Victoria Baths Swimmers Bollards - Geelong Waterfront, Victoria, AU
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ThePacman
S 38° 08.569 E 144° 21.680
55H E 268762 N 5775048
These swimmers represent the Victorian Bathing Establishment of 1870.
Waymark Code: WMNY2N
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/21/2015
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The neck-to-knee costumes they are wearing show the typical restrictive clothing of the 1800s.
These sculpted bollards are part of the iconic colourful bollards along the Geelong waterfront. These wooden characters depict the fascinating history and development of Geelong. They were created between 1994 and 1999 for the Geelong City Council by Jan Mitchell (1940-2008), who was assisted by carver Pieter Roos and artist John Starr.
Type of wood carving: Combination of carving tools
Other type:
Outside wooden display carvings.
Artist's Name: Jan Mitchell
Approximate size/height: 2m
Type of wood: Hardwood gums (recovered timber pylons from the old Yarra Street Pier)
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Visit Instructions:
All logs must be the result of an actual visit to the wooden carving.
"Visited" only remarks will not be accepted.