Highlands History: Swimming pools in Bowral, Bundanoon and Mittagong

September 29 2014 - 6:00am
BATHING POOL: A postcard showing tranquil setting on rivulet near Bowral, c1900. 	Photos: BDH&FHS
BATHING POOL: A postcard showing tranquil setting on rivulet near Bowral, c1900. Photos: BDH&FHS
POOL SITE: Smiths Paddock in Bowral before pool complex built.
POOL SITE: Smiths Paddock in Bowral before pool complex built.
HAPPY DAY: Jack Parry, his wife and Davis Hughes share a laugh with Tom Lewis who holds a pair of swim trunks at opening of Bowral Pool.
HAPPY DAY: Jack Parry, his wife and Davis Hughes share a laugh with Tom Lewis who holds a pair of swim trunks at opening of Bowral Pool.

LOCAL town swimming pools opened at Mittagong in 1931, Bundanoon in 1960 and Moss Vale in 1965, as previously told in this history column.

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