History of Leichhardt Rowing Club
On these Bright Waters - A Centennial History of Leichhardt Rowing Club 1886-1986
Reproduced with permission of the author Merle Kavanagh
Table of Contents
Chapters
- The beginning
- Opening ceremony of club premises
- Early years
- 19th century social events
- Loss of the club's first shed
- Into the 20th century
- The social scene before the war
- The first world war
- Between the world wars
- The 2nd world war
- The winning years after WWII
- The struggles of the sixties and seventies
- The last decade
- Some rowing highlights
- Junior oarsmen
- Women
- Oarmanship
- Regattas and the fleet
- Some accidents and incidents
- Old boys/reunions
Appendices
- Some club personalities
- Honorary life members
- Trophies awarded
- Roll of office bearers
- Coaches and Coxswains
- Current Committee and members 1985-86
- Members of Leichhardt Old Oarsmen's Union
- NSWRA International representatives
- NSWRA Interstate representatives
- Successes in NSWRA Championships
- NSWRA Ladies Championships
- Boat race officials
- Members who served as NSWRA office bearers
Appendix 2—Honorary Life Members Since 1886
G. BUDD 1962
W. BULL 1893
E. BUNYAN 1927
A. CANSDELL 1889
G. CARLSON 1966
J. COGLE
J. COLLINS 1933
E. R. CURTAIN
C. C. DAVIES 1942
G. C. DAVIES 1945
D. H. DOCHERTY 1961
W. E. ELSON 1929
P. M. EVATT
A. C. FLINT 1978
B. HARDING
J. HARRISON
R. L. HARWOOD 1976
J. HAYES 1985
J. W. HENCE 1920
J. D. HENDERSON 1945
HON. S. A. HYAM 1887
R. S. JONES 1938
A. C. C. KAYSER 1926
E. KENNY 1908
M. C. KENT
T. V. KING 1920
J. J. LEWIS 1927
M. W. LOWREY 1973
K . MANTTAN 1952
N. T. McCALLUM 1948
T. McCREDIE 1887
T. McGILL
M. A. McLENNAN 1971
L. R. MACPHERSON 1961
B. W. MOYNAHAN
G. NIXON 1915
L. 0'DONNELL 1948
D. V. 0'SULLIVAN 1929
A. RAMSAY 1911
G. REID 1940
L. ROBBERDS 1984
S. ROLL 1961
B. H. SCHWEIKERT
R. STONE 1984
R. J. ULLO 1977
F. WALSH 1887
J. H. WESTLAKE 1933
F. WHEELER 1917
E. WILLIAMS 1926
J. L. WISEMAN 1903