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SYDNEY RICHARD COULTER. LIEUTENANT,5th Victorian Mounted Regiment Killed In Action, HLOBLANE 27/8/1901. BURIED VRYHEID, SOUTH AFRICA Sydney Richard Coulter was the second eldest son of Irvine and Mary Coulter. He was born in 1876 in Ballarat. His eldest brother Irvine born in 1873 became involved with Ballarat City Rowing Club in the early 1890’s. HisContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE Sydney Richard Coulter”

MAJOR LESLIE JACK COULTER -DSO, MiD (3) MAJOR. 3rd AUSTRALIAN TUNNELLING COMPANY Leslie Jack Coulter was the youngest of the five Coulter brothers. He was born in Ballarat on 20th July 1889. He was educated at Ballarat College and Ballarat School of Mines studying Maths, Chemistry and Mine management from 1907 to 1909. As his brother GrahamContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE Leslie Jack Coulter”

The Maiden four of Neville Kerr, Mick Walsh, Alan Dixon and Bob Coutts, coached by Pat Harrison started the 1959-1960 season with winning form and set the tone for the rest of the year. This crew won four Maiden fours in 14 days, which was a record at the time. While it was common toContinue reading “1959-1960 Double Quadruple! The Invincibles.”

Over the years of my research into rowing and specifically Ballarat City Rowing Club, I have found some fairly extraordinary crews and races they have been involved in. Scoring a treble of any sort in rowing is difficult and rare so I ‘m starting this series of posts with a treble that is unique. SoContinue reading “TREBLES AND QUADRUPLES”

Ninety members of the Ballarat City Rowing Club enlisted for World War 2 and of those 8 men were killed serving their country. Several were also POW’s in Germany and Japan. My current research is to find their names and record their stories.                                           LEST WE FORGET                                            ARMY BANNISTER A.                     HILL H.                          MCKEWONContinue reading “1945   HONOUR ROLL FOR WORLD WAR TWO”

Albion Rowing Club (England), Ballarat Rowing Club, Ballarat City Rowing Club Peter Cazaly was the third of nine children born to James Cazaly and his wife Elizabeth Eagles. James and Elizabeth married in about 1826 and lived at Stoke Newington near London. James was 48 and Elizabeth 26. James occupation was given variously as bookkeeper,Continue reading “PETER CAZALY”

It began with this letter to the Editor of the Ballarat Courier asking the question why there were no opportunities for women to row. It was published on the 25th of February 1971 and was signed “Discontented Shore-bound girls.” It drew attention to the fact the while Ballarat had three rowing clubs, not one ofContinue reading “1971 -The wakeup call! Beginning of women’s rowing in Ballarat.”