1900s photographs

Surfers hangin’ at City Beach

This is a collection of photos from various sources of surfers hangin’ at City Beach from the 1930s to 90s.

1935 Surfers hangin City Beach groyne. Photo courtesy City of Perth Cultural Collections.
1940 Surfing South City Beach with tent hire facilities. Photo courtesy Cambridge Library
1957 Surfers hangin’ in foreshore car park with the City Beach groyne in the background. Photo by the late Brian Cole.
L-R Owen Oates Holden FX ute, Brian Cole’s Morris Minor & Laurie Burke’s Triumph Mayflower.
1966 Surfers loading surfboards on Tiny’s VW Kombi in front of City Beach Tea Rooms. The late Brian ‘Browneyes’ Brown is in red CBSR club parka. Photo Norm Bateman.
1973-74 City Beach. Beach Inspector John Harbison RIP (Tony Harbison’s young brother) herding topless girl off the beach. Media photo.
1977-78 City Beach surfer/clubbie Ron Moss with his champion City of Perth SLSC team. Photo courtesy Ron Moss.
1980 Champion surfer Colin Earle surfing City Beach. Photo Ric Chan.
1992 Spectators at Night Surfing Classic held at City Beach. Photo courtesy Richard Stone.

Thanks to the photo contributors

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