 183318 Apr 1911

Derwent Cricket Club (NG3777)14 Feb 1835

Roberts Family (NG823)01 Jan 184031 Dec 1959

James "Philosopher" Smith and Family (NG234)01 Jan 184701 Jan 1897

Henry Lewis (NG2661)01 Jan 185204 Aug 1900

Green Ponds Cricket Club (NG1261)23 Apr 1858

Nat Oldham (NG1496)01 Jan 1860

Albert Edward Goetze (NG3562)12 Sep 1862

Tasmanian Cricket Association (NG496)01 Sep 1868

Clarence and Muddy Plains Races Committee (NG460)01 Jan 187431 Dec 1875

Real Tennis Club (Royal Tennis Club) (NG270)01 Jan 187531 Jan 1981

Tamar Rowing Club (NG2880)12 Oct 1876

Frank Rush (NG1565)01 Jan 1880

George Bridge and Family (NG1595)01 Jan 1880

Young Men's Christian Association [Ymca] (NG1030)27 Apr 1882

Richard C Harvey (Photographer) (NG1029)01 Jan 188306 Jun 1965

Burnie Athletic Club Inc. (NG1898)01 Jan 1887

Southern Tasmanian Photographic Society (NG1020)29 Jul 188731 Dec 1917

Northern Tasmanian Camera Club (NG2608)24 Jul 1889

Clarence Talbot (NG2805)01 Jan 1890

Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Association (NG3740)01 Jan 189001 Sep 1992

Frederick Gordon Robinson (Photographer) (NG582)01 Jan 1891

Royal Hobart Bowling Club (Formerly Hobart Bowling Club) (NG3648)19 Jun 1891

Maxwell Gordon Butcher (NG422)01 Jan 189220 Jun 1977

Herbert John King (Hj King) (NG1560)01 Jan 189231 Dec 1973

Lindisfarne Cricket Club (NG3864)17 Nov 1892

Alexander Mackenzie Boyes (NG313)01 Jan 1893

Tasmanian Tourist Association (NG2480)12 May 189331 Jul 1914

Joseph Gabriel and a J Campbell (NG2508)13 Nov 1893

Northern Club (NG1188)12 Mar 1894

Sir Ralph Whishaw (NG165)01 Jan 189513 Jul 1976

Ross Flower Show Committee (NG2461)04 Oct 1895

Royal Hobart Golf Club (NG1846)01 Jan 1896

Northern Tasmanian Junior Football Association (NG2227)01 Jan 1896

Launceston Lawn Tennis Club (NG267)01 Jan 1897

Haughton Somerville Innes (NG379)07 Mar 189720 Jul 1983

Lefroy Football Club (NG497)01 Jan 189831 Dec 1944

David C Chandler (NG285)01 Jul 189804 Jul 1966

Northern Tasmanian Anglers' Association (NG3683)01 Jan 189931 Dec 1903

Gordon Willis Fysh (NG3893)14 Jan 189918 Mar 1972

Francis Harold O'keefe (NG51)01 Jan 1900

John Rowland Skemp (NG212)01 Jan 190031 Dec 1966

Madge Ruby Jackson (Morrisby) (NG311)01 Jan 190031 Dec 1950

Joseph C Breaden (NG348)01 Jan 190031 Dec 1947

Rudolph Harry Major (NG385)01 Jan 190014 Aug 1974

Cecil Percy Ray (Photographer) (NG392)01 Jan 1900

William James Little (W. J. Little) (Photographer) (NG526)01 Jan 1900

Harold Taylor (Harry) Waterworth (NG885)01 Jan 190031 Dec 1947

New Town Harriers Club (NG937)01 Jan 190007 Feb 1955

S Hooker (Photographer) (NG1192)01 Jan 1900

Margaret Leitch Fraser (NG1828)01 Jan 190029 Oct 1985

Montagu Ronald (Ron) Read (Photographer) (NG2008)01 Jan 190013 Jan 1982

Southern Tasmanian Rowing Association (NG2510)01 Jan 1900

Bert Johnson (NG3920)01 Jan 190031 Dec 1982

George Benjamin Davies (NG3671)10 Apr 190031 Dec 1964

Douglas Henry Wallace & Family (NG2992)06 Apr 190112 Apr 1967

Devonport Federal Gymnasium Club (NG3390)20 May 190131 Dec 1917

Cananore Football Club (NG759)31 Dec 190131 Dec 1941

Jack Thwaites and Family (NG1155)01 Jan 1902

Ben Sheppard (Photographer) and Family (NG1298)01 Jan 190231 Dec 1987

Bothwell Golf Club (NG1787)01 Jan 1902

Athletics Tasmania (NG3475)01 Jan 1902

Deloraine District Cycling Club (NG3791)01 Jan 1903

Trevor Claude James and Family (NG2435)21 Jun 1903

Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club (NG689)01 Jan 1904

Joseph "Aleck" Scott (NG3120)01 Jan 190431 Dec 1975

Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association (NG3842)01 Jan 1904

