State Library Victoria scores the Ashes Urn
The iconic Ashes Urn is leaving Lord’s Cricket Ground for only the third time in its 137-year history to feature in State Library Victoria’s brand new exhibition, ‘Velvet, Iron, Ashes’.
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Christmas and the Ashes
December 24, 2012
One of world sport’s most famous trophies, cricket’s Ashes urn, was presented for the first time on 24 December 1882.
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