more than any other Australian locality, is referenced in stories, songs and poems. These include early anonymous writer Theta's poem 'Ode to the Dead of Gundagai', James Riley's 'The Gundagai Calamity', Jack Moses's 'Nine Miles From Gundagai', and Jack O'Hagan's songs 'Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox (Five Miles from Gundagai)', 'Along The Road To Gundagai', 'Snake Gully Swagger', and 'When a Boy from Alabama Meets a Girl from Gundagai'. Gundagai also features in the song 'The Grand Old Hills of Gundagai'. A 1971 educational short film, Mainly for Women, concerned a young woman who migrates from Gundagai to Sydney. A 2010 short story collection by Jeanine Leane, Purple Threads, won a major literary award, the David Unaipon Award, and was shortlisted for a Commonwealth literary award. Other references in literature include Banjo Paterson's 'The Road to Gundagai,' and the traditional ballad 'Flash Jack from Gundagai'. The great British folksinger A. L. Lloyd, who spent time in Australia, recorded both the shearing song 'Flash Jack from Gundagai' and 'The Road to Gundagai'. Additionally, the town is mentioned in Henry Lawson's 'Scots of the Riverina,' and C. J. Dennis's 'The Traveller'. Miles Franklin's 'Brent of Bin Bin' saga is set in the area, and it includes an account of the flood of 1852. Culture Sport The most popular sport in Gundagai is rugby league. The Gundagai Tigers play in the Group 9 Rugby League competition. The club play at Anzac Park Oval, often drawing crowds up to several thousands for derbies against Tumut and Junee. Cultural events The Snake Gully Cup festival is held each November featuring the Snake Gully Cup two-day racing carnival. It is one of southern New South Wales' premier race events. The idea of conducting a race called the Snake Gully Cup was originally floated in a committee meeting of the Gundagai Adelong racing club in the early 1970s. The race however did not materialise due to the lack of support from the committee of the day. The idea gained real momentum at the unveiling of the statues of Dad, Dave, Mum and Mabel at the Snake Gully Service Centre in November 1979 when Ted Tout, one of the principles of the centre mentioned the possibility of a Snake Gully Cup being run as a picnic race meeting similar to the popular Bong Bong Cup meeting. In November 1982, the Gundagai Adelong Racing Club conducted a