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• goldcoast
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• kirra
• surf
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• architecture
• historic
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• State Library of Queensland 2 photos
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 1 photo

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Kirra Surf Life Saving Club, Kirra Beach, ca. 1946

from State Library of Queensland

• Marie.Frances said:

  the building is still there, but Kirra Beach is very different now!

• Gregory Cope said:

  This is a great photo.

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Kirra Beach from Kirra Hill Pictorial Time Line From 1910 1915 when Kirra became a popular holiday destination 1920 - first Life Surf Saving Club 1930 - Kirra Beach Pavilion and officially opened in 1935 1936 - Tropical cyclon heat and beached washed away 1940 - Over time the beach recovered natural way 1946 - Signs of longshore shoal migration 1950 - Camping grounds popularity 1954 - Cyclone causing beach erosion 1960 - Natural recovering 1965 - Major coastal engineering 1970 - Natural recovery but beach remained narrower and another erosion 1972 - Kirra Point built 1974 - severe cyclones 1995 - Chronically eroded area 2000 - Still subject to erosion Source: www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/historical-images/historic...