South Australia - Sport

Swimming and Bathing

Miscellany

"Treatment of Drowned Persons" is in the Register,
6 January 1857, pages 2e-3f.

The formation of a swimming club is reported in the Observer,
13 February 1864, page 8c
and of the South Australian Swimming Club in the Register,
31 October 1864, page 2h.

"Swimming" is in the Express,
22 November 1865, page 2e;
also see 28 November 1865, page 2d,
11 December 1865, page 2e.

"Restoration of the Apparently Drowned" is in the Register,
18 May 1871, page 5a.

"Lifesaving Apparatus" is in the Register,
9 and 13 September 1875, pages 5d and 5d,
Observer,
18 September 1875, page 7b,
"Restoring the Apparently Drowned" on 10 July 1880, page 47e,
15 January 1881, page 126b,
4 February 1888, page 32b,
27 January 1883, page 13a.
"How to Prevent Drowning" is in the Register,
17 December 1881, page 6e.

"Professor Cavill's Long Swim" is in the Register,
8 and 15 March 1880, pages 1a (supp.) and 6a,
7 April 1880, page 6a.
"Cavill's Great Swim - Glenelg to Semaphore" is reminisced upon in The Mail,
28 March 1925, page 18d.

"A Neglected Accomplishment" is in the Register,
17 February 1879, pages 4f-5g.

Swimming events are reported in the Register
on 17, 19 and 26 February 1879, pages 4f-5g, 7a and 1c (supp.).
Also see 5 March 1880, page 5g, 26, 27, 29 and
31 July 1882, pages 4g, 6a, 7a and 1f (supp.),
1 May 1883, pages 4d-5a,
7 and 20 November 1883, pages 7c and 5a,
16 March 1895, page 7d.

"A Public Swimming Teacher" is in the Register,
4 and 8 November 1881, pages 4g and 6e.

Information on the Adelaide Water Polo and Swimming Club is in the Register,
26 February 1883, page 6d.
A photograph of a Semaphore team is in the Chronicle,
22 October 1910, page 34.

A meeting of the SA Swimming Club is reported in the Register,
25 November 1884, page 6a.

Swimming instruction for children is reported in the Register,
23 January 1886, page 5b.

"Swimming" is in the Register,
26 January 1886, page 5b.

Testimonials for saving life are reported in the Observer,
29 October 1887, page 35d.

"Sea Bathing Dresses" is in the Observer,
3 January 1891, page 8c.

"The Life-Saving Society" is in the Register,
18 August 1894, page 4h.

"Swimming - A Chat With an Expert" is in the Advertiser,
17 February 1896, page 6c.

"A New Swimming Self-Instructor" is in the Register,
28 January 1898, page 5c.

Information on the League of Swimmers is in the Observer,
4 March 1899, page 20c.

"A Life Saving Record [of Sydney J. Barnes] is in the Register,
16 October 1899, page 4g,
Observer, 21 October 1899, page 16d.

"League of Swimmers - The Bushmen's Meeting" is in the Register,
23 February 1900, page 6i.

"Bathing and Swimming" is in the Advertiser,
26 March 1900, page 4e.

"Death by Drowning in SA" is in the Observer,
9 August 1902, page 33b.

"The Art of Swimming - How to Acquire It" is in the Chronicle,
7 February 1903, page 21d.

"Learning to Swim" is in the Register,
30 January 1903, page 3g,
4 February 1903, page 7d,
"How to Swim - What Practice and Courage May Do" on 22 December 1904, page 8h.

A proposed branch of of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia is discussed in the Register,
15 December 1883, pages 4g-1c (supp.);
also see 28 April 1884, page 5a,
24 October 1890, page 4h.
The presentation of Royal Humane Society awards is reported in the Observer,
12 September 1903, page 26b,
Register,
24 October 1924, page 10b (includes a photo.),
Register,
1 September 1925, page 15d.

"Swimming" is in the Register,
21 November 1903, page 6d.

"Swimming for Ladies" is in the Register,
23 December 1904, page 4e.
A photograph of Miss Beatrice Kerr, champion swimmer, is in the Chronicle,
17 February 1906, page 30.

Also see Register,
20 February 1897, page 4f for an article entitled "The Art of Swimming" and
21 and 28 November 1903, pages 6d and 9h,
"Instruction in Swimming" is in the Advertiser,
31 January 1907, page 6c.

