Williamstown Lacrosse Bay
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Description
The Williamstown Lacrosse Bay artwork by Kerrie Gottliebsen celebrates the historic lacrosse club located on the Esplanade at Fearon Reserve Williamstown.
At the time of the formation of the club in 1898, the population of Williamstown was approximately 15,000 but the population dropped to around 14,000 during war time (1916). Since the formation of the popular intergenerational club, it has grown to offer competitions for both men and women.
The Williamstown Women’s Lacrosse Club began in 1936, and now boasts one-quarter of all players in the Women’s Association across Melbourne.
Today the club boasts champion girls/boys and women/men’s teams playing on a pitch with possibly the best views of any club in Australia.
Lacrosse History
Hundreds of years ago the six tribes of the Iroquois (now Southern Ontario and Upstate New York) called their game ‘baggataway’ or
‘tewaraathon’. The game played a significant role in the community and spiritual life of many tribes across America. Folklore says
the first Europeans to see the game were French explorers who thought the stick looked like a bishop’s crosier, renaming the sport ‘la crosse’.
The Williamstown Lacrosse Bay artwork by Kerrie Gottliebsen is available in A4, A3, A2, A1 and the super enormous A0.
Williamstown Women’s Lacrosse
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/PfH_Williamstown_Lacrosse_Feb06.pdf
https://www.instagram.com/wtownwlax/
https://www.facebook.com/Williamstownwomenslacrosseclub/
Williamstown Men’s Lacrosse
Additional information
| Size | A0, A1, A2, A3, A4 |
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