Black and white photograph - Dixie Willis 880 yards winner - Commonwealth Games Perth 1962
Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Black and white
Date Used
1962
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Photograph of the VIIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962. This image is of three female runners wearing athletes' singlets bearing numbers 2, 9 and 4. A typed note attached to the reverse provides a caption: 'Dixie Willis, of Australia, breaks the tape to win the women's 880 yds. final to beat Marise Chamberlain, of New Zealand'.
Measurements
H: 192 W: 145mm (H: 7 9/16 W: 5 11/16")
Associated Person
Date Used
1962
Location
In storage
Registration No
1986.1297.3
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Mr and Mrs C.J. Murphy
Subject Auto Tags
Photograph
Running
Recreation
Snapshot
Long-distance running
Athletics
Exercise
Sports
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Individual sports
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