"Water Wings" is in the Register,
17 February 1905, page 3f.

"Mixed Bathing - By a Woman" is in the Register,
26 January 1906, page 7h,
1 February 1906, page 3g,
"Mixed Bathing From Various Points of View" on 6 November 1929, page 7b.
Also see Adelaide - Beaches and Bathing - Mixed Bathing.

The formation of a new swimming association is reported in the Advertiser,
30 January 1907, page 6h.

An editorial on bathing costumes - "A Fuss About Skirts" is in the Register,
22 October 1907, page 4d;
also see 1 February 1908, page 8f.
"Those Bathing Costumes" is in the Chronicle,
20 August 1931, page 16e.

"People at Work - The Swimming Instructor" is in the Register,
25 November 1907, page 4i.

"Swimming" is in the Register,
1 February 1908, page 8e.
Photographs of swimming matches are in the Observer,
8 February 1908, page 30.

"The Life Saving Service" is in the Register,
12 March 1908, page 6d,
"Royal Life Saving Society - A Retrospect" on 12 May 1923, page 13a.
Biographical details of Charles A. Bartlett are in the Register,
21 September 1923, page 6c.

"Teaching Children to Swim" is in the Register, 18 March 1908, page 9d; also see 27 July 1910, page 6e.

Register

"Swimming" is in the Register,
27 July 1910, page 6e.

Australian championships in the Gilberton pool are reported in the Observer
20 and 27 January 1912, pages 20a and 31 (photos).
Also see Place Names - Gilberton.

A "Swim Through Adelaide" is reported in The Critic,
17 February 1915, page 12 (photographs),
Express,
16 February 1914, page 3h,
Register,
21 February 1916, page 9e, 1 March 1920, page 5h.

"Teaching Youths to Swim" is in the Register,
18 March 1916, page 8g.

"Swimming" is discussed in the Register,
29 October 1917, page 6c,
"Swimming - A Retrospect" on 12 May 1921, page 3f,
"Swimming - Notes and Instructions" on 5 and 12 February 1927, pages 7a and 7a;
also see 15 October 1927, page 8f.

An obituary of Henry Kempson, a former swimming champion, is in the Register,
23 November 1917, page 4g,
Observer,
1 December 1917, page 30a.

"A Noted Lady Swimmer [Miss Zoe Walker]" is in the Register,
19 February 1918, page 7a,
"Champion Lady Swimmer [Miss Eileen McKee]" on 28 April 1923, page 13e.

The teaching of swimming is discussed in the Register,
26 February 1920, page 6h.

A photograph of lady members of the Amateur Swimming Club is in the Observer,
11 March 1922, page 23,
of officers of the Royal Lifesaving Society on 22 March 1924, page 32.

Information on the Royal Lifesaving Society is in the Register,
12 December 1924, page 5h.

"Swimming - Retrospect" is in the Register,
6 May 1922, page 7e.

Information on Frank Moore, a "champion swimmer", is in The Mail,
29 July 1922, page 6b.

Biographical details of Miss Lenore Roach are in the Register,
8 February 1924, page 6a,
of Walter Bridgland on 7 March 1924, page 6f,
of William Ashworth and Fred Broomfield on 30 October 1925, page 14g.

"Learning to Swim" is in the Advertiser, 23 January 1924, page 8g,
16 December 1935, page 20h,
1 January 1936, page 14e.

"Mrs Whyte's Death - Loss to Swimming Circles" is in the Register,
20 March 1926, page 13e.

Information on A.E. Kenney, "a swimming expert", is in the Register,
21 and 22 January 1927, pages 6f and 6f.

"Swimming - Fine Achievements in South Australia" is in the Observer,
29 January 1927, page 49d,
5 February 1927, page 18c,
19 February 1927, page 57d.

"Swimming - Popular Fallacies" is in the Register,
29 January 1927, page 7d.

Information on water polo is in The News,
9 and 15 May 1929, pages 2d and 3f.

"Backless Bathers" is in the Register,
27 November 1929, page 6c,
2 December 1929, page 7b.

A campaign to teach "all to swim" is reported upon in the Register,
5 and 7 December 1929, pages 5a and 5a,
13 December 1929, page 5a - a series of articles follow.

"How Swimming is Discouraged" is in the Register,
25 and 26 February 1930, pages 6c and 5c.

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