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Huge wave at Bondi 6 February 1938

Huge wave at Bondi 6 February 1938

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[The Sun, 7 February 1938, p1 (detail)]

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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'.

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Daily afternoon newspaper first published in 1910. In 1953 Associated Newspapers sold it to Fairfax who published The Sun until 1988 as a companion to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Black Sunday surf rescue 1938

Mass surf rescue at Bondi Beach on Sunday 6 February 1938 after a backwash swept away a sandbank, carrying more than 200 people into deep water. Five people died and 35 were resuscitated by life savers, with hundreds more assisted.

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Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club

Surf club that was responsible for introducing surf lifesaving to Australia and pioneered the famous surf reel and line.

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