Coogee
Tidal ocean pool flushed by the sea, training ground for Australia's first female Olympic swimmers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Coogee in Sydney turns on 1912, when swimmer Fanny Durack was left off Australia's Olympic team under a rule barring women from racing anywhere a man might see. It follows the public outcry that reversed the decision, and Henry Wylie, a local man who carved a tidal pool into the shoreline in 1907 so his daughter Mina could train freely from the same rules that were holding Durack back. Stand at the rail and look down at the same rectangle of green water they trained in.
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