Welcome to the Australian Rowing History’s online Museum

A virtual museum illustrating the fascinating history of rowing in Australia.

This museum will be arranged into the following categories:

Trophies and medals– iconic trophies of the sport
Boats– important and historical boats
Oars- presentation oars from throughout time
Rowing machines– the evolution of these machines
Books and publications– a catalogue of rowing books and publications and where they can be found
Uniforms– rowing uniforms over the ages
Miscellaneous– other items of historical importance to the sport

Contributions

This museum plans to provide images and descriptions of important rowing artefacts. Contributions are not only welcomed, but encouraged, to make this becomes a good record of Australian rowing artifacts and where they can be found. As a guide, good quality photographs are required of the artefacts, a detailed description of the items, and the collection owner.

In the absence of a physical museum, we hope that this will provide not only an interesting museum, but also a means of keeping a record of these important items.

Please send all contributions to the editor Andrew Guerin for inclusion.

Current exhibition

Interstate Championship Trophies

Past exhibitions

The past exhibitions are retained for viewing. Follow the links above or below.

The Australian Oarsman publication of May 1926. A short lived ambitious national magazine published by J W Shaw in May 1926.

Interstate Championships

Henley on Yarra Regatta

Henley on Yarra Challenge Cups

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided, errors may exist. Please send advice of any errors or inaccuracies by email to:

Also your comments, suggestions and photos are sought to enhance this site.

The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

© Andrew Guerin – 2004
These contents of this history are copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. However given that the purpose of the history is to assist rowers and rowing clubs, written permission is not required for non-commercial usage by rowers and rowing clubs provided acknowledgement is made.

Disclaimer: Whilst extensive efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information supplied, the editors take no responsibility for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from inaccuracies contained in this work.