SKIING
HISTORY OF SKIING AT KIANDRA
Kiandra Pioneer Ski Club (1870) Ltd.Badge
(not to be copied without permission)
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
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Beginners Slope
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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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Come to Grief
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Three Women
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Miss Yan Jumping
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Carnival - 1900
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There are more Skiing Pictures in the Link:Gallery
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