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KIANDRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

SKIING

HISTORY OF SKIING AT KIANDRA

Follow the Links Below for the History of the Oldest Ski Club in Australia - and one of the oldest in the world.

LINK: Ski Clubs of Kiandra

LINK: "Kiandra - Gold Fields to Ski Fields"
- Norman W Clarke

Skiing was brought to Kiandra by Scandinavian miners during the gold rush. The first documented evidence of skiing at Kiandra appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald in the winter of 1861, though it is possible it may have first occurred during the initial gold rush winter of 1860. It has been suggested that a social ski club was in existence from as early as May 1861.

LINK: Neville Locker: The Kiandra Snowshoe Club Inc.

Jack Bridle's Pictures

The following pictures kindly provided by Jack Bridle:

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Cross Country Skiers	Beginners Slope

National Library Pictures

The following pictures have been kindly provided by the National Library of Australia
from their Picture collection. Link: www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/

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Championships

High Jump

Come to Grief

Three Women

Miss Yan Jumping

Carnival - 1900

There are more Skiing Pictures in the Link:Gallery