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(Perth) 1942 member's fob, numbered '3' verso. Rare. Ascot…
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23-Aug-2022
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(Perth) 1942 member's fob, numbered '3' verso. Rare. Ascot racing club (Melbourne) 1942 member's fob, numbered '3' verso. Rare. Ascot was a privately operated racetrack that was bounded by Union, Ascot Vale and Maribyrnong roads in Ascot Vale. Its first race meeting was held in 1893, much to the chagrin of local residents who petitioned Essendon Council because of the number of courses already in the area and their fear an influx of undesirables might reduce their property values. The 1400-metre track operated trots, flat racing and steeplechases. John wren purchased the track in 1906 and offered the track for military use in 1915, sparking an immediate call from opponents to have the track's licence to operate as a proprietary racecourse revoked. Ascot was again taken over by the Commonwealth for military use in World War II, and racing did not resume there after the war, with the state government compulsorily acquiring the 31-hectare site in 1946.
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