Bellerive Rifle Club (NG2195)01 Jan 1905

Theodor G Schulz (NG3198)23 Mar 1905

South Hobart Recreation Ground Trust (NG649)26 Dec 190514 May 1913

Cyril Reginald Young (NG1938)01 Jan 190616 Jul 1997

Cygnet Football Club (NG705)31 Dec 1906

Sandy Bay Rowing Club (NG881)31 Dec 1906

Sandy Bay Bowls Club (NG995)01 Jan 190730 Apr 1981

Royal Park Croquet Club (NG2495)01 Jan 1907

New Town Croquet Club (NG1622)01 Sep 1908

John Gordon (Jack) Branagan (NG3380)02 Nov 190801 Sep 1999

Ernest Alfred Webster & Family (NG3253)30 Nov 1908

Ouse Horticultural Society (NG1072)01 Jan 1909

Leslie and Jessie Hardman (NG3771)01 Jan 190931 Dec 1995

Navy League - Northern Tasmania Branch (NG2483)03 May 190917 May 1915

Lyell Miners Combined Football Association (NG556)01 Jan 1910

Frederick Smithies (NG573)01 Jan 191015 Jun 1977

Derwent Bowls Club (NG1083)01 Jan 191031 Dec 1998

City Bowls Club (NG1596)01 Jan 191031 Dec 1998

W. C. G. Ruddock. (NG1599)01 Jan 1910

Buckingham Rowing Club (NG926)28 Oct 1910

Lois Hemer (NG2998)01 Jan 191131 Dec 1996

Lindisfarne Football Club (NG3865)01 Jan 1911

Lloyd Arthur Chappell (NG1659)01 Jan 191201 Aug 1998

Southern Tasmanian Anglers Association (NG2207)01 Jan 1912

Southern Tasmanian Croquet Association (NG1214)17 Dec 1912

Bridgewater Anglers Association (NG3613)01 Jan 1913

Union Jack Rifle Club (No 64) (NG2124)01 Jan 1914

Rhyndaston Cricket Club (NG2201)01 Jan 191431 Dec 1920

National Coursing Club of Tasmania (NG3189)01 Jan 191413 Feb 1984

Old Launcestonians Rifle Club (NG2080)01 Aug 1914

Golfers Rifle Club (NG2123)01 Oct 1914

Rhyndaston Football Club (NG1571)01 Jan 191531 Dec 1935

Robert William Brookes (NG2617)01 Jan 191529 Mar 1999

James Glennie (NG2839)01 Jan 191520 Sep 1994

Robert (Bob) Forbes Young (NG1850)15 Nov 191510 May 1992

Lloyd Lindsay Jones (NG3889)01 Jan 191631 Dec 2004

Sandy Bay Croquet Club (NG3464)24 Feb 1916

Francis Leslie Rigney (NG3051)12 Jul 1916

Roy Alban Vider (NG1755)22 Sep 1916

John B Stronach (Engineer) (NG2933)25 Oct 1916

Southern Tasmania Camera Club (NG1464)01 Jan 1917

Rhyndaston Dance Committee (NG2202)01 Jan 1917

Southern Tasmanian Trotting Association (NG3190)17 Apr 191725 Jul 1962

Richard Simson (Photographer) (NG3547)16 Nov 191801 Apr 2017

William De Savigny (NG633)01 Jan 1920

Arnold Himson (Adventurer) (NG1350)01 Jan 1920

Ronald Herbert Brown (NG1529)01 Jan 1920

Ken a. Hancock (NG1656)01 Jan 1920

Peter Volkert Payens (Photographer) (NG1714)01 Jan 192031 Dec 1994

Eric Saxon (NG2093)01 Jan 1920

Flora and Vaughan Thomas (NG2101)01 Jan 1920

James William (Jim) Barrie and Family (NG2410)01 Jan 1920

Don Cunningham (Film Maker) and Family (NG2786)01 Jan 1920

Gertrude, Margaret and Samuel Ware (NG2832)01 Jan 1920

Northern Regional Croquet Committee (NG3040)01 Jan 1920

Old Hobartians Amateur Swimming Club (NG3724)01 Jan 1920

North Western Lawn Tennis Union (Tennis North West) (NG3735)01 Jan 192001 Jan 2011

