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1192:1942â1944:
1186:Kath Elshaw
996:Mona Leydon
991:Peter Hanan
986:Winnie Dunn
981:Jack Davies
928:Gus Jackson
923:Albert Hope
918:James Gould
908:Jim Clayton
893:Ken Boswell
860:Lance Macey
784:Frank Grose
756:Ron Withell
741:Jack Parker
688:Alan Sayers
678:Bill Pullar
673:Jack Morgan
643:Alan Geddes
515:"No. 47871"
223:1938 Sydney
200:New Zealand
138:New Zealand
1662:Categories
1638:Anna Percy
1392:Lyn Massey
1360:Gail Swart
1288:Adrea Lowe
1279:100 metres
1253:Avis Brain
1029:Jim Dryden
1006:Len Newell
976:Noel Crump
938:John Rigby
933:Les Pithie
850:Ernie Jury
832:Lawn bowls
794:Roy Taylor
774:John Brown
653:Jim Leckie
623:Theo Allen
355:References
321:lawn bowls
316:basketball
288:same event
67:1916-08-22
1408:Lyn Stock
1161:80 metres
1132:Rona Tong
1044:Leo Nolan
1034:Joe Genet
1016:Wrestling
943:Bob Smith
804:Ron Ulmer
703:Rona Tong
615:Athletics
282:Athletics
146:Athletics
1296:Jan Mack
1194:not held
1142:90 yards
1123:80 yards
968:Swimming
822:Gwen Rix
648:Stan Lay
633:Pat Boot
272:Hastings
270:Born in
152:Event(s)
75:Hastings
1400:Lyn Kay
766:Cycling
562:28 June
540:28 June
499:28 June
468:28 June
442:28 June
420:28 June
394:28 June
331:In the
327:Honours
312:netball
290:at the
135:Country
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1492:2000:
1484:1999:
1476:1998:
1452:1991:
1444:1990:
1433:1989:
1425:1988:
1414:1987:
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1398:1985:
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1382:1983:
1374:1982:
1366:1981:
1350:1978:
1334:1975:
1326:1974:
1318:1973:
1310:1972:
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1251:1958:
1235:1954:
1219:1950:
1208:1949:
1184:1941:
1176:1940:
1168:1939:
1149:1938:
1130:1937:
880:Rowing
814:Diving
718:Boxing
296:Sydney
197:
103:Spouse
1438:(PYF)
1419:(AUS)
1213:(AUS)
414:(PDF)
250:(nÊe
143:Sport
130:Sport
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564:2017
542:2017
501:2017
470:2017
444:2017
422:2017
396:2017
314:and
252:Tong
83:Died
61:Born
294:in
247:MBE
28:MBE
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