Scrapbook compiled by YWCA rower Trixie Forest

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Scrapbook compiled by YWCA rower Trixie Forest

Date1930s

Object number00042426

NameScrapbook

MediumPaper, ink, metal

Dimensions305 x 210 x 12 mm

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Trixie Whaling Estate

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DescriptionThis scrapbook contains news clippings about women's rowing competitions held in Sydney during the 1930s.HistoryThis scrapbook contains newsclippings of articles about women's rowing competitions held in Sydney during the 1930s. They include articles entitled 'YWCA Wins Junior Champion Fours', 'Hat Trick - Sydney Ladies Score YWCA Regatta', 'Tested - Girl Rowers Shine - YWCA's Success' and 'All the Way - Valerie Mossop Wins Ladies' Regatta'. It also includes some images and captions of YWCA rowing teams and individual winners. Women's amateur rowing in New South Wales dates back to 1909 when Alice Bentley formed a women's swimming and rowing club at Rushcutters Bay. As conditions proved too rough for regular rowing the club moved to Kemp's boatshed at Abbottsford (now Sydney High School Boathouse) and the Western Suburbs Ladies Rowing Club was formed. By the 1920s the club was renamed Sydney Ladies Rowing Club, and then the Sydney Women's Rowing Club. This was the sole amateur women's rowing club in New South Wales until 1929 when the YWCA Rowing Club was formed followed by the Balmain and Abbotsford clubs. In 1920 an Interstate Women's race was contested in conjunction with the King's Cup and the Australian Women's Rowing Council was formed. The 1920s and 30s were big decades for women rowers as more women joined the workforce and women's team sports became popular. The 'lady rowers' of the early part of the century eventually emerged as popular women's teams in the 1920s and 30s. This period saw a boom in women's rowing through the formation of amateur associations, the successful staging of national sporting events and the increased coverage of women's sport in the national press. SignificanceThis scrap book provides a record about women's rowing competitions held in Sydney during the 1930s.