Diver and Olympic medalist, Dean Pullar, and Tim Bryar from Arthritis Victoria pose for a photo at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre in Albert Park during a National Healthy Bones Week.COL photo of two men standing in front of two large, vertical, freestanding banners. They are both smiling broadly. The man to the left of the frame is wearing a colourful shirt with a large bronze Olympic medal on a blue ribbon hanging from his neck. He is doing a "thumbs up" action with his hand. The man on the right of the frame is wearing a blue Arthritis Victoria t-shirt. He is pointing to the other man. Both banners display the text, "Osteoporosis Victoria", with a corresponding logo. There is stadium seating in the background.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Dean Pullar (Olympic medalist) - diving & Tim Bryar NHBW 2001 Alb [crossed out] MSAC.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, national healthy bones week, nhbw, melbourne sports and aquatic centre, msac, dean pullar, diver, diving champion, olympic medalist, tim bryar, 2001

Black and white photo of Les Boucher in swimming trunks and standing in front of a weatherboard building. Written on the front: Mid 1940-50s, Les Boucher, 1951-52 mens 3 metre dive 2nd. Written on the back: Diving Champion.recreations, sports, swimming

Black and white photo of Kevin Boucher in swimming trunks standing in a garden. He is behind a low table on which stands a trophy. Written on the front of the photo: Mid 1940s-50s Kevin Boucher 1950-51 Mens Spring Board 1st 1951-52 Mens 3 Metre Dive. Written on the back of the photo Diving Champion.recreations, sports, swimming

Black and white head and shoulder photo of John Powell. He is part of a group. Written on the front of the photo: 1956-57 John Powell 1956-57 John Powell 110 F/S 3rd Vic Countries. Written on the back of the photo: Diving & Club Champion.recreations, sports, swimming

A paper showbag. It has a yellow background, at the top and bottom two waves strips in red, white and blue. At the left the words: ETA (in red and blue), salted Peanuts (in black), Crisp and Crunchy (in red). At right a picture of a packet of the salted peanuts. On the other side the same design with the words: ETA (in red and blue), Peanut Butter (in black), To-day (in white over red background), builds champions of ..... (in black) To-morrow (in white over red background). At right a picture of a boy in swimming costume ready to dive in and an older youth swimming.business, retail, advertising, business advertising usually found at agricultural shows and other promotional activities

The former Deep Rock Swimming Pool was about 500 yards [457 metres] above Dight’s Falls. It was there that the Deep Rock Swimming Club was established in 1906. This initial club was expanded in 1916 to incorporate a life-saving club. In 1918, John Wren, the president of the club offered the club £1000, and undertook to sponsor a patriotic carnival in March 1918, at which swimming champions would take part. The ‘pool’ was to achieve fame as the venue for a world record-breaking ‘swallow dive’ of 205 feet 9 inches [63 metres] by ‘Prince Wickyama’, [aka Alec Wickham], a Solomon Islander. The dive from a special platform on the west side of the Yarra was reputedly viewed by between 50,000-100,000 spectators, with funds going to the State War Council. The Herald, 25 March 1918, claimed that the wide area occupied by spectators made more precise estimates impossible. In the 1980s, the construction of the Eastern Freeway, and the consequent re-routing of the Yarra River led to the site of the Deep Rock Pool being obliterated. A small cairn and plaque on the Fairfield side of the river now marks its former site.Very rare early photograph off the Deep Rock swimming pool. The pool and its built structures are historically and socially important to the people of Collingwood, Fairfield and Kew. Small, faded, Gelatin Silver print positive photograph of the Deep Rock Swimming Pool situated on the Yarra at Collingwood and Fairfield. The famous diving tower is at the right of the photo. The built structures were constructed for the Deep Rock Swimming and Life Saving Club. People are sitting on the terraces above the river. "Bathing Club. Deep Rock on the Yarra. Studley Park Melbourne. Please credit E.J. Thomasson Collection"deep rock swimming pool, deep rock swimming club, deep rock lifesaving club, swimming -- river yarra, river yarra

Taken at the Surrey Dive on 2nd November 1920. Wycliff Church Sunday School picnic was held in the parkland at the dive. The swimmer is identified as Norman Ross, an American Olympic Swimming Champion. Frank Beaurepaire, the Australian champion of 880 yards, missed competing against Ross in 1912 as he was teaching swimming. Beaurepaire made a comeback 9 years later and at a race at St. Kilda, he beat Ross by 32 seconds.A black and white photograph of a young man standing beside a natural swimming pool with a few people looking on. He is wearing a singlet over his swimming trunks.clothing and dress, swimming, olympic champion, surrey dive, 1920, wyclif church sunday school picnic, norman ross

This photo records one of the swimming carnivals held at the Surrey Dive, the first of which was organised in 1907. It was at the 1907 carnival that champion swimmer Frank Beaurepaire won the one-mile championship in record time. In the era before purpose-built municipal swimming pools, Surrey Dive was a popular destination for swimming and people came to it from many Melbourne suburbs. It operated from 1905 to 1967. It was the newly formed Surrey Park Swimming Club (established in 1905) that petitioned the Box Hill Council to purchase the former quarry site associated with the Box Hill Brick Works. A ramp, bathing sheds, springboards, and eventually a 10-lane course were developed, making the Dive the first Olympic standard pool in Australia. The carnivals attracted huge crowds. The original use as a quarry explains the notorious depth of the swimming hole and the sheer, steep cliffs surrounding it. These posed obvious safety issues, as did the water quality. Ivy Lavinia Weber, who was the second woman to be elected to the Victorian parliament (the first at a general election) and renowned for her commitment to health and physical fitness, campaigned for State government assistance to build new baths. These were built adjacent to the Dive and were opened in 1939. The Dive continued as a facility used by experienced swimmers until 1967 when it closed due to the drought causing the water to dry up. Today the site has been turned into an ornamental lake. This image was used as a mural in the refurbishment of the Box Hill Aqualink. The image has strong associations with early industry (brick making), recreation and particularly the early history of the sport of swimming.Black and white photo with a white border. Scan shows image only. It shows 3 men diving from a wooden platform into an area of water beneath higher banks. There is a boat in the background, a building to the LHS of the photo and many spectators in boater hats on the platform, some in bathing suits along a ledge and many around the top of the bank. Two men in the LH foreground may be officials.Printed long the bottom edge of the frame: "An image from history - Carnival Day at the Dive. / (photo: Box Hill Council)"surrey dive, box hill brick works, swimming, surrey park swimming club, (mr) frank beaurepaire, (mrs) ivy lavinia weber, swimming carnivals