| 词条 | Convincing Ground |
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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 Aboriginal (Gunditjmara) people by whalers is thought to have occurred in 1833 or 1834. See also
References1. ^{{Citation | last = Coffs Harbour Library | title = Local Place Names | url = http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/citylibrary/html/620-local-place-names.asp | accessdate = 3 January 2010 }} {{australia-sport-stub}}{{NewZealand-sport-stub}}2. ^{{Citation | last = Ipswich City | title = Eight-Hour Demonstration | url = http://qtproject.ipswich.qld.gov.au/browse3.asp?ID=85 | accessdate = 3 January 2010 }} 3. ^{{Citation | last = National Library | title = Wellington versus Auckland | url = http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DSC18621231.2.17.1&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all | accessdate = 3 January 2010 }} 4. ^{{Citation | last = Addington Racecourse | title = Timeline 1904| url = http://www.addington.co.nz/Timeline.asp?Case=1&ID=1904 | accessdate = 3 January 2010 }} 4 : Australian English|New Zealand English|Sports venues in Australia|Sports venues in New Zealand |
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