South Australia - Sport

Swimming and Bathing

Also see Adelaide - Beaches and Bathing.

City and Public Baths

Reminiscences of early city baths are in the Observer,
11 July 1891, page 42a.

A proposal for public baths is traversed in the Register,
11 January 1840, page 6a;
also see South Australian,
11 October 1844, page 2d,
2 December 1845, page 2b,
Information on private hot and cold baths is in the Observer,
13 December 1845, page 5c.

Also see South Australian,
9 January 1846, page 3b and
Register,
28 September 1844, page 3d,
12 October 1844, page 3b,
6 March 1854, page 3f,
18 and 24 October 1854, pages 3d and 3f,
15 and 21 November 1854, pages 2g and 2f.

"Bathing and Baths" is in the Observer,
1 February 1851, page 4c (supp.);
also see 18 and 25 November 1854, pages 5d-10b and 9d,
20 February 1858, page 3d.

The new public baths in the River Torrens near the city ford are described in the Register,
1 February 1855, page 3a;
also see 20 October 1855, page 3e.

Proposed public baths and washouts are discussed in the Register,
7 November 1856, page 3h.
Also see Register,
10, 11 and 26 January 1861, pages 3b, 2h, and 3f,
7, 11, 13 and 16 December 1861, pages 2f, 2h, 2h and 3c (opening),
7 and 16 January 1862, pages 3c and 2g,
17 February 1862, page 2g,
4 March 1862, page 2h,
11 December 1862, page 2b,
10 and 15 January 1863, pages 2g and 3c,
1 and 2 February 1866, pages 2c and 2f,
11, 12 and 26 April 1866, pages 3d, 3e and 2g.
Also see Observer,
11 January 1862, page 5h,
31 January 1863, page 8a,
Advertiser, 9 January 1862, page 2e,
29 November 1865, page 2e,
14 April 1866, page 3c.

A history of the city baths is in the Register,
16 and 18 June 1908, pages 8d and 6e.

A proposed swimming club is discussed in the Register,
23 February 1863, page 3a;
also see 31 October 1864, page 2h,
5 and 7 November 1864, pages 2g and 3e,
25 February 1865, page 2h,
2 October 1865, page 2e.

Swimming matches under the auspices of the SA Swimming Association are reported in the Register,
4, 8 and 9 February 1864, pages 2h, 2g and 2h,
4, 7 and 26 March 1864, pages 3a, 3f and 2c,
Express,
7 March 1864, page 3a,
Chronicle,
12 November 1864, page 4g.

A swimming competition at the City Baths is reported in the Register,
23 March 1863, page 3a,
18 and 20 November 1865, pages 2e and 3d,
Chronicle,
25 November 1865, pages 1b-f (supp.),
2 December 1865, page 4g,
Observer,
1 December 1866, page 6d;
also see Register,
2, 6 and 16 February 1866, pages 2f, 2e and 2d,
11 February 1867, page 2d,
7 and 19 March 1867, pages 2e and 2g,
27 January 1868, page 2g,
Express,
19 March 1866, page 3b,
20 August 1875, page 2d,
Observer,
28 November 1868, page 9f,
Register,
25 January 1876, page 5c.

"Baths and Swimming" is in the Register,
6 February 1866, page 2e;
also see 19 and 26 November 1866, pages 2f and 3a.

Diving matches at the baths are reported in the Register,
24 December 1866, page 2g.

Entertainment at the City Baths is reported in the Register,
22 January 1867, page 2g,
26 February 1867, page 3h,
Observer, 2 March 1867, page 4h (supp.),
an annual swimming event on 1 February 1868, page 16a;
also see Register,
26 January 1869, page 2g.

A proposed Turkish bath is discussed in the Register,
13 June 1866, page 2f,
15 August 1866, page 2g,
Express,
1 August 1866, page 3a,
Observer,
2 February 1867, page 4d;
also see 9 March 1867, page 5a,
6 April 1867, page 3d (supp.),
Register,
11 and 15 October 1867, pages 2d and 3e.
The opening of public Turkish baths is reported in the Observer,
19 October 1867, page 3c;
also see Express,
12 and 17 October 1867, pages 3g and 3f,
16 March 1868, page 3b,
15 October 1868, page 2d,
6 October 1884, page 3f,
10 August 1886, page 2d,
Register,
10 August 1886, page 5c.

A humorous account of taking a Turkish bath at Mr Osbaldiston's establishment in Grenfell Street is in the Register,
23 September 1867, page 3c;
also see 5 December 1867, page 2e.
A poem is in The Lantern,
2 January 1878, page 5
and sketches in Frearson's Weekly,
28 July 1883, page 394;
also see Register,
5 April 1906, page 6g,
Express,
5 April 1906, page 4g.
"The Old Turkish Baths - Interesting Reminiscences" is in the Advertiser,
10 August 1910, page 14g,
"Women in Turkish Baths" on 13 January 1927, page 7c.

"New Turkish Baths" is in the Register,
16 March 1911, page 6g.
Information on the Arcade Hot Turkish Baths is in the Observer,
26 December 1885, page 37e.

Amateur swimming matches are reported in the Register,
22 and 30 March 1869, pages 3c and 2f,
23 January 1871, page 3f.

A suicide at the City Baths is reported in the Register,
7 July 1871, page 3d,
Observer,
8 July 1871, page 7c.

A learn to swim campaign is commented upon in the Register,
19 December 1874, page 5b,
Observer,
26 December 1874, page 8b.
"Schoolboys Learning to Swim" is in the Register,
5 January 1892, page 5b.

Swimming at the baths and entrance fees are discussed in the Register,
17 and 20 November 1875, pages 7f and 7a.

