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SIR DOUGLAS NICHOLLS (Yorta Yorta)

Event

  • Sprinter

Achievements

  • Winner Nyah Gift
  • Winner Warracknabeal Gift
  • First Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander to be knighted

Biography

In the late 1920s, Sir Douglas Nicholls, who later went on to become a star footballer in the VFL and the Governor of South Australia, and was a tremendously gifted athlete. Nicholls won the Nyah Gift and also the Warracknabeal Gift, second only to Stawell in importance. So popular was Nicholls, race organisers paid an appearance fee to have him race.

 

Credit: The Age