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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Welcome

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 Welcome to Threw the Hat,  a blog about Australian Juggling History. Here you will find links to photos and articles/stories about Australi...

Lew Hoffman- Hat Juggler in Australia 1915-1916

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  Lew Hoffman, American hat juggler toured Australia and New Zealand for eight months in the early years of World War 1. Lew was Russian and...
Friday, January 2, 2026

Wilfrid Dubois in Australia and New Zealand 1916-1917

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Juggler Wilfrid Dubois arrived in Australia in July 1916 and spent almost a year performing on the Fuller circuit in Australia and New Zeala...
Friday, December 19, 2025

The Great Henri French- the handsomest man in vaudeville.

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  The Great Henri French, described as the handsomest man in vaudeville by an Australian reviewer, spent over 10 years performing in Austral...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Charles Ancaster- plate spinner and juggler in Australia 1922

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 Charles Ancaster, best known as a plate spinner, came to Australia and New Zealand in 1922, with plates, bottles, hats and clubs. Charles, ...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Rosa Lee, Equestrian Juggler, in Australia and New Zealand 1879/1880

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  Some of the earliest jugglers in Australia were circus jugglers. In the 19 th Century, the circus jugglers, many of them women, juggled p...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Club Juggling in Australia- a short history.

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  This is just a very brief discussion about club juggling in Australia and  an opportunity to look at the evolution of props  and style bet...