resting_place death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor other_names nationality title name birth_date term image article_title birth_name death_cause
uralla cemetery , new south wales 1916-11-20 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- uralla , new south wales joseph henry sadler greenwich , new south wales ned hanlan ned trickett australian world champion sculler edward trickett 1851-09-12 1871 -- 1876 edward trickett sculler.jpg edward trickett
 edward trickett injuries from a mining accident
edward trickett

edward `` ned '' trickett -lrb- 12 september 1851 -- 20 november 1916 -rrb- was an australian rower .
he was the first australian to be recognised as a world champion in any sport , after winning the world sculling championship in 1876 , a title he held until 1880 , when he was beaten by canadian ned hanlan .
trickett was born at greenwich , on the lane cove river in sydney .
his father was a former convict and a bootmaker and his mother was irish .
the young ned learned to scull on sydney harbour in new south wales , australia .
records show that rowing matches between crews of visiting ships had been taking place on the harbour from as early as 1805 .
the `` sydney gazette '' newspaper recorded `` the first australian regatta '' in 1827 with a rowing race for 20 spanish dollars and both rowing and sailing were established sports by 1837 when the first anniversary regatta was held in sydney .
