Goulburn League Park
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Goulburn League Park, Goulburn, Australia — opened unknown, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of Not established -- all 4 recorded matches are representative/touring fixtures (NSW Group 8, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Districts, Western Suburbs, a composite Monaro/Southern Division side, New Zealand touring sides) rather than a local club's home fixtures, so no resident club could be identified from the data available..
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (No confirmed construction/opening year found. A Trove newspaper headline from 15 April 1940 ("Official Opening of Football Season -- First Representative Fixture at League Park") could not be read in full (access blocked), and in any case most likely describes that season's opening fixture rather than the ground's original construction, since Rugby League Project's own results already show a match at this venue in 1939, a year earlier. Goulburn had at least three distinct historical rugby league grounds (League Park, Goulburn Showground, and an earlier "North Park") -- no source confirms any connection between League Park and the modern Goulburn Workers Arena, so no link between them is assumed here.) |
| Home club | Not established -- all 4 recorded matches are representative/touring fixtures (NSW Group 8, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Districts, Western Suburbs, a composite Monaro/Southern Division side, New Zealand touring sides) rather than a local club's home fixtures, so no resident club could be identified from the data available. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 1,802 |
| Capacity | Not found in any source (a 5,000-capacity figure exists for the modern, likely-unrelated Goulburn Workers Arena, not confirmed to be the same venue). |
| Floodlights installed | Not found in any source. |
| Surface | Not found in any source; presumed grass as standard for the era, but not confirmed. |
| First rugby league match | 20 Aug 1939 -- State Championships, Round 1: NSW Group 8 7 def by Eastern Suburbs 42 |
| Last rugby league match | 5 Sep 1956 -- Maori Tour 1956, Game 12: Monaro 13 def by NZ Maori 67 |
| Years used | 1939–1956 |
| Location | Goulburn, New South Wales |
Name history
Rugby league history
The venue's significance rests on hosting two New Zealand international touring sides against composite regional teams -- the 1952 Kiwis (crowd 1,802, the venue's top recorded crowd) and the 1956 NZ Maori side -- both drawing four-figure crowds in a country town, reflecting strong regional interest in that era. Goulburn was a hotbed of country rugby league from the 1910s, with local competition tracing to an August 1914 exhibition match at the Goulburn Showgrounds and a first local competition from 1915 played initially at a separate ground, "North Park" -- League Park was evidently one of several Goulburn grounds used across different eras, not the code's original local home. No finals or full international Test matches are recorded at this venue.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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