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Kōrero: Motorcycles

Kilbirnie speedway

Kilbirnie speedway
A rider on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle readies himself for a race at Kilbirnie speedway, Wellington, around 1929. The man holding the back wheel is going to push-start the bike. Spectators watch from stands.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 1/4-032448; G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Motorcycles – Trials, rallies and racing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20712/kilbirnie-speedway (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 25 February 2010.

Comments

dave gifford
18 April 2024
The rider is Jack Arnott who lost his life in November 1929 at the Davies Park Track in Brisbane.