In 1892 the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works established the Metropolitan Sewage Farm on the western bank of the Werribee River, to treat the effluent from Melbourne's new sewerage system.This area was isolated and too far from Melbourne, so the Cocoroc village was built to house the workers.Colour photograph of the Cocoroc Swimming Pool. This pool was built by the town's residents.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, concrete, cocoroc, cocoroc swimming pool

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Colour photograph of Euroa Pre Olympic Swimming Pool.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, creek, euroa, euroa pre olympic swimming pool

Colour photograph of Werribee Pre Olympic Swimming Pool.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, creek, werribee, change sheds, werribee pre olympic swimming pool

Colour photograph of a stretch in the river where the Greensborough Swimming Pool was located. swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, creek, greensborough, steps, greensborough swimming pool

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There are many reports of early swimming holes in 19th Century Victoria. Between the period 1895 - 1920, most rural Councils were under pressure to provide more formalised bathing arrangements. Often this occurred through the building of wooden enclosures in rivers, the damming of creeks, the construction of lakes, or the utilisation of old pits for the purpose.Colour photograph of the site of the former Kilmore Pool, now a reservoir on the Kilmore Golf Club. swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, lake, kilmore, pre-olympic

Colour photograph of the Yarrawonga Pre Olympic Swimming Pool in the Murray River. swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, lake, yarrawonga, murray river

Colour photograph of Murtoa Pre Olympic Swimming Pool.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, lake, murtoa, murtoa swimming pool, murtoa pre olympic swimming pool

Colour photograph of a swimming enclosure at Brighton Beach, Victoria.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, ocean, brighton, brighton beach swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Mornington Sea Baths.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, ocean, mornington, mornington sea baths, mornington swimming pool

Colour photograph of the ocean swimming pool at Sorrento. swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, ocean, sorrento, sorrento ocean swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Brunswick City Swimming Pool.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, baths, brunswick, brunswick baths, brunswick swimming pool, pre olympic swiming pool

Certificate awarded to student Noemi Fiala, who learned to swim at least 25 yards in 'The Herald Learn-to-Swim Campaign' at the Richmond Baths, 22 November 1966. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.1960s, sport, swimming, award, event

Colour photograph of the Creswick Swimming Pool at Calambeen Park.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, calambeen park, diving tower, creswick swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Charlton pre Olympic Swimming Poolswimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, charlton

Colour photograph of the Pyramid Hill Swimming Pool.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, concrete, pyramid hill, pyrimid hill swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Cobden Swimming Pool.swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, concrete, cobden swimming pool

Colour photograph of the Pre Olympic Swimmin Pool at Lake Boga, Victoriaswimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, lake boga, lake boga swimming pool

Three images of students of the Ballarat Teachers' College at the swimming pool.ballarat teachers college, swimming, sport, student activities, ballarat baths, ballarat swimming pool

A Bendigo 'Advertiser' article titled 'In training'. It has a photograph of Alan Monaghan and an outline of his life as a swimming coach. 27/11/1968.person, individual, allan monaghan, lydia chancellor collection, collection, bendigo, swimming, sport, recreations, male, individual, coach, history, clubs, clubs & associations

Charles Steedman was headmaster of Williamstown Grammar School from 1870-76 and 1885-90. In 1870, under agreement with school trustees, Sir George Verdon and John Courtis, he leased the school under a seven-year lease, effectively saving it from closure. Steedman had previously been manager of Sandridge Baths and a champion swimmer of Victoria. His 1867 book, 'Manual of Swimming', was the first major technical contribution to the sport of speed swimming and water safety, for which Steedman was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2006. As headmaster of Williamstown Grammar, Steedman initiated a student produced school paper called 'The Schoolboy' (surviving editions can be accessed at the State Library of Victoria), added swimming lessons to the curriculum and opened enrolment to girls in 1885. The book contains nine illustration plates featuring line drawings of a human figure in the positions detailed by Steedman in his text. These drawings are attributed to O.R. Campbell. Oswald Rose Campbell is best known for his appointment (1876-1886) as drawing master of the School of Design, a department of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria. He taught (and famously disagreed with) the likes of celebrated Australian artists, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin. O.R Campbell taught drawing and painting at Williamstown Grammar in the early 1870s.The book holds historic significance for Westbourne Grammar School, having been written by a former headmaster and very important figure in the history of the school. It evokes our early history as an emerging grammar school with links to prominent athletes, artists and gentry of colonial Melbourne. Blue cloth covered case-bound book, with debossed decorative scrollwork in each corner and in the centre of front cover, and gilt lettering on the spine. 270 numbered pages, nine illustration plates (one adjacent to title page, eight as end pages).On title page, handwritten inscriptions in brown coloured ink. Possibly ‘Joshua Saggs Esq. / With the authors compliments’ and below, in different handwriting and darker ink, ‘To dear Flossie from Grandma 1901’. williamstown, sandridge baths, swimming, colonial melbourne, art, williamstown grammar

This is a program for the events held in the 1992 Glenelg Games. These were held annually and began in 1982. The activities in 1992 included swimming, softball, ballroom dancing, surfing, tennis, shearing, go carting and croquet. The Games are organized by the Glenelg Sports Assembly, a regional body with representatives of sporting clubs, local government and interested individuals. The Assembly aims to promote sport in the Glenelg Region and hosts and organizes a number of other activities as well as the annual Games. This program is of interest as it demonstrates the number and range of activities that were included in the Glenelg Games of 1992. This is a booklet of 12 stapled pages. It contains, photographs, a programme of events, a map of Warrnambool, a Chairman’s Message and advertisements. The printing material is in black, blue and yellow tonings. Front Cover: ‘1992 Portland Aluminium Glenelg Games, Warrnambool, 31st October-8th November, Light Up on Sport- Smoking is a Drawback, Program1992 glenelg games, glenelg sports assembly, glenelg sports region, glenelg games