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Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[BN336]
(The Sydney Mail, 23 October 1907, p1075)

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State Library of New South Wales

Beach Culture

Demonstrations and protests

Fashion

Men

Swimming

Rowing

Bondi Beach

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Iconic eastern beach suburb. Its name comes from an Aboriginal word for 'sound of waves breaking on a beach'.

Manly

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Peninsular suburb at the northern entrance to Port Jackson, which faces both the harbour and the ocean. Its name comes from the 'confidence and manly behaviour' of the Aboriginal people encountered there by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788.

Manly Beach

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Iconic beach on Sydney's northern coast, with three main sections Queenscliff, North Steyne and South Steyne.