Wylie's Baths

Wylie's Baths is a tidal pool near Coogee Beach, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,[1] noted for holding the first Australian Swimming Championships[2] and for being one of the first swimming baths for mixed gender swimming in Australia.[3] Wylie's Baths was built in 1907 by Henry Wylie.[4] Henry Wylie was the father of Mina Wylie who, along with Fanny Durack, were Australia's first female Olympic swimming representatives, and Australia's first woman gold and silver medallists respectively.

From 1959 to 1978, the baths were called Sunset Pool.[2]

Wylie's Baths is run by a management committee established in 1978[5] comprising representatives from South Maroubra Dolphins Winter Swimming Club, Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club,[6] the Coogee-Randwick RSL Diggers Swimming Club and the Coogee Surf Life Saving Club.[7]

The baths are classified by the National Trust of Australia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ UBD Sydney Street Directory, Universal Publishers Pty Ltd, 2010
  2. 1 2 "Wylie's Baths". About Randwick - Heritage - A to Z of people and places. Randwick City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Wylie's Baths—mixed swimming". Australia's modern swimmers and ocean baths. Australian Government. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Eileen Slarke, A Century of Wylie's Baths Coogee, Wylie's Baths Trust Inc, 2001
  5. ↑ Hazel Brombey and Maurie Daly, Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club 1896-1996, 1996
  6. ↑ http://rcasc.swimming.org.au/ Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club
  7. ↑ http://www.coogeesurfclub.com.au Coogee Surf Lifesaving Club

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Coordinates: 33°55′32.33″S 151°15′33.91″E / 33.9256472°S 151.2594194°E / -33.9256472; 151.2594194

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