Central Cricket Association (NG1966)01 Jan 1921

Donald Charles Brooks (NG3232)01 Jan 192115 Apr 2005

John Leslie Craike (NG967)01 Jan 192213 May 2007

Merrill Alvin Lewis (Film Maker) (NG1882)06 Aug 192207 Dec 2012

Laurence (Laurie) and Nada Harvey (NG1606)01 Jan 1923

James George Scott and Family (NG1780)01 Jan 1923

Southern Tasmanian Womens Hockey Association (NG1597)01 Jan 192401 Jan 1997

Bernal Tasman (Bern) Cuthbertson (NG2017)01 Jan 192431 Dec 2013

James H. Lawler, Photographer (NG2064)01 Jan 1924

Victor Eldred Newton Oxenford (NG2466)01 Jan 192431 Dec 1929

John Traynor (Artist) and Traynor Family (NG3140)01 Jan 192412 May 2011

Oscar Allen Wilson (NG3558)06 Feb 1924

Francis a. Peterson (NG258)01 Jan 1925

Top of the World Amateur Swimming and Lifesaving Club (NG1657)01 Jan 1926

Frank Desmond Potts, Iso (NG3131)04 Feb 192601 Aug 1995

Stanley Golf Club (NG2316)04 Mar 1926

New Norfolk Licensed Anglers Association (NG1875)01 Jan 1927

Sandy Bay Harrier Club (NG3501)01 Jan 1927

Barry Bracken (NG2624)24 Feb 1927

Cradoc Tennis Club (NG3418)01 Oct 192713 Nov 1979

Tasmanian Aero Club (NG2704)27 Nov 1927

Longford Rifle Association (NG492)01 Jan 192831 Dec 1954

Southern Tasmanian Badminton Association. (NG1327)01 Jan 1928

Glenorchy Youths' Club (NG3851)24 Apr 1928

Donald John Gilmour (NG3891)01 Jul 192815 Jun 2005

Hobart Walking Club (NG667)01 Jan 1929

James G Porter (NG3824)01 Jan 192931 Dec 2015

Hurst Family (NG1288)01 Jan 1930

Lester Family (NG1675)01 Jan 1930

J H Taylor (NG1753)01 Jan 193001 Jan 1954

Rosina Collins and Friends (Tourists) (NG2267)01 Jan 193001 Dec 2005

Beach Canoe Club of Tasmania (NG2428)01 Jan 1930

Dick Perry (Cinema Poster Collector) (NG3224)01 Jan 193031 Dec 1976

Buckingham Ladies' Rowing Club (NG3959)01 Jan 1930

Riverside Golf Club (NG4004)01 Jan 1930

Sandy Bay Women's Bowling Club (NG1897)05 Nov 1931

Southern Tasmanian Ski Association Inc (NG1944)01 Jan 1932

Tasmanian Netball Association (NG3630)01 Jan 1932

Newstead Harrier Club (NG2670)01 Jan 1933

Margaret Smithies (NG2819)01 Jan 1934

Dallas J Cowan (Film Maker) (NG1953)01 Jan 1935

Bridport Croquet Club (NG3983)01 Mar 1935

Tasmanian Women's Amateur Athletics Association (NG3497)01 Jul 193501 Jan 1980

Thomas a Beswick (NG3269)02 Apr 193601 May 1958

Aif Miniature Rifle Club (NG2491)08 Apr 1936

Tasmanian Table Tennis Association (NG2115)30 Nov 1936

Ernest (Ernie) Bond (NG1331)01 Jan 1937

Cananore Old Players & Officials Association (NG1825)01 Jan 1937

Derwent Sea Scouts (NG2517)01 Jan 1937

Devonport Field Naturalists Club (NG1981)04 Jun 193704 Mar 1999

Pitfield Family (NG1548)01 Jan 1938

Peter Charles Sims (NG1864)01 Jan 1938

Joan Beddoe (NG2902)01 Jan 1938

Geoffrey Ford, Ray Lowenthal, Arthur Mchugh and Rick Jamieson (NG3530)01 Jan 1939

