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|East Ballina Children's Pool||[[Ballina, New South Wales]]
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Revision as of 06:54, 13 July 2015

Ocean pools are an important feature of the Australian coastline particularly in New South Wales. Ocean pool or bath is defined as public seawater pool sited on a rocky Australian surfcoast.

History

Ocean pools date back to the convict era in Australia with Newcastle's Bogey Pool being constructed in 1819 by convicts under the orders Commandant James Morisset.[1] Construction of ocean pools was generally through community subscriptions or government funded. Two ocean pools were privately built: the Pearl Beach, Rock Pool, near Gosford, New South Wales was constructed by a real estate developer in the 1920s to help sell land, and Wylie's Baths in Coogee, New South Walesby entrepreneur Henry Wylie and his sons. [2][3]

Several ocean pools were women only. McIver's Baths constructed in 1860s and located at Coogee Beach, New South Wales is the only remaining female-only seawater pool in Australia.[4] Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, who won gold and silver medals in the Women's 100m Freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.[2]

Wylie's Baths at Coogee, New South Wales, established in 1907 at Coogee Beach by Henry Alexander Wylie, the father of Mina Wylie, were one of the first mixed gender ocean pools in Australia. [2]

List of Ocean Pools

Name Location Comments
East Ballina Children's Pool Ballina, New South Wales
Yamba Rock Pool Yamba, New South Wales
Sawtell Memorial Rock Pool Sawtell, New South Wales
Black Head Rock Pool Forster, New South Wales
Forster Ocean Baths Forster, New South Wales
Soldiers Baths Newcastle, New South Wales
Square Hole Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle Ocean Baths Newcastle, New South Wales
Canoe Pool Newcastle, New South Wales
The Ladies Bath Newcastle, New South Wales
Bogey Hole Newcastle, New South Wales
Bar Beach Rock Pool Newcastle, New South Wales
Old Merewether Baths Newcastle, New South Wales
Merewether Ocean Baths Newcastle, New South Wales
Norah Head Pool Norah Head, New South Wales
The Entrance Ocean Baths The Entrance, New South Wales
Terrigal Rock Pool Terrigal, New South Wales
Avoca Beach Rock Pool Avoca Beach, New South Wales
Copacabana Rock Pool Copacabana, New South Wales
MacMasters Beach Rock Pool MacMasters Beach, New South Wales
Killcare - Putty Beach Rock Pool Killcare, New South Wales
Umina Beach Umina, New South Wales
Pearl Beach Rock Pool Pearl Beach, New South Wales
Palm Beach Rock Pool Palm Beach, New South Wales
Whale Beach Rock Pool Whale Beach, New South Wales
Avalaon Rock Pool Avalon, New South Wales
Bilgola Bilgola Beach, New South Wales
Northern Headlands Rock Pool Newport, New South Wales
Newport Rock Pool Newport, New South Wales
Mona Vale Rock Pool Mona Vale, New South Wales
North Narrabeen Rock Pool North Narrabeen, New South Wales
Collaroy Rock Pool Collaroy, New South Wales
Dee Why Rock Pool Dee Why, New South Wales
North Curl Curl Rock Pool North Curl Curl, New South Wales
Curl Curl Rock Pool Curl Curl, New South Wales
Freshwater Rock Pool Freshwater, New South Wales
Queenscliff Rock Pool Queenscliff, New South Wales
Fairy Bower Pool Manly, New South Wales
Wally Weakes Pool North Bondi, New South Wales
Children's Pool North Bondi, New South Wales
Bondi Icebergs Pool Bondi, New South Wales Constructed in 1887. [5]
Bronte Bogey Hole Bronte, New South Wales Constructed in 1916. [5]
Geoff James Pool (Clovelly Baths) Clovelly, New South Wales
Giles Baths Coogee, New South Wales
Ross Jones Memorial Pool (Coogee Beach Pool) Coogee, New South Wales
McIvers Baths (Coogee Women's Pool) Coogee, New South Wales Constructed in 1886. [5]
Wylie's Baths Coogee, New South Wales
Ivo Rowe Pool South Coogee, New South Wales
Mahon Pool Maroubra, New South Wales Constructed in 1932.[5]
South Maroubra Rock Pools South Maroubra, New South Wales
Malabar Pool Malabar, New South Wales
Little Bay Pool Little Bay, New South Wales
Northernmost Pool Cronulla, New South Wales
Children's Pool Cronulla, New South Wales
Main Ocean Pool Cronulla, New South Wales
Shelly Beach Pool Cronulla, New South Wales
Oark Park Pool Cronulla, New South Wales
Bulgo Pool Ortford, New South Wales
Coalcliff Pool Coalcliff, New South Wales
Clifton Baths
Doctors Pool
Scarborough Baths
Wollongong, New South Wales
Coledale Baths Wollongong, New South Wales
Little Austinmer Children's Pool Wollongong, New South Wales
Old Thirroul Baths (site) Wollongong, New South Wales
Collins Point Baths Wollongong, New South Wales
Bellambi Pool Wollongong, New South Wales
Towradgi Pool Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong Rock Pool Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong Continental Baths Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong Nuns Pool Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong Ladies Baths (site) Wollongong, New South Wales
Fishermens Beach Rock Pool (site) Port Kembla, New South Wales
Barrack Point Pool Barrack Point, New South Wales
Beverly Whirfield Pool Shellharbour, New South Wales
Pheasant Point Pool Kiama, New South Wales
Blowhole Point Pool Kiama, New South Wales
Werri Beach Pool Gerringong, New South Wales
Men's Baths (site) Gerringong, New South Wales
Currarong Pools Currarong, New South Wales
Mollymook Bogey Hole Mollymook, New South Wales
Ulladulla Sea Pool Ulladulla, New South Wales
Horseshie Bay Pool (site) Bermagui, New South Wales
Blue Pool Bermagui, New South Wales
Zane Grey Pool (site) Bermagui, New South Wales
Cape Paterson Rock Pool Cape Paterson, Victoria
Anastasia's Pool Broome, Western Australia
Mettams Pool Perth, Western Australia
Hammersley Pool Perth, Western Australia

References

  1. ^ Keene, Neil (18 January 2014). "Top 10 ocean pools in Sydney and NSW". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Australia's modern swimmers and ocean baths". Australia.gov.au. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Swim between the rocks". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Sydney's outdoor pools". Destination New South Wales. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d Spruhan, Therese (8 September 2014). "Into the deep of Sydney's ocean pools". The Australian. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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