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Swimming

Subject
Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool
Bondi Pavilion
Bronte
Jew Fish Bay and Oatley Park Baths
Little Manly Baths
Ocean baths
Parsley Bay: ‘One of the people’s playgrounds’
Sans Souci Tidal Baths
Transcript: Mr Jack Healy recalls boyhood swimming rituals in the Georges River
Transcript: Mr Pat Cullen recalls the life saving club that patrolled the Georges River in the early 1930s
Transcript: Mr Walter John Ferguson recalls the dangers of swimming in the Georges River in the late 1920s
Transcript: Mrs Dorothy Colburn recalls hazards associated with the Georges River
Transcript: Mrs Enid and Mr Carl Borowsky recall learning to swim in the Georges River in the 1920s
Wylie's Baths
Archaeology of Bathing
By tranquil waters 1894
Tamarama beach, forty years ago, a summer morning
Bondi Pavilion
Coogee Aquarium and Swimming Baths
Coogee Surf Club
Governor's bathing house
Sans Souci Bathing Pavilion
Black Sunday surf rescue 1938
Malabar Beach
Bondi Amateur Swimming Club
Bondi Icebergs
Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club
Bronte Splashers
Bronte Surf Club
Coogee Surf Life Saving Club
Dee Why Surf Life Saving Club
Maroubra Surf Club
Oatley Amateur Swimming Club
Parsley Bay Life Saving Club
Polynesian Pools
Princes Regent Swimming Club
Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club
Randwick and Coogee Ladies Amateur Swimming Club
Royal Life Saving Society
Save Boy Charlton Committee
Steel Park River Patrol Life Saving Club
Surf Life Saving Australia
Swimming New South Wales
Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club
Tennyson Swimming Club
Baalman, Peter John
Baker, Harold
Berry, Kevin
Buttel, Vera
Carlile, Forbes
Charlton, Andrew (Boy)
Clarken, James (Jimmy)
Dennis, Clare
Devitt, John
Durack, Sarah (Fanny)
Fraser, Dawn
Gould, Shane
Hellings, Harry (Bull)
Kahanamoku, Duke
Kellerman, Annette
Kember, William
Kieran, Barney
Konrads, John
Lane, Freddy
Mallard, Hedley Richard Horace
Morrin, Beryl Gladys
Mulchay, Harry
Neall, Gail
Rew, Kate
Rose, Murray
Selby, Desmond
Stevens, Frank
Stevens, Ray
Thorpe, Ian
Tyerman, John Edward
Windle, Robert
Wylie, Henry Alexander
Wylie, Mina
von Hammer, Ferdinand Augustus snr
von Hammer, Jane
Bondi Beach
Cook + Phillip Park
Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
The Basin
Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool
Ashton's Baths
Bondi Baths
Brighton Baths
Bronte Baths
Bronte Bogey Hole
Coogee Women's Pool
Coogee shark net
Cremorne Bathing Pool
Dawn Fraser Baths
Dee Why Rock Pool
Domain Baths
Engadine Leisure Centre
Fairy Bower Pool
Fig Tree Baths
Giles Pool
Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre
Little Manly Baths
Maccallum Pool
Malabar Ocean Pool
Manly Harbour Pool
Manly Municipal Baths
McIver's Baths
North Narrabeen Rock Pool
North Sydney Olympic Pool
Northbridge Baths
Oatley Park Baths
Parsley Bay shark net
Putney Baths
Pyrmont Baths
Robinson's Gentlemen's Baths
Robinson's Ladies' Baths
Roseville Baths
Rushcutters Bay Baths
Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Ryde Baths
Sans Souci Baths
Sans Souci Leisure Centre
Watsons Bay Pool
West Pymble Swimming Pool Centre
Wylie's Baths
Bondi Australia the playground of the Pacific c1930
A Saline Draught 1868
Abbotsford Baths Postcard c1920
Annette Kellerman as a mermaid c1915 -1925
Annette Kellerman photographed in the United States c1910
Bathing boxes, Coogee Beach 1880-1890
Bathing pool, Coogee Bay c1900
Bondi Beach, Sydney 1894
Bronte Baths c1915
Bronte Baths c1935
By tranquil waters 1894
