Champion High Kickers of N.S.W., 1915 ; [Gunnedah country scenes, ca. 1911-13 ; Military parade, ca. 1922-28]

PXA 854

fonds

1911-1928

Graphic Materials, Photographs

403497

Photographs - on mounts 30 x 25 cm. or smaller - 4 silver gelatin photoprints

1. High Kickers title continues:...who are to kick for the Championship of Australia at Tamworth, New South Wales, on January 18th 1916. J. H. Penrose, 17 stone 10 lbs, 6 feet, kicked 7 ft 3 inches - F. O'Donnell, 17 Stone 1 lbs, 6 ft 4 inches, kicked 7 ft 4 inches at Glen Innes Dec 3rd 1915 / [photographed by] A. E. Neal, Glen Innes
2-3. [Gunnadah windmill and horsedrawn plough, 1911-1913 / photographed by] Eaton Studios, Gunnedah
4. [Reserve soldiers on parade, 1922-1928 / photographed by] W. A. Shearon, 130 Phillip Street, Sydney

`High Kicking' was probably a friendly competition where participants kicked up to make a mark on the wall with their foot or dislodge an object set at a particular height -- Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, 2000
For reference to the High Kicking Contest in Tamworth on 18th January see the Tamworth Daily Observer, 15th January 1916, p.1,3

To father from your affectionate High Kicking son Joseph Henry Penrose, Jan 2nd 1916 -- on reverse (no.1)