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A convincing ground was the name or journalistic euphemism for a place where sports were contested, having limited currency in the nineteenth century, predominantly in Australia and New Zealand.
It has been used to describe a boxing arena in Australia[1], a social sports ground in 1891 [2], a cricket ground in New Zealand in 1862 [3] and a trotting track in New Zealand in 1904 [4].
Two placenames in Australia retain the name; Convincing Ground Road at Karangi, New South Wales and the Convincing Ground, a flat coastal area at Allestree near Portland, Victoria where a massacre of Aborigines by whalers has been suggested by some historians based in part on an apparent misinterpretation of the meaning of convincing ground.
See also
References
- ^ Coffs Harbour Library, Local Place Names, http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/citylibrary/html/620-local-place-names.asp, retrieved 2010-01-03
- ^ Ipswich City, Eight-Hour Demonstration, http://qtproject.ipswich.qld.gov.au/browse3.asp?ID=85, retrieved 2010-01-03
- ^ National Library, Wellington versus Auckland, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DSC18621231.2.17.1&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all, retrieved 2010-01-03
- ^ Addington Racecourse, Timeline 1904, http://www.addington.co.nz/Timeline.asp?Case=1&ID=1904, retrieved 2010-01-03
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