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Articles relating to female Australian speed boat drivers
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Articles relating to female Australian speed boat drivers

Date1959 - 1961
Object numberANMS0261
NameArchive series
MediumPaper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Robert F Studdert
DescriptionThis archive series includes a February 1961 issue of the 'Australian Boating' magazine, and a Thursday 11 June 1959 issue of the 'Shire Pictorial' newspaper relating to female Australian speed boat drivers. 'Australian Boating' includes a profile of Diane Marshall - the first woman to win an Australian outboard championship in 1958 with CANDY. The front page of the 'Shire Pictorial' features a photograph of Sydney driver Grace Walker of Sydney's Royal Motor Yacht Club in her speedboat DIANE, and an article on her Australasian speed boat record set on Sunday 31 May, 1959 in South Australia.