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Torquay and District Historical Society
Photographs (copies), Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club 70th Anniversary Exhibition 2015
... Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club 70th Anniversary Exhibition...torquay surf lifesaving club... to Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club on 20 February 1946. Building... but the name was changed to Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club on 20 February ...The Torquay Life Saving Club was formed in 1922. Members operated from a large bathing box on the Torquay front beach. Eventually at a meeting at the Palace Hotel in January 1946, it was resolved to form the Torquay Surf Club but the name was changed to Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club on 20 February 1946. Building of first clubhouse was completed in 1946. The first 50 years of the Club are chronicled in a book held by the TDHS and which is catalogued under Item 00012 in this catalogue.The formation of the Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club in 1946 and the establishment of a permanent clubhouse was the culmination of the efforts of members and friends of the Torquay Lifesaving Club over the previous quarter of a century.Black and white photographstorquay surf lifesaving club -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Text Record, An Introduction to the Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club 70th Anniversary Exhibition 2015, 2015
... An Introduction to the Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club 70th... to Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club on 20 February 1946. Building... but the name was changed to Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club on 20 February ...The Torquay Life Saving Club was formed in 1922. Members operated from a large bathing box on the Torquay front beach. Eventually at a meeting at the Palace Hotel in January 1946, it was resolved to form the Torquay Surf Club but the name was changed to Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club on 20 February 1946. Building of the first clubhouse was completed in 1946. The first 50 years of the Club are chronicled in a book by Ken Pollard held by the TDHS and which is catalogued under Item 00012 in this catalogue.The formation of the Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club in 1946 and the establishment of a permanent clubhouse was the culmination of the efforts of members and friends of the Torquay Lifesaving Club over the previous quarter of a century. Printed text -
Torquay and District Historical Society
salvaged timber pole
... torquay lifesaving club... Lifesaving Club clubhouse in 1945. it was dug up by club members from... of the first Torquay Lifesaving Club clubhouse in 1945. it was dug up ...This pole was used in the construction of the first Torquay Lifesaving Club clubhouse in 1945. it was dug up by club members from the mouth of Spring Creek, where it had been laid as part of defence strategy during WW2. In the 1940s 'Tank Traps' were placed across low lying Victorian Beaches to stop potential invading Japanese forces. This pole was salvaged from the ashes of the fire which destroyed the first TLSC clubhouse in 1970.This wooden pole was used in the foundations of the first Torquay Surf Life saving Club club house. Timber pole associated with WW2 and Torquay SLSC, damaged by fire in 1970.torquay lifesaving club, 'tank traps', world war 11, local war defences