A swimming match for ladies is reported in the Register,
16 February 1876, page 5c,
Express,
26 February 1878, page 2c,
Observer,
4 March 1882, page 19c.

A skating rink at the City Baths is discussed in the Observer,
20 and 27 April 1878, pages 7f and 11f.

"City Baths and Fish Market" is in the Register,
2 February 1882, page 4d.

Information on the SA Swimming Club is in the Express,
21 December 1878, page 3b,
10 and 14 February 1888, pages 4b and 3f.

Information on the baths is in the Register,
19 November 1879, page 4e.

"Swimming Entertainment" is in the Register,
8 February 1881, page 5a.

Public baths are discussed in the Advertiser,
12 September 1881, page 4d.

A meeting to discuss the erection of public baths in the city squares is reported in the Register,
21 January 1881, page 7c, 1 and 12 February 1881, pages 5a-1a (supp.) and 5c;
also see 22 February 1881, pages 5c and 4d,
10 September 1881, page 4g,
21 March 1882, pages 4g,
4a and 18 April 1882, pages 5a and 4g,
26, 29 and 31 July 1882, pages 4g, 7a and 1f (supp.),
4, 7, 9, 17, 24 and 25 April 1883, pages 2f (supp.), 4f, 7b, 4e, 6b and 4c-7a,
1 May 1883, page 4d,
Express,
26 March 1881, page 3d,
13 September 1881, page 2c,
Observer,
2 December 1882, page 38a,
Express,
25 April 1883, page 3e,
Observer,
10 November 1883, page 33d (opening),
Register,
20 November 1883, page 5a,
11 May 1909, page 7b,
9 June 1909, page 10b.
"New City Baths - Most Sumptuous in Australia" appears on 5 January 1911, page 9g.

"The City Baths and the Torrens Dam" is in the Register,
22 February 1881, page 4d.

Designs for the new city baths are discussed in the Observer,
4 February 1882, page 27b;
also see 29 July 1882, page 30d,
28 April 1883, page 24c,
5 May 1883, pages 24c-38a,
24 November 1883, page 7d.
The opening of the baths is reported in the Register,
7 November 1883, page 7c.

"A Swimming Lesson" is in the Express,
23 January 1886, page 4c;
also see Register,
25 January 1899, page 4i.

A complimentary benefit to Mr Thomas Bastard, a lessee of the City Baths, is reported in the Express,
22 January 1867, page 2e and
his death in theObserver,
15 September 1883, page 8b,
Register,
11 September 1883, page 5a.
"Return of Mr C. Bastard" is in the Register,
4 May 1889, page 5a.

"The Narrow Escape at the City Baths" is in the Register,
23 February 1886, page 7g.

Information on the Adelaide Arcade Baths is in the Express,
30 November 1894, page 4a,
on baths in Wakefield Street on 11 September 1897, page 4e,
30 November 1897, page 3e.

"The City Baths" is in the Register,
16 March 1895, page 7e.

"The Swimming Matches at the City Baths" is in the Register,
21 February 1898, page 4g.

"Zionists at the City Baths" is in the Observer,
25 January 1902, page 30a.

"Amphibious Australians" - Comedy at the City Baths" is in the Register,
28 January 1905, page 8a.

"Races at City Baths - World's Record Established" is in the Express,
27 February 1906, page 4f.

"New Baths for Adelaide" is in the Register,
9 June 1909, page 10b;
also see 12 April 1910, page 6f,
2 June 1910, page 6g, 2,
13 and 24 September 1910, pages 6h, 5i and 11e,
17 October 1910, page 6e,
3 December 1910, page 14h
, 5 and 19 January 1911, pages 9g and 5e.

"The City Baths" is in the Advertiser,
29 April 1910, page 9b,
3 December 1910, page 12g,
"Adelaide's Baths - Interesting Reminiscences" on 21 January 1911, page 16b;
also see 2 March 1911, page 11d.

Photographs of a swimming carnival are in The Critic,
8 February 1911, page 10;
also see 19 February 1913, page 14.

"The Swimming Master - Chat With Mr C. Bastard" is in the Register,
21 January 1911, page 14c,
Advertiser,
7 March 1914, page 6d.

"Drowned in the Baths - Boy's Tragic End" is in the Register,
26 and 27 February 1912, pages 7d and 8d,
Observer,
2 March 1912, page 47d.

The jubilee of the City Baths is reported in the Register,
23 January 1913, page 6e.
Information on them is in the Register,
2 March 1916, page 7f,
The News,
19 October 1923, page 6g,
11 November 1932, page 3e,
15 February 1933, page 6c.

"A Close Call - Excitement at OBI Baths" is in the Observer,
15 March 1913, page 41a.

Photographs of swimming events at the baths are in the Chronicle,
8 April 1916, page 28,
of a schools' carnival in the Observer,
3 March 1917, page 28.

Swimming classes are discussed in the Register,
27 and 28 March 1918, pages 6f and 6d,
29 October 1926, page 8e.

"Water for the City Baths" is in the Register,
26 July 1919, page 6e,
"Water in City Baths" in The News,
16 March 1937, page 7b.

"Learning to Swim" is in the Register,
15 April 1924, page 11e.

"New City Baths" is in the Register,
19 March 1927, page 12f.

"Olympic Pool in City" is in the Advertiser,
17 April 1937, page 24a,
22 May 1937, page 24f.

A proposal to demolish the city baths is discussed in the Advertiser,
7 July 1937, page 24c.

An offer to take over the city baths is discussed in The News,
12 February 1937, page 3f;
also see 16 and 19 April 1937, pages 1e and 5d,
16 and 24 July 1937, pages 6d and 5c.

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