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One of the baths at Woolloomooloo Bay

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Mich said:

  That doesnt look like the wharves. Isn't it the swimming pool ?

• beachcomber australia said:

  Yes, it is one of the baths - i am not sure which one - see this 1895 map - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=0... . Is the pile driver building or dismantling?

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  Mich beachcomber australia Thanks for pointing that out, we'll update our caption. AB

• beachcomber australia said:

  Slightly later -
  
  

• pellethepoet said:

  beachcomber australia Above image now on Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/7554539070/
  
  Yonks later -
  

Spring Hill Baths, ca. 1910

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Nestled away in a leafy, cottage-lined street of Spring Hill, sits the oldest surviving swimming bath in the southern hemisphere. Designed by Thomas Kirk and built between 1886 and 1913, the cosy and convivial appeal of the baths is enhanced by the brightly coloured Victorian dressing booths that circle the 23.43 metre pool. Adding to its historical appeal, the heritage listed baths feature stepped wooden bleachers, an upper gallery and a two-storey caretaker’s residence which sits at the eastern end of the building. The open roof is designed so that spectators can keep dry and shaded, but also allows sunlight to spill in, illuminating the swimming pool on sunny days entire project cost £2,526, approximately $330,483.07 in today’s currency. The Spring Hill Municipal baths were commissioned to replace the city’s increasingly polluted floating river baths that lined the Brisbane River from the mid 19th century. With a key focus on sanitation, the new Spring Hill baths were emptied nightly and fresh water was piped in from large holding tanks that sat at the end of the baths. This outdated practice was finally replaced by a modern, and less wasteful filtration system in 1961. Originally only accessible to men, the baths began admitting women 12 months after opening – but with strict swimming times enforced. It was not until 1928 that ‘mixed’ swimming was introduced. Modern day swimmers can still admire the vintage signage dotted around the pool’s edge with amusing directives like “Men must not loiter on this end of the pool”. Source: www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/mob-sunday-stories-spring-hil...

Residents of the Century Village Retirement Community Take Part in Organized Daily Exercises.

from U.S. National Archives

• 1 older comment, and then…
• jason banders said:

  Haha nice, now that's the kind of retirement home that I want to live in when I'm older. That and I also want to live in a place that has daily poker games.