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- A Place & Date Made Beechworth, Australia
- A Place & Date Used Beechworth, Australia
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Cricket Trophy - Beechworth Asylum, circa 1929
Reg. No: SH 923098
- Summary:
- A shield trophy awarded to Beechworth Asylum Cricket Club for the season 1929-1930. One of the sporting activies carried out by staff and possibly patients at Victorian psychiatric hospitals.
- Description:
- Wooden shield, with engraved grey metal plates attached in the shapes of a banner, a large shield, centre, and three small shields.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, 1992
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 33.10 cm (Height), 3.00 cm (Width), 27.70 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | cricket, mental health, mental health institutions, occupational therapy, psychiatric hospitals, hospital canvas straitjacket |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | recreation |
| Inscriptions: | Engraved: PRESENTED BY DR. R.G. NAYLOR/CHALLENGE SHIELD/FOR/ BEECHWORTH DISTRICT/CRICKET ASSOCIATION/ASYLUM/CRICKET CLUB/PREMIERS/SEASON 1929 -1930. [Extensive text]. |
| Place & Date Made: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1929 or later |
| Place & Date Used: | Beechworth Mental Hospital (Beechworth Asylum), Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1929 |
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