Yarra Yarra Rowing Club

The Yarra Yarra Rowing Club is a rowing club on the Yarra River in Melbourne. It was founded in the 1870s by members of the Early Closing Association when several drapers in Bourke Street agreed to close on Saturday afternoons.[1][2]

Yarra Yarra Rowing Club
MottoInter nos pari passu
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
Coordinates37.8197°S 144.9712°E / -37.8197; 144.9712
Home waterYarra River
Founded1871 (1871)
AffiliationsRowing Victoria
Websitewww.yyrc.com.au

References

  1. "Clubs and their histories", Rowing Victoria, 1 January 2016
  2. Yarra Yarra Rowing Club, 2017


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