Thursday 8 August 2019

Uncovered Photos - Bush Rats and Rovers B (1904)


Below are photos of the 1904 Bush Rats and Rovers B teams. These two teams had tied for first place in the Challenge Cup. These were sent through to me by a very helpful librarian called Fiona. 

Every now and again while trawling Trove you come across an article which publicises the contents of another publication. 

Thus did the September 10, 1904 edition of the Brisbane Courier list the contents of that day's Saturday Observer (Late Edition). The Observer, it was promised, would contain pictures of Bush Rats and Rovers B.

The Observer is one of those newspapers which are not digitised by Trove, and some of the microfiche records are only held interstate. 

Originally an Ipswich publication, the Observer moved to Brisbane in the 1880s (Mr Tom 'Old Sport' Barker helped with the transition), and it was occasionally thanked the British Football Association of the day for providing coverage. 

Thankfully the Queensland State Library had microfiche of the 1904 editions of the Observer, and after placing a request, Fiona sent through the following scans of the pages, and an enlargement of the photos.



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