Garden City Golf Club

Devereux Emmet was born into a large family of ten children, nine of whom lived into adulthood. His father William Jenkins Emmet was a keen yachtsman and his mother Julia Colt Pierson was an illustrator and painter. His brothers all became prosperous businessmen and his three sisters were gifted artists.

Walter James Travis was born in Maldon, Australia, the fourth of eleven children born to Charles and Susan Travis. As a child, and later in life, he was described as “slight of build, with above average intelligence”. Walter was a good student, displaying a talent for writing and a keen interest in a number of sports.