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- newsouthwales
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- australia
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- vintage
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- nationallibraryofaustralia
- bathing
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- Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection
- State Library of New South Wales
- Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
- Royal Australian Historical Society
- National Library of Australia
- Powerhouse Museum
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Bondi beach, 21 February 1939 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded December 2024
Sunbathers, Bondi beach, Sydney, 1938 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded December 2024
'Reflections by the way', near Sydney, 1884-1889 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2023
Surfing Bondi, 1938 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2022
Bondi Beach from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded July 2022
View of Bondi, NSW from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded June 2018
Bondi Beach, Sydney, 1922 / photographed by R. P. Moore from State Library of New South Wales uploaded January 2017
Woman modelling swimwear, with lifeguards in 1949 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2016
Tamarama beach amusement park, Sydney, 1887 - 1920 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded December 2015
'Pacific Coast at Bondi' RAHS/Osborne Collection from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2014
'On the Cliffs at Bondi' RAHS/Osborne Collection from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2014
'Cliffs at Bondi' RAHS/Osborne Collection from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2014
'Bondi Pool' RAHS/Osborne Collection from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2014
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Miss Jean Watts running on Bondi Beach with a dog, New South Wales, 1925 / M. H. Robinson
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Nev said:
I wonder who was Miss Watts ? She sure was photogenic. Love the dog tugging on the towel.
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beachcomber australia said:
Nev I think she might be Jean Watts "the 12 year-old wonder swimmer" from Bondi where her father Harold Watts controlled the surf sheds. trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/103547089 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/103549060 The photo reminds me of one of the old adverts for soap - can't remember which brand !
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National Library of Australia said:
Thank you very much for your research Beachcomber! We have now updated the catalogue record to indicate this is indeed Miss Jean Watts. nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4981298
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beachcomber australia said:
National Library of Australia A pleasure to add a little information to this wonderful image. I have not had much more success with finding what happened to Miss Jean Watts. Her swimming career seems to have burned out in about 1929. Her father Harold Watts, who managed the Bondi surf sheds, died in 1926, just after this photo - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/128102390 . It wasn't SOAP I was reminded of, but the famous COPPERTONE advert (created 1953) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppertone_sign
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pellethepoet said:
Miss Jean Watts was married in late 1936 or early 1937. - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17293553 She became Mrs [E.] R. Johnston, and in April 1944 her husband was appointed Science Master at the Broken Hill High School. - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49561753. From 1947 he was Science Master and Deputy Headmaster at Narrandera High School, and beginning 1952 was appointed Headmaster of Katoomba High School. - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/101619209
Bondi Beach
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pellethepoet said:
The State Library also have this photo. Their date is March 1937. There are an awful lot of overdressed people for a day at the beach! And is that a pipe band in the centre of the arena?
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pellethepoet said:
Aha! It is a pipe band. Check out this newsreel
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Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
It sure is a pipe band! We've replaced this with a larger version so you can zoom in. The film clip you added is very interesting. Dated c.1929.
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mdlewisben said:
There are some trams at the North Bondi terminus (the first version - not excavated). I can see part of an O class and what looks like a coupled set of the squarer Ps. I think that they are in the post 1934, cream and green colours which would rule out 1929. I recollect that the modernised Campbell Pde and the new North Bondi terminus date from Dec 1929.