PROTEST IN AUSTRALIA
South African Team Arrives (N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) MELBOURNE, May 27. South Africa’s all-white women’s netball team arrived in Melbourne today to find themselves at the centre of a growing storm over Australia's involvement with South Africa in sport. They were greeted at Melbourne Airport by five student leaders from the National Union of Australian University Students’ conference now being held in Melbourne. The five students marched on to the tarmac carrying placards saying: “Black is Beautiful” and “South African Races not wanted in Aus tralia.”
An Opposition Labour M.P.. Mr Gordon Bryant, had earlier condemned the organisers of the South African women’s tour.
Mr Gregor Macauley, president of the N.U.A.U.S., said that South African sporting teams should be barred from Australia.
The team’s manager, Mrs Rita Oosthuison, commented: “I’m certain our tour won’t be cancelled. We’ve come here to play sport.” Asked whether she thought more South African sportsmen should put pressure on their Government to ease the apartheid clause. Mrs Oosthuison said: “I won’t comment on that”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700528.2.123
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CX, Issue 32308, 28 May 1970, Page 15
Word Count
171PROTEST IN AUSTRALIA Press, Volume CX, Issue 32308, 28 May 1970, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in