Real Tennis

Surprisingly few if any photographs which may have been taken in the mid-1870s are readily available of this indoor tennis court which was erected in 1874, and is still a functional club today (some structural modifcations have been made in the last decade). You can visit the Hobart Real Tennis Club and play a virtual game.

This sketch and text is from Historic Tasmania Sketchbook (Rigby 1977) with drawings by Max Angus, Frank Mather and Arthur Phillips. Text is by Patsy Adam Smith and Joan Woodberry.

The National Archives of Australia holds ONE image of the court, taken in 1971.

Title : Historical – Buildings – The Royal Tennis Club building in Davey Street, Hobart
Date : 1971
Image no. : A1200, L96147

Harness racing at Elwick

Around the course and stables at the Elwick Racecourse, Hobart, on December 22, 2008, the day of the Wrest Pont Tasmania Cup, an event in the v75 Carnival.

Photography ©  Echo’s Pond 2008 ARR

Photography ©  Echo’s Pond 2008 ARR