Club history photo gallery

This photo gallery contains historical  images of swimming at Bronte Pool and of various swimming clubs who utilised Bronte Pool starting in 1890.

Sources include National Library of Australia Trove, Club History Book and Waverley Council History of Bronte Pool.

Trove extract of Waverley Swimming Club event, the first official swimming club to regularly use Bronte Pool. Note the duck hunt at conclusion of the carnival.
Committee members of the all male Eastern Suburbs Swimming Club - 1906. Most likely derived from the Waverely Swimming Club
Fanny (Sarah Francis) Durack - 1916 ESLSC founder. First Olympic woman swimming gold medallist (Stockholm 1912) and holder of 11 world records before retirement in 1920.
Place getters in 1912 Stockholm Olympics women's 100M freestyle
Minna Wylie, first Olympic Silver Medallist in the 100M freestyle at 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Minna regularly swam at Bronte Pool.
Feb 1921 - Finish of the 100 yard world record swim at the Domain Baths by Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) with Minna Wiley second. Minna swam with the Eastern Suburbs Ladies Swimming Club at Bronte Pool
Bronte Ladies Swimming Club junior dive champion on the now defunct dive board at Bronte pool
The old Bronte Clubhouse on cliffs above the pool. Swept away by storm waves in the 1960's and never replaced..
Bronte Pool and first dressing rooms in late 1800's
Coogee Aquarium at which many of the early Eastern Suburbs Ladies Swimming Club events were held
Interior of the Coogee Aquarium at which many of the early Eastern Suburbs Ladies Swimming Club events were held
1888 - Exterior of the Coogee Aquarium which still stands today
Young club members 2009
Club members 2009