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Tour Itineraries and Tour Function Programs

It wasn't always so easy to jet across the country. So when WA football teams wanted to broaden their horizons and take on teams from other states or from country WA, they used to have to organise a trip or formal tour. Back in the first half of last century, clubs would usually take a trip to the bush every year and tour the Eastern States every four or five years. And when they went east, a tour itinerary would inevitably be produced for those players, administrators and supporters who went. Obviously, these are hard to find today, especially those from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
While on tour, the players would often attend a function that was hosted by one of the local clubs. Programs would usually be produced for these functions.
Below, I have listed off the known major tours each club made to the end of 1969, with the expectation that an itinerary would have been produced. I have also listed off functions they are known to have attended while on tour.
I have crossed through the itineraries and function programs that I have in my collection, but further research needs to be undertaken to make this list definitive.
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Claremont

1939 - June 17 - July 5 - Kalgoorlie, Broken Hill, Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1949 - Kalgoorlie, Tasmania - Tour Itinerary
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East Fremantle

1912 - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney - Tour Itinerary

1923 - Melbourne, Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

1923 - August 30 to September 9 - Adelaide - Program of Entertainment (Tour Itinerary)

1928 - Tasmania - Tour Itinerary

1938 - July 9 to August 6 - Adelaide, Broken Hill, Sydney, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1947 - July 26 to August 23 - Kalgoorlie, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1952 - Kalgoorlie, South Australia - Tour Itinerary

1959 - August 2 to August 20 - Adelaide, Melbourne, Tasmania, Por Pirie - Tour Itinerary

1965 - June 26 to July 14 - Port Pirie, Broken Hill, Canberra, Sydney, Queensland - Tour Itinerary

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East Perth

1922 - Kalgoorlie, Melbourne, Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1936 - Adelaide, Melbourne, Tasmania - Tour Itinerary
1948 - Tasmania - Tour Itinerary
1954 - July 13 to July 28 - Albury, Shepparton, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1954 - July 10 - EPFC Rules Card
1954 - July 22 - North Melbourne Football Club Dinner for EPFC - Menu
1960 - June 18 to July 7 - Kalgoorlie, Adelaide, Broken Hill, Melbourne, Port Pirie - Tour Itinerary
1965 - June 28 to July 12 - New South Wales - Tour Itinerary
1969 - South Australia - Tour Itinerary
1969 - October 15 to November 2 - India, Thailan1qd, Hong Kong, Singapore - Tour Itinerary
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North Fremantle

1913 - Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

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Perth

1914 - Adelaide, Brisbane - Tour Itinerary

1924 - Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1946 - Broken Hill, Sydney, Riverina - Tour Itinerary
1951 - Kalgoorlie, Adelaide, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1957 - New South Wales - Tour Itinerary

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South Fremantle

1911 - Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1926 - Adelaide, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1948 - Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1948 - August 4 - Fitzroy Football Club Function at Fitzroy Football Pavilion - Invitation
1948 - August 12 - Collingwood Football Club Function at Victoria Park - Program
1954 - July 20 to August 4 - Adelaide, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1967 - January 11 to January 30 - Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Hobart - Tour Itinerary
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Subiaco

1930 - Sydney, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1947 - July 28 to August 21 - Riverina, Sydney, Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1959 - New South Wales - Tour Itinerary

1969 - Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

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Swan Districts

1949 - Dates Unknown - Port Augusta, Whyalla, Broken Hill - Tour Souvenir
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West Perth

1925 - Kalgoorlie, Tasmania - Tour Itinerary

1946 - Melbourne, Ballarat, Kalgoorlie - Tour Itinerary

1957 - June 22 to July 12 - Melbourne, Canberra - Tour Itinerary

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WA State Team

1904 - Melbourne, Adelaide

1908 - Melbourne Carnival

1911 - Adelaide Carnival

1914 - Sydney Carnival
1923 - Adelaide

1924 - Hobart Carnival

1925 - Melbourne and Adelaide

1926 - Adelaide

1927 - Melbourne Carnival

1928 - Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide

1930 - Adelaide Carnival

1933 - Sydney Carnival

1935 - Adelaide

1938 - Melbourne and Adelaide

1938 - July 17 - Collingwood Football Club Function at Victoria Park - Program

1947 - Hobart Carnival

1949 - Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide

1950 - Brisbane Carnival

1952 - Melbourne and Adelaide

1953 - Adelaide Carnival

1955 - June 15 to June 27 - Melbourne, Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

1958 - June 29 to July 13 - Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1958 - June 29 - Collingwood Football Club Function at Victoria Park - Program

1959 - Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide
1961 - Brisbane Carnival

1962 - Melbourne and Adelaide

1964 - June 17 to June 28 - Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

1966 - Hobart Carnival

1967 - Melbourne

1968 - Adelaide

1969 - Adelaide Carnival

1970 - Melbourne and Hobart

1971 - Adelaide

1973 - Melbourne

1974 - Adelaide

1975 - Melbourne Carnival

1976 - Adelaide

1977 - May 15 to May 17 - Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

1978 - Melbourne

1978 - TEAL CUP Adelaide

1980 - Melbourne

1980 - Adelaide

1980 - Adelaide Carnival

1981 - June 3 to June 8 - TEAL CUP Melbourne - Tour Itinerary

1982 - Adelaide

1984 - June 8 to June 10 - Adelaide - Tour Itinerary

1986 - Adelaide

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Goldfields Teams Travelling East

1911 - Kalgoorlie Railways - Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1913 - Boulder City - Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1936 - Kalgoorlie City - Sydney - Tour Itinerary
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Interstate Club Teams Visiting Perth

1910 - Port Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1913 - Port Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1914 - Norwood - Tour Itinerary
1920 - Sturt - Tour Itinerary
1922 - Fitzroy - Tour Itinerary
1922 - West Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1923 - West Torrens - Tour Itinerary
1924 - North Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1924 - Essendon - Tour Itinerary
1927 - Collingwood - Tour Itinerary
1938 - St Kilda - Tour Itinerary
1939 - Port Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1946 - October 16 - Collingwood Football Club hosted by East Fremantle - Program
1947 - Essendon - Tour Itinerary
1948 - Carlton - Tour Itinerary
1949 - June 19 to June 30 - Richmond Football Club - Tour Itinerary
1950 - South Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1951 - October 14 to November 2 - Collingwood Football Club - Tour Itinerary 
1952 - October 14 to October 31 - Essendon Football Club - Tour Itinerary
1953 - August 30 - Goldfields National Football League hosted by East Fremantle - Program
1953 - North Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1953 - Footscray - Tour Itinerary
1954 - Carlton - Tour Itinerary
1955 - Essendon - Tour Itinerary
1955 - Collingwood - Tour Itinerary
1956 - Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1956 - North Hobart - Tour Itinerary
1956 - June 10 to June 27 - VFL (Victoria) - Tour Itinerary
1957 - Port Adelaide - Tour Itinerary
1958 - September 29 - Collingwood Football Club hosted by WANFL - Program
1958 - October 8 to October 19 - West Torrens Football Club - Tour Itinerary
1959 - Hawthorn - Tour Itinerary
1961 - Essendon - Tour Itinerary
1965 - Geelong - Tour Itinerary
1965 - Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
1967 - St Kilda - Tour Itinerary
1968 - Glenelg - Tour Itinerary
1969 - North Melbourne - Tour Itinerary
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