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Image Not Available for Shire Pictorial, Eastern Edition article with photograph of Grace Walker in her speedboat DIANE
Shire Pictorial, Eastern Edition article with photograph of Grace Walker in her speedboat DIANE
Image Not Available for Shire Pictorial, Eastern Edition article with photograph of Grace Walker in her speedboat DIANE

Shire Pictorial, Eastern Edition article with photograph of Grace Walker in her speedboat DIANE

Date11 June 1959
Object numberANMS0261[002]
NameNewspaper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Robert F Studdert
DescriptionArticle reads `On Sunday, 31st May, 1959, Port Hacking's own champion speedboat driver, Mrs Grace Walker of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Port Hacking, while on a visit to South Australia, set new figures for the 225 CL and 266 CL speedboat classes with a sizzling record run of 105.025 MPH in her speedboat DIANNE (sic).