The Hepburn Pool was built in Spring Creek during the 1930s by the Zelmans of Bellinzona Guest House. Alberto Zelman paid for local workers to construct the pool to their specifications so the visitors to local guest houses could swim on hot days. The Hepburn Pool was used for the Victorian Swimming Championships, with 6 stones marked at one end for each lane. It is 50 yards long, the length required for competitions. In 1935 the Hepburn Amateur Swimming Club organised their first swimming carnival, the meeting conducted by the Victorian Amateur Swimming Association, In 1969 the Daylesford Olympic Swimming Pool was constructed so this 'old swimming pool' was neglected. Fortunately in 1993 local volunteers associated with the Savoia Hotel returned the pool to its former glory with the help of old photos and a lot of hard work. Two well known swimmers swam at the pool in the Victorian swimming Championships, they were Annette Kellerman and Frank Beaurepaire. The Pool was named Victoria's Favourite Built Place in 2004 as part of the Victorian Government's involvement in the International Year of the Built Environment. It was included on the Victorian Heritage Register following a nomination and comparative analysis of pre Olympic Swimming Pools in Victoria by Lisa Gervasoni.Black and white photograph of the Hepburn Pool in Spring Creek, including the diving board.hepburn springs swimming pool, hepburn springs, hepburn pool, pre-olympic swimming pools, albert zelman, bellinzona, annette kellerman, frank beaurepaire, victorian amateur swimming association, hepburn amateur swimming club

The Ballarat Teachers' College did excursions. These images were taken during a hike to Creswick. Two black and white photographs of students of the Ballarat Teachers' College at Creswick. .1) Eleven people sit on the edge of a pool at Creswick. .2) A group of students at Creswick.1) Verso - "Hike 5.5.47 Creswick" .2) Verso - "Hike Monday 5th July 1947 Creswick"ballarat teachers' college, creswick, pool, creswick swimming pool, pre-olympic swimming pool

Colour photograph of the St Arnaud Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, st arnaud, slum dam

Colour photograph of the St Arnaud Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, st arnaud, memorial chair, st arnaud swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Swimming Pool at Broadford, Victoria. swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, concrete, broadford, broadford swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Buchan Swimming Pool, Victoria.2017, buchan, pre olympic, swimming, pool

The Avoca Pre Olypmic Swimming Pool is a 25 metre pool thay was built before the Olympic era of Swimming Pools in Victoria.Colour photograph of the Avoca Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, avoca, avoca swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Cohuna Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, cohuna, cohuna swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Boort Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, boort, boort swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Balmoral Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, balmoral, balmoral swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Mortlake Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, mortlake, mortlake swimming pool, mortlake baths

Colour photograph of the Halls Gap Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, halls gap, halls gap swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Byaduk Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, byaduk, byaduk swimming pool

Colour photograph of the fountain at the Eastern Beach Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, ocean, eastern beach, geelong

Colour photograph of the Surrey Dive Swimming Pool.swimming, pool, sport, pre olympic, box hill, surrey dive, quarry

Colour photographs of the Avoca Riveravoca, avoca river, pre olympic swimming pool

Colour photographs of a bridge over the Avoca Riveravoca, avoca river, pre olympic swimming pool

Colour photographs of a pool in Spring Creek, Hepburn Springshepburn springs, hepburn swimming pool, pre-olympic swimming pool

Glass ashtray with photographic representation of Rosalind Park Bendigo.ashtray, natimuk, swimming pool, swimming hole, pre-olympic swimming pool

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Colour photograph of the swimming hole in the River at Avoca. avoca, pre-olympic swimming pool, avoca river

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A number of colour photographs of the Bairnsdale Swimming Pool which is the Mitchell River.bairnsdale, swimming pool, bairnesdale swimming pool, mitchell river, pre-olympic swimming pool

Colour photographs of the Buchan Swimming Pool which is filled by a natural underground stream.a.e. lind pool, buchan swimming pool, buchan, pre-olympic swimming pool

Colour panoramic views of Lake Esmond in Ballarat East lake esmond, james esmond, ballarat east, pre-olympic swimming pool