> Thanks to Linda and Barry Graham for the Wonnangatta Gift > responses. I've emailed the Victorian Athletic League to see if > they hold any records of this event. > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:25:52 +1100 > From: Maureen Upston <mupston@bigpond.com> > Subject: [AVG] Wonnangatta Gift - foot race > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com > > > Can anyone please tell me whether there is a foot race called the > 'Wonnangatta Gift' ? Apparently my father Hughie Morrison's cousin > Lennie Campbell from Lindenow won this event some years ago. Could > anyone confirm this, including any dates please so I can pass this on > to his niece? Apparently Lennie Campbell was a good runner who also > played football for Lindenow. His nick-name was 'Kelly' Campbell. > Len was a cattleman and fencer in the High Country. In fact, any > information, stories or photos of his parents or family, Mary (nee > Anton) and Thomas Campbell would be welcome. Mary and Tom's other > children were - Ellen, Allan, Marjorie & Hazel. > Thanks, > Maureen > > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:17:40 +1100 > From: "Barry Graham" <btgraham@tpg.com.au> > Subject: Re: [AVG] Wonnangatta Gift - foot race > To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> > >> Can anyone please tell me whether there is a foot race called the >> 'Wonnangatta Gift' ? > > Try contacting the Victorian Athletic League > Victorian Athletic League > PO Box 2194 > Richmond South VIC 3121 > > (03) 9428-7077 > > info@val.org.au > > Barry Graham > Melbourne, Australia > > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:38:55 +1100 > From: Linda Barraclough <kapana@netspace.net.au> > Subject: Re: [AVG] Wonnangatta Gift - foot race > To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com > > > I have seen at least one photograph of the "Wonnangatta Gift", which > was an informal foot race of hikers and cattlemen, probably at > Wonnangatta over a Christmas, in the 1930s. > > I think it was during one of the Skyline Tours. > > Whether there was any prize or not would depend on whether they > passed the hat around, although it may have been purely for the > honour. It may have been a one-year wonder, as the Skyline Tours did > not go to Wonnangatta every year. > > I am away from the right book at the minute, but am sure I have a > photograph in one of the Skyline albums. > > The Skyline Tours were operated in the 1930s to early 1940s by the > Victorian Government Tourist Bureau, and at the end led exclusively > by Bill Gillio from Briagolong, who provided the local knowledge and > horses. Earlier versions were the Escorted Mountain Hikes, and the > Fitzgeralds from beyond Omeo were involved in them in the late 1920s. > At other times in the earlier 1920s the Guy family of Wonnangatta > were also involved as guide > > Regards > > Linda >