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Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool

Swimming pool

Olympic sized swimming pool constructed on the site of the Domain Pool in Woolloomooloo Bay. Named for champion swimmer 'Boy' Charlton.

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Milestone
Opened
1968
Modified
2000 - 2002
Name
Alternate
ABC Pool
Commemorates
Charlton, Andrew (Boy)
Property
On site of
Domain Baths
Type
Swimming pool

Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Shirley Fitzgerald
,
2008

A natural bathing place used by Aboriginal people, this site has had a series of swimming pools built on it since European settlement. Since 1968 the pool has commemorated one of Australia's greatest swimmers, Andrew (Boy) Charlton.

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