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Maroubra surf bathing c1910

Maroubra surf bathing c1910

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State Library of New South Wales

[a105567 / PXA 635, 565]

(Mitchell Library)

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Maroubra

Originally fishing and camping grounds for the local Muru-ora-dial Aboriginal people, Maroubra is now the largest suburb in the area governed by Randwick City Council, in both area and population. However, its early beginnings did not foresee such developments. Industry and the spectacle of dramatic shipwrecks drew Europeans to the area in the late nineteenth century but development didn't begin in earnest until the early twentieth century.

Beach Culture

Swimming

Surfing

Maroubra Beach

Surfing beach in south-eastern Sydney.

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