• Title
  Photographic portrait of Dave Sands
• Call number
  P3/281
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  approximately 1950
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9668470
• Physical Description
  1 photographic print - hand-coloured gelatin silver, on card mount - 51 x 41 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Dave Sands (1926-1952) was a Dunghutti man who was born David Ritchie at Burnt Bridge Mission near Kempsey on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Alongside five of his brothers he pursued boxing and became the most successful of the siblings.
  
  Dave Sands won both the Australian middleweight and light-heavyweight titles in 1946 and in 1949 won the British Empire middleweight title. In 1950 he won the Australian heavyweight title and the following year narrowly missed the opportunity to fight Sugar Ray Robinson for the World middleweight title. Sands fought 100 professional fights, with 97 wins, 52 by knockout. He died on 11th August 1952 when a truck he was in overturned at roadworks near Dungog, New South Wales. He is buried in Sandgate Cemetery, near Newcastle, New South Wales.
  
  References:
  Library acquisition file
  Broome, Richard. “Sands, David (Dave) (1926–1952).” Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 18 November 2020. https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/sands-david-dave-11611/text20733
• Scope and Content
  Full length and hand-coloured photographic portrait of Aboriginal Australian Dave Sands in a boxing pose wearing shorts and boxing gloves.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Title devised by cataloguer based on content
• General note
  
  Photographer unknown
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  ‘Dave Sands’ printed label, pasted below image
• Date note
  
  Date based on similar item held in the National Portrait Gallery and information supplied by vendor
• Subject
  Sands, Dave, 1926-1952--Photographs.
  Boxers (Sports)--Australia.
  Sport - Boxing
  Dhungutti (Australian people)--Photographs.
  Aboriginal Australians--Photographs.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE21134872

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