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.

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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