Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Ever wondered what people did for fun in Cooktown at the turn of the 20th century?
BANANA EATING
COOKTOWN’S CHAMPION.
A TALE FROM THE PAST.
COOKTOWN, November 17.
The recent news items appearing in the newspapers of Australia, telling of the quantaties of bananas eaten by variou people, have aroused the Cooktown champion, Mr. Mick Feinn, to assert his rights and claim the title of champion banana eater.
Feinn ate over 13 dozen bananas inside three hours, the period including a couple of rests. The story of the contest, which is vouched for by several reliable residents of the district, is as follows:-
The late Harry Connors, hearing of a claim by a man in the South that he could eat more bananas than any one else, issued a challenge and said that he would back Mick Feinn for £50, or even £100, to eat bananas against any man in or