Vintage Poster - Williamstown Lacrosse Club

Vintage Poster - Williamstown Lacrosse Club

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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’.

Available in A4 and A3 sizes.

ARTIST ©️Kerrie Gottliebsen

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