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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 5830 Collections and/or Records:

Boxing Personalities: Eade, Jason, 1990

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/117
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Portrait of boxing personality Jason Eade.

Dates: 1990

Boxing Personalities: Elisara, Sopo, 1974

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/118
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Photograph of middleweight boxer, Elisala Sopo, sparring with trainer Ron Mitchell at the Woolston Workingmen's Club.

Dates: 1974

Boxing Personalities: Ellis, Jimmy, 1962-1979

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/119
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Photographs relating to American heavyweight boxer Jimmy Ellis. The photographs include five action shots of Ellis competing for various international heavyweight titles. People identified in the photographs include Jerry Quarry; Tony Perez; Joe Frazier; Dave Charnley; and Floyd Patterson.

Dates: 1962-1979

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
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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