Devonport Greyhound Racing Club (NG3188)17 Mar 1939

Jean and Alan Walker (NG948)01 Jan 1940

A. Holtham (Photographer) (NG2015)01 Jan 1940

Athol Walter (Boatbuilder) (NG2057)01 Jan 1940

John Immig (NG2446)01 Jan 1940

Jean Hale (NG2449)01 Jan 1940

Pastor John Fullarton (NG2593)01 Jan 1940

Elizabeth Britton (NG3618)01 Jan 1940

Stanley Tilley and Family (NG3881)01 Jan 1940

Michael Blazely (NG4006)01 Jan 1940

Northern Tasmanian Bowling Association (NG1335)30 Sep 1944

Tasmanian Bowls Council (NG841)07 Oct 1944

Sandy Bay Football Club (NG3527)20 Nov 194431 Aug 1997

Lexie Luly (NG2879)01 Jan 1945

Avoca District Anzac Day Sports Committee (NG2442)01 Jan 1946

Bridport Pier Tennis Court Committee (NG3984)01 May 1946

Devonport Cricket Association (NG999)01 Oct 194723 Sep 1965

Prince of Wales Cinema, Hobart (NG1794)01 Jan 194831 Dec 1975

Tasmanian Glaciarium (NG2018)01 Jan 1948

Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (NG3599)01 Jan 1948

Kerry Everard Holloway (NG3057)01 Jan 1949

Glenorchy under 19 Football Club (NG1135)05 Aug 1949

Launceston Field Naturalists Club (NG2890)21 Oct 1949

Margaret Mckenzie (Local Historian) (NG320)01 Jan 1950

J D Gordon (NG609)01 Jan 1950

Lionel Ziegeler (NG1573)01 Jan 1950

John Reisz (Film Maker) (NG1658)01 Jan 1950

Len Dimmick (NG1761)01 Jan 1950

Tasmanian Amateur Football League (NG2109)01 Jan 1950

South Hobart Soccer Club (NG2357)01 Jan 1950

North Western Tasmanian Women's Bowling Association Inc (NG2373)01 Jan 195001 Jan 2004

