Toowong Public Swimming Pool

Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.69

Group: Western

Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly

Epoch: Late 20th Century

Street Address: Coronation Drive, Toowong

Latitude & Longitude: -27.48372222,152.99455556

Time Link: 1959

Map Link: 1960

Image Time Point: 1960

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The Toowong Public Swimming Pool was original built in the 1920s as a 25 yard pool with timber grandstands and dressing shed. The pool was reconstructed and reopened in 1959 with brick-built facilities.

Citations

Kowald, Margaret. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Kay Cohen, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas: The Later Years. Volume 2. RHSQ. 2016 page 128

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Map References

Qimagery. Greater Brisbane 1960. Scale: 1:16,000.