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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:

Boxing Personalities: Erskine, Joe, 1955-1957

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/120
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Photographs of British heavyweight boxer Joe Erskine. One of the photographs is a portrait and the other an action shot, depicting Erskine competing against Henry Cooper in North London.

Dates: 1955-1957

Boxing Personalities: Estrada, Juan Jose, 1988

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/121
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Photograph of Mexican boxer, Juan Jose Estrada, celebrating his defeat of Venezualan Bernardo Pinago to win the title of WBA Bantam Weight champion.

Dates: 1988

Boxing Personalities: Evangelista, Alfredo, 1978-1979

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/122
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Action shots of Spanish heavyweight boxer, Alfredo Evangelista, competing against Larry Holmes and Lucien Rodriguez of France.

Dates: 1978-1979

Boxing Personalities: Faimalo, Sene, 1981

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/123
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Action shot of Canterbury boxer, Sene Faimalo, competing against Timaru's Gene Waako in the South Island Golden Gloves tournament at the Richmond Workingmen's Club.

Dates: 1981

Boxing Personalities: Famechon, Johnny, 1946-1970

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/124
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Photographs relating to Australian featherweight boxer Johnny Famechon. The photographs include four portraits and seven action shots of Famechon competing in various international tournaments. People identified in the photographs include Miguel Herrera; Willie Pep; Fighting Harada; Nick Pope; Jose Legra; Ambrose Palmer; Andre Famechon; Emile Famechon; Raymond Famechon; Antoinette Famechon; Sugar Ray Robinson; and Mike Barrett.

Dates: 1946-1970

Boxing Personalities: Feaveai, Vai, 1976

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/125
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Canterbury boxer Vai Feaveai.

Dates: 1976

Boxing Personalities: Fenech, Jeff, 1987, 1989

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/126
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Photographs relating to Australian featherweight boxer Jeff Fenech. The photographs include two action shots, one of which depicts Fenech competing against Puerto Rican Victor Callejas for the WBC Featherweight title. People identified in the photographs include Tyrone Downes; and Samart Payakarun.

Dates: 1987, 1989

Boxing Personalities: Ferris, Gordon, 1981

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/127
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Photograph of boxer, Gordon Ferris, celebrating his win of the British heavyweight title.

Dates: 1981

Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Alec, 1974

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/128

Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Jimmy, 1963-1964

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/129
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Photographs relating to Christchurch middleweight boxer Jimmy Fidow. The photographs include three action shots of Fidow and a group portrait of Fidow with his two brothers, Alec and Lole. Other figures identified in the photographs are Bobby Baglin and B. Tyson.

Dates: 1963-1964