The early struggle for a viable greyhound industry

By Duncan Stearn

Although the first greyhound race meeting behind a mechanical lure had taken place at night, on May 28, 1927, and the response from attendees was generally positive, the reality was that the new sport was doomed to failure if legalised betting could not take place.

The government of Premier Jack Lang had banned gambling on greyhound racing and the directors of the Greyhound Coursing Association (GCA), who introduced the sport into Australia, decided to conduct their second race meeting Read full article

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