Margaret Bryant (NG2652)01 Jan 1950

David Brian Roberts (NG3090)01 Jan 1950

Gardner Family (Collectors) (NG3284)01 Jan 1950

Pat and Jack Cole (Photographers) (NG3326)01 Jan 1950

Garry John Kerr (NG3456)01 Jan 1950

North West Amateur Athletic Branch (NG3502)01 Jan 1950

Sandy Bay Women's Harrier Club (NG3594)01 Jan 1950

Tony Beach (NG3930)01 Jan 1950

Tasmanian Marine Naturalists Association (Tmna) (NG3969)01 Jan 195001 Apr 2010

Youth Hostels Association (NG731)25 Nov 195031 May 1973

Devon Amateur Athletic Club (NG3503)01 Jan 1952

Burnie Field Naturalists Club (NG1039)31 Jan 1952

Tasmanian Pony and Riding Club (NG2671)06 Nov 195226 May 1983

Richmond Trotting Club (NG1849)01 Jan 1953

Beefsteak and Burgundy Club, Hobart Branch (NG1821)01 Jan 1954

Athletics South (NG3498)16 Sep 1954

West Lyell Social Clubs (NG380)01 Jan 1955

Eastern Suburbs Harrier Club (NG3500)01 Jan 1955

Flyfishers Club of Tasmania (NG2563)17 Aug 1955

Deloraine District Lawn Tennis League (NG3980)03 Nov 1955

Tasmanian Amateur Cine Society (NG1952)01 Jan 1957

Montagu Bay Primary School Football Committee (NG2298)25 Apr 195720 Aug 1968

Rose Society of Tasmania (NG1343)29 Apr 1957

Launceston Film Society (NG2614)08 Aug 1958

Park Beach Surf Life Saving Club (NG3242)01 Jan 195931 Dec 1975

Taroona Tennis Club (NG3649)01 Jan 1959

Lindisfarne Anzac Park Memorial Association (NG3866)01 Jan 195901 Jan 1965

Eastern Shore Olympic Pool Association (NG942)23 Sep 195929 Jan 1963

Tasmanian Waterpolo Inc (NG3173)01 Oct 1959

John Green (Film Maker) (NG1946)01 Jan 1960

Graham Blight (NG2050)01 Jan 1960

North West Hobart Graduates Hockey Club (NG2165)01 Jan 1960

Nigel Bills (NG2270)01 Jan 196031 Dec 1993

Pony Club Association of Tasmania (NG2651)01 Jan 1960

Northern Caverneers Incorporated (NG3015)01 Jan 1960

Peter Griffiths (NG3867)01 Jan 1960

North West Walking Club (NG1398)01 Apr 1960

Lindisfarne Garden Club (NG3011)01 Jan 1961

Nettlefold's Tennis Club (NG3271)17 Apr 1962

Blandfordia Alpine Club (NG3545)01 May 1962

Northern Suburbs Amateur Athletics Club (NG3499)06 Aug 1962

Fox Terrier Club of Tasmania (NG3560)17 Aug 1962

Tasmanian Photographic Federation (NG1834)04 Apr 196331 Dec 1992

Rosevears Badminton and Social Club (NG2905)01 Oct 196331 Dec 1995

Low Head Surf Lifesaving Club (NG2634)01 Jan 196431 Dec 1981

Sorell & Districts Garden Club (NG2520)19 Mar 1964

Climbers Club of Tasmania (NG2454)01 Jan 1965

Cosgrove Park Croquet Club (NG2496)01 Jan 196531 Dec 2004

Rosny Park Bowls Club (NG1524)01 Jan 1966

Southern Caving Society (NG769)01 Jan 196731 Dec 1996

Esther Holt (NG1908)01 Jan 196731 Dec 1981

New Norfolk Camera Club (NG3179)01 Jan 196708 Sep 2011

Federation of Tasmanian Bushwalking Clubs (NG2228)09 Nov 1968

Australian Plants Society Tasmania Incorporated (NG1972)30 Nov 1968

Hobart Ymca Youth Club, Amateur Swimming and Life Saving Club (NG1154)20 Aug 1969

Read Family (NG377)01 Jan 1970

South Channel Garden Club Inc (NG3785)09 Jul 1970

Bird Observers Association of Tasmania (NG1171)01 Jan 1971

Turners Beach Cub Scouts & Scouts (NG1156)30 Jun 1971

Orienteering Tasmania Inc (NG2399)01 Jan 1972

The Hobart Embroiderers' Guild Inc (NG2494)01 Dec 1972

Don River Railway (Organisation) (NG3798)01 Jan 1973

Bowls Past Presidents Association of Tasmania (NG2179)03 Feb 1974

Brighton Bowls Club Incorporated (NG2484)01 Jan 1975

Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania (NG3642)09 May 1975

East Coast Bowls Association (NG3695)01 Jul 197530 Mar 2018

Bravo Whiskey Cb & Social Club (NG2233)01 Jan 197701 Jan 1990

Huon Tourism Council (NG2370)04 Jul 197720 Dec 1982

Dial Regional Sports and Recreational Complex Committee (NG3096)14 Jul 197730 Oct 1978

Gary White (NG1105)01 Jan 1978

Northern Amateur Athletic Branch (NG1127)01 Jan 1978

Operation Drake (NG1550)01 Jan 197831 Dec 1979

Devonport Hydrotherapy and Community Pool Committee (NG3805)20 Mar 197931 Aug 1988

Stephen Giles (NG3299)01 Jan 1980

The Southern Tasmanian Cactus and Succulent Club (NG1826)29 Apr 198021 Oct 1996

Sound Preservation Association of Tasmania Inc [Spat] (NG1968)01 Jan 1985

Tasmanian Quilting Guild (NG2899)01 Jan 1985

Scamander Senior Citizens Indoor Bowls Association (NG3694)01 Feb 198531 Jan 2003

Camping Association of Tasmania (NG2999)01 Jul 1985

Northern Tasmania Women's Bowls Association (NG3692)01 Jan 198730 Nov 1995

Old Scholars Football Association (NG3134)02 Feb 198731 Dec 2010

Scamander Bowls Club Association (NG3696)01 Jun 198730 Apr 1995

Huon Ramblers Club (NG3925)01 Jan 1988

East Coast Womens Bowls Association (NG3693)01 Apr 199030 Sep 2008

Tasmanian Soap Box Association (NG2958)01 Jan 1991

Tennis Tasmania (Tas Tennis) (NG3741)01 Sep 1992

Roslyn Sargent (NG3402)01 Jan 199631 Dec 1996

Hockey South (NG2286)01 Jan 1997

Radio and Electronic Association of Southern Tasmania Inc (NG2792)10 Sep 2004