When Phillip Island stopped holding the Australian Grand Prix after the 1935 race, it was decided to rotate the event around the country’s six states. Celebrating its centenary in 1937, the South Australia government passed legislation to allow public roads between Port Elliott and Victor Harbour on the scenic Fleurieu Peninsula to stage the South Australia Centenary GP. That included the specially banked Nangawooka Hairpin. Run on Boxing Day 1936, it is now included in the list of Australian GPs and listed as 1937. “Somehow,” noted the official history of the Australian GP in 1986, “with the passage of time, the event was subsequently renamed and re-dated.” Les Murphy repeated his 1935 GP win in his rapid MG P-type.
