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Sound the alarm! Shark nets at Coogee
The first Coogee shark net, December 1922 by AE Foster, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (ON 30/Box 55 No 675) It's summer, and for many of us, that means swimming in the sea. There has been a long tradition in…
Ocean baths
Wylie's Baths, Coogee c1915, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (PXE 1028, f56) Ocean baths are abundant in Sydney and along the New South Wales coast, reflecting our love of the ocean and, perhaps, an ambivalence towards the surf. These man-made…
Heroism in the surf
Front page of The Sun, 7 February 1938 Yesterday it was 80 years since the Black Sunday surf rescue at Bondi Beach, which was commemorated on the weekend with a re-enactment featuring 150 lifesavers, complete with period costume and equipment. You can…
Voices from Liverpool's past
A group of Italian prisoners of war behind the perimeter fence of the main compound at the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp November 21, 1945. 1945-11-21 By McQuillan, Ern. Contributed by Australian War Memorial AWM 123706 The Dictionary of…