I found some pages from The Town and Country Journal 1934. Description of Sydney Cricket Ground race featuring Major Taylor.
A crowd of 20,000 !
International Carnival featuring Major Taylor
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International Carnival featuring Major Taylor
Postby Lots of steel bikes » Wed May 23, 2018 3:31 pm
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Re: International Carnival featuring Major Taylor
Postby find_bruce » Wed May 23, 2018 5:01 pm
I think you might mean 1904 - see The Big Sydney Carnival. (13 January 1904) Australian Town and Country Journal p 48
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Re: International Carnival featuring Major Taylor
Postby Lots of steel bikes » Wed May 23, 2018 5:28 pm
Yep, 1904.find_bruce wrote:I think you might mean 1904 - see The Big Sydney Carnival. (13 January 1904) Australian Town and Country Journal p 48
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Re: International Carnival featuring Major Taylor
Postby antigee » Thu May 24, 2018 7:14 pm
thanks for posting - google tells me population Sydney in 1904 around 500,000 - think that helps put a 20,000(plus) crowd in perspective
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Re: International Carnival featuring Major Taylor
Postby Lots of steel bikes » Fri May 25, 2018 9:04 am
Yep, that’s an incredible crowd. I wonder what the crowd numbers would be if a similar event was held now.antigee wrote:thanks for posting - google tells me population Sydney in 1904 around 500,000 - think that helps put a 20,000(plus) crowd in perspective
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