Alex Bolewski
Alexander Bolewski (; 1892–1981) was a pioneer Australian rugby league player who played in the 1910s and 1920s. Background Bolewski was born at Ballina, New South Wales on 24 January 1892. Playing career Alex (or Alec) Bolewski, grew up in Glebe and played for the Glebe (rugby league team), Glebe Dirty Reds for four seasons between 1914 and 1919, although he missed the 1917 and 1918 seasons due to active service in World War I. He enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force, AIF in 1916, and joined the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 27th reinforcements. His unit was sent to Europe in 1917, and, while surviving the war, he did not return to Australia until April 1919, although he resumed his rugby league career soon afterward, playing 13 games that season. He was the brother of fellow Glebe (rugby league team), Glebe player Henry Bolewski. In 1920 he moved to Newtown Jets, Newtown and he played five seasons there between 1920 and 1924, often as captain. Bolewski rep ...
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Ballina, New South Wales
Ballina () is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of the Ballina Shire local government area. Ballina's urban population at June 2018 was 26,381. The town lies on the Richmond River and serves as a gateway to Byron Bay. History Ballina is located on the ancestral land of the Bundjalung people, the original inhabitants. Archaeological evidence demonstrates Bundjalung occupation of the region for at least 6000 years. One view suggests that the name Ballina comes from corruption of a clan name for the ''Bullina'' band of the Arakwal. It has been argued that in this tribe's Bundjalung language, meant "place of many oysters". This theory argues that the Aboriginal name reminded the predominantly Irish settlers of "Ballina", so the name's origin could be an accidental or deliberate corruption. Another view is that town's name comes from the Irish placename Ballina (''Béal an Átha'', "mouth of the ford"), which is found in several part ...
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