Physical culture is marking 125 years in Australia this year, and its head body has released images of Hunter faces from earlier days.
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Managing director Jackie Rawlings said the longevity of the sport was down to thousands of volunteers.
She said physical cultures standing in 2017 was as a buttress fortifying female self-confidence.
In 2017 our young women are increasingly sedentary, device driven, isolated and often feel that they can never be good enough or perfect enough, she said.
Physie aims to empower girls and we do that in a number of ways. We prioritise the development of self-esteem in our students.
We teach them to have a positive relationship with their bodies and help students blossom with confidence and self-assurance.
Physical culture is a mix between dance and sport. Featured in the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony, it emerged from Hobart in 1892 when a Danish man decided to teach Australians how Scandinavians kept fit.
It now stretches to clubs in Bali and London, with Physical Culture boasting the number of clubs was up 30 per cent in the past five years.
It is not uncommon for grandmothers, mothers, daughters and grand-daughters to be members of the same club and share their involvement, Ms Rawlings said.
The reason we think Physie has withstood the test of the time is the supportive and nurturing community and the fact that generations of women can participate and compete together.
Find Hunter physical culture clubs here.
Do you have physie photos from around the Hunter? Send them to mcarr@fairfaxmedia.com.au to add to the gallery.