Coogee Aquarium and Swimming Baths, Australian Town and Country Journal, 21 January 1888
Coogee Beach c1946-1949
Coogee Beach c1910
Coogee Life Saving Club c1915
Coogee Pier on the day of the opening of the sharkproof enclosure 16 November 1929
Coogee Surf Tragedy: Four Lives Lost, Sydney Mail, 1 February 1911
Coogee, showing southern headland, trams and people on beach and esplanade c1900-1910
Detail of chart showing the location of the Governor's Bathing House in Farm Cove 1832
Detail showing the Governor's Bath House in view of Government House and Fort Macquarie from the Botanical Gardens 1846
Domain Baths 1955
Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian surfing exponent, Waikiki Beach, Oahu c1912
Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie c1912
Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907
Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907
Giles's Hot Sea Baths, Coogee c1930s
Government House and the Governor's bath house on Farm Cove 1854
Harold Baker, one of the heroes of the Coogee surf tragedy, Sydney Mail, 1 February 1911
Heroism in the Surf: Bondi Death Wave 6 February 1938
Huge wave at Bondi 6 February 1938
Inside shark proof fence, Parsley Bay c1935
Interstate diving championship at North Sydney Pool 9 January 1937
It is nice in the surf, but what about the men in the trenches? Go and help 1915
James Clarken, whose splendid work was largely instrumental in saving several lives at Coogee, Sydney Mail, 1 February 1911
Kandy and friends performing at Ken's Karate Klub, Kensington 1981
Maroubra surf bathing c1910
Mina Wylie, Coogee 1913
Miss Buttel and Miss Kellarman (Kellerman) during the Ladies High Diving at the East Sydney Swimming Carnival 7 December 1902
Morning swimmers at Mahon Pool, Maroubra 2009
Nielsen Park, Vaucluse 1910-1960s
North end of the Governor's bathing house, Farm Cove 1924
Oatley Amateur Swimming Club 1937
Oatley Ladies' Swimming Club 1937
Oatley Park Baths, Sandy Beach 1928
Old Domain Baths (Municipal Baths) c1950
On the Ocean Beach 'Them as wants the womanly woman can have her - the Manly girl is good enough for me' 1905
Panorama of Parsley Bay, Vaucluse, New South Wales c1920
Resuscitation work being carried out by lifesavers and helpers, Bondi Beach 6 February 1938
Sans Souci Baths c1927
Sans Souci Baths c1927
Sea baths and beach, Avalon Beach 1950s
Seaplane on the water at Rose Bay c1930
South end of Manly Beach, showing the shark tower, Manly Surf Pavilion and block of flats c1939
South end of the Governor's bathing pool, Farm Cove 1924
Steel Park River Patrol Lifesaving Club 1932
Surfing tragedy at Bondi 6 February 1938
Suspension Bridge Parsley Bay N.S.W. c1940
Swimmers on Puck's Wharf c1925
Swimming lesson at Oatley Park Baths 1928
Tamarama Beach, forty years ago, a summer morning 1899
The Aquarium, Coogee, 1900-17
The Bath, Dee Why c1915
The Hero of Coogee Beach 1922
The NSS Sobraon swimming club c1893
The first Coogee shark net, December 1922
The wonder boy Charlton
Two Capitol Theatre ballet girls wearing Jantzen swimsuits in the water at Tamarama November 1933
Veteran Competitors, North Bondi c1997
Mr Jack Healy recalls boyhood swimming rituals in the Georges River, interviewed in 1986
Mr Pat Cullen recalls the life saving club that patrolled the Georges River in the early 1930s, interviewed in 1986
Mr Walter John Ferguson recalls the dangers of swimming in the Georges River in the late 1920s, interviewed in 1986
Mrs Dorothy Colburn, interviewed in 1986, recalls hazards associated with the Georges River in the 1930s
Mrs Enid and Mr Carl Borowsky recall learning to swim in the Georges River in the 1920s, interviewed 1986