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Sandy Beach, Georges River, Oatley 2012

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Sandy Beach, Georges River, Oatley 2012

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Rodger Robertson

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Jew Fish Bay and Oatley Park Baths

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Georges River Jew Fish Bay

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Robertson, Rodger

Rodger Robertson is a member of Oatley Heritage and Historical Society and Kogarah Historical Society. He researches and writes about local and family history. Rodger has a keen interest in the digitalisation of historical material for preservation and distribution

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Jew Fish Bay and Oatley Park Baths

The Oatley Amateur Swimming Club began in 1927 on the sandy beach of Jew Fish Bay in a small area protected from sharks with iron mesh netting. Over the decades the club held swimming competitions and social events, drawing people from all over Sydney. It continues to flourish, with over 100 members who meet regularly during the summer for swimming competitions and social events.

Rivers and Catchments

Georges River

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River that rises at Appin in the upland swamps of the O'Hares Creek catchment, and flows 80 kilometres north and east to meet Botany Bay at Taren Point, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The total catchment is over 930 square kilometres managed by a large number of local government authorities and is the main tributary of Botany Bay.

Oatley

Leafy southern residential suburb on the Georges River. Built on the land granted to James Oatley, a convict clockmaker, it began to develop in the 1960s.

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Jew Fish Bay

Bay on the north side of Georges River adjoining Oatley Park 2 kilometres south west of Oatley.

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Oatley Park Baths

Recreational baths in the Georges River adjacent to Oatley Park. Sharkproof netting and significant reconstruction was undertaken in 1930 though the baths had been in use since 1919.

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