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Coogee Beach

Beach

Popular beach in the eastern suburbs.

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Randwick Heritage Plaques

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Randwick City Council

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2015

supported by

Randwick City Council Cultural and Community Grants program

Randwick City Council Bicentennial Commemorative Plaques recognise buildings and sites of historical significance throughout Randwick municpality.

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Randwick Heritage Plaques

Randwick City Council Bicentennial Commemorative Plaques recognise buildings and sites of historical significance throughout Randwick municpality.

Randwick City Council

The City of Randwick is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Randwick City Council Cultural and Community Grants program

The Cultural and Community Grants Program supports creative arts and cultural projects that enrich the lives of our residents and make Randwick a vibrant city to live in.

Bathing boxes, Coogee Beach 1880-1890

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a6359001 / SPF/3464]

(copy photograph by Tyrrell's) (Mitchell Library)

Coogee Bay 1885

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By

John Garibaldi Roberts

Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

[MS 15304/1, p13 top]

Coogee, April 1888

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By

Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

(Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria photograph album)

Coogee Aquarium and Swimming Baths, Australian Town and Country Journal, 21 January 1888

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Australian Town and Country Journal, 21 January 1888, p137)

Bathing pool, Coogee Bay c1900

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By

John Henry Harvey

Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

[http://handle.H91.300/726]

Coogee, showing southern headland, trams and people on beach and esplanade c1900-1910

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a116192 / PXE 711/192]

(Mitchell Library)

Coogee Beach Estate, Coogee, Auction Sale... November 14 1903 at 3pm

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By

HW Horning & Co

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.map-lfsp643]

Coogee Beach c1910

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Tyrrell Photographic Collection)

Coogee Life Saving Club c1915

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By

Arthur Ernest Foster

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a6415017 / ON 30/Box 93 No 673]

(Mitchell Library)

Coogee Surf Tragedy: Four Lives Lost, Sydney Mail, 1 February 1911

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 1 February 1911, p24)

The first Coogee shark net, December 1922

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By

Arthur Ernest Foster

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a6415019 / ON 30/Box 55 No 675]

(Mitchell Library)

The Hero of Coogee Beach 1922

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[The School Magazine, Part III for Class VI, May 1 1922, p1 via Trove]

Entrance to Coogee Pier c1930

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Coogee Pier on the day of the opening of the sharkproof enclosure 16 November 1929

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By

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.obj-162546364 (detail)]

Huge crowd at Coogee at night c1930s

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_07707 / Home and Away 7707]

(Mitchell Library)

Cover of 'Beautiful Coogee: Australia's most beautiful seaside resort' 1929

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(compiled and edited by CH Rolleston, Coogee Advancement League) (Mitchell Library)

Beach crowd whistled at models' French Costumes: Beryl Lawes and Pat Craig step out at Coogee in the new abbreviated French costumes ...

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sunday Sun, 23 September 1945 (detail from article))

Brief swim-suits banned at Coogee: Inspectors will order girls to leave beach September 1945

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sunday Sun, 23 September 1945)

Coogee Beach c1946-1949

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By

Australian News and Information Bureau

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a391001 / PXA 907 Box 25, 42]

(Mitchell Library)

Bali Bombing Victims Memorial, Coogee 17 December 2014

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By

Contributed By

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/39551170@N02/16285430032]

Ocean baths

Rock baths, ocean pools and bogey holes have provided Sydney swimmers with 'wild' swimming that is nevertheless protected, linking the suburban with the sublime all along Sydney's coastline.

River Cycles - A History of the Parramatta River

Prior to European settlement, the waterway we now call the Parramatta River was a shared food source, a highway and a territorial boundary for the Wangal, Wallemudegal, Gammeraygal and Burramattagal peoples. Colonisation dramatically reshaped the ecology of the river; the natural cycles of climate and tide that had long influenced the waterway have been joined by other diverse social forces; economic, cultural and technological. Agriculture, river transport, land development and heavy industry have left a long term legacy despite recent environmental remediation.

Coogee

For local Aboriginal people, 'koojah' or Coogee, was a rich source of food, abundant with fish, wallaby and kangaroo. In the nineteenth century the area became a popular weekend destination for picnics, cricket, collecting shells along the beach and swimming. It wasn't until the turn of the twentieth century that residential development really began. Although slow to develop, today the area remains popular with locals, tourists and weekend visitors alike, reflecting the historical nature of Coogee itself.

2002 Bali Bombing

At 11pm on 12 October 2002, two suicide bombers killed two 202 people in Indonesia in an attack on popular Balinese nightclubs Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar. The victims came from 21 countries, with 88 Australians killed and hundreds injured. On 14 October, a specialist team from the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Glebe Coroner’s Court flew to Bali to assist in identifying the remains.