Explore the Australian obsession with swimming, beach life and water through these photographs from the State Library of New South Wales' collections.
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| Reserve and beach, Cronulla, Sydney, 1920s, Samuel Wood |
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| Acrobats, Sydney, 1930s Sam Hood |
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| Tooth and Co. Ltd. float at the Australian Sesquicentenary, 1938 Hall & Co. |
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| Bondi surf lifesavers, n.d. by Sam Hood |
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| Beach scene, 1930s by Sam Hood |
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| Mr J Prentice and Miss J Howat doing acrobatics, Bondi Beach, Jan 1935 by Ted Hood |
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| Mr J Prentice and Miss J Howat performing beach acrobatics at Bondi Beach, 2 Jan 1935 by Ted Hood |
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| Peggy Bacon in mid-air backflip, Bondi Beach, Sydney by Ted Hood |
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| Chorus girls in Rhonrad wheels roll across Bondi Beach, ca. 1935 by Sam Hood |
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| Beach studies, 1930s by Sam Hood |
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| Beach studies, 1930s by Sam Hood |
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| Coogee Pier, Sydney, Samuel Wood |
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| Giles's Hot Sea Baths, Coogee, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood |
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| Beautiful Bondi [Ladies Dressing Rooms], Broadhurst Post Card Publishers |
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| Bronte Beach, c. 1900s, by Star Photo Co. |
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| Collaroy Beach, 1900s, photographed by Colin Caird |
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| A young diver in the air as he dives from the high-board, St Aloysius College swimming at Manly, 17 March, 1935, by Sam Hood |
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| Start of a relay race showing five swimmers diving in, Colleges swimming at Drummoyne, 13 March 1935, by Sam Hood |
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| Country children at Stewart House Preventorium learn to swim, South Curl Curl Beach, 10 Jan 1935, by Sam Hood |
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| Men and boys swim and play in canoes in a beach rock pool, n.d. by Sam Hood |
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| Oak Park rock pool,1950, by Sam Hood |
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| Swimming carnival, Roseville Baths, 1930s, by Sam Hood |
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| Sydney, 1930's Sam Hood |
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| Ferry Dee Why and Manly Harbour pool, 1930s |
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| Balancing wheel, Manly Harbour pool, 1930s |
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| Manly Harbour pool, 1930s |
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| Bronte Baths, 1930s, by Sam Hood |