Federation & Growth · event 7 of 9

1907

Surf lifesaving begins. The Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club is formed, claiming to be the first in the world. Daylight sea bathing had been illegal until 1903.

The Federation & Growth era

  1. 1851
  2. 1879
  3. 1888
  4. 1898
  5. 1900
  6. 1 January 1901
  7. 1907
  8. 1932
  9. May 1942

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