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Girls from the Wollongong Ladies Life Saving Club rising after land drill, January 1914 / Robert Barnet
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Title:
Girls from the Wollongong Ladies Life Saving Club rising after land drill, 26 January 1914 / Robert Barnet
Creator:
Barnet, Robert James Macgregor, 1895-1916.
Date:
[1914]
Format:
1 photonegative : b & w ; 9 x 13.5 cm
Subject:
surf carnivals
beaches
surf lifesavers
Series:
June Wallace papers
Description:
This image is one of a series of photographs taken on 'Anniversary Day, 26 January 1914 at a Surf Carnival on the local beach organised by the Wollongong Life Saving Club. The Illawarra Mercury reported on 27 January 1914 that 'upwards of six thousand persons' attended the carnival, crowding the beach and occupying vantage points on the embankment along Cliff Road, Wollongong.
Provenance:
Private collection
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; copy from original negative in private collection
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
44947