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Christchurch Star

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1868 - Present

Biography

The Christchurch Star newspaper was a local daily paper which ran from 1868-1990 and since then has run as a free paper, currently produced once a week.

Found in 2657 Collections and/or Records:

Athletic Personalities: Benning, Christine, 1978

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/77
Scope and Contents

Photograph of British athlete Christine Benning coming first place in womens 1500m race at Crystal Palace, London with Norwegian athlete Greta Waltz coming close behind in second place.

Dates: 1978

Athletic Personalities: Benoit, Joan, 1984-1985

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/78
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Portrait photographs of American long-distance runner Joan Benoit.

Dates: 1984-1985

Athletic Personalities: Bernard, Verona, 1973-1974

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/79
Scope and Contents

Photographs of British athlete Verona Bernard compteting in two different long distance running competitions.

Dates: 1973-1974

Athletic Personalities: Berry, David, 1966-1969

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/80
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Christchurch Junior 100 yards champion David Berry, one photo winning competition and the other a portrait photo.

Dates: 1966-1969

Athletic Personalities: Best, Joanne, 1988

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/81
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of Joanne Best former member of North Canterbury Club.

Dates: 1988

Athletic Personalities: Bikila, Abebe, 1968-1989

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/82
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Photographs of Ethopian athlete and former Olympian Abebe Bikila. Several photos from competitons midrun, and several portrait photos. Including one photo with emperor of Ethopia, Haile Selassie.

Dates: 1968-1989

Athletic Personalities: Bile, Abdi, 1988

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/83
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Somalian athlete Abdi Bile winning a 1000m race in London's Crystal Palce.

Dates: 1988

Athletic Personalities: Birnie, Tom, 1981-1994

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/84
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Christchurch athlete Tom Birnie. Competing in several marathons and other forms of running races and several photos of portrait photographs.

Dates: 1981-1994

Athletic Personalities: Bishop, Jan

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/85
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Sub-Series:

Sub-series 'Athletics' within the Sports Photographic Prints 'A' series.

Dates: 1941-2004

Athletic Personalities: Bishop, Janice, 1979

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/8/86
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Christchurch javelin and pentathlon athlete Janice Bishop, also know as Jan Bishop. Several photos of Jan midthrow and one in midlle of high jump.

Dates: 1979