Category: 50s

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Dixieland Jazz

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, surfers camping at Yallingup listened to traditional Dixieland jazz under the melaleuca trees. Surfers played jazz…

50s photographs

Surfing Mettams in the 50s

Surfers have been board riding at Mettams in Perth’s northern beach suburbs since the late 50s. Trigg WA nonagenarian John ‘Budgie’ Budge fondly…

50s photographs

All that Jazz

Pioneer surfers visiting the South West in the 1950s enjoyed listening to ‘Trad Jazz’ music on vinyl 78rpm records played on a portable…

50s photographs

1956 Camping at Yallingup

In the 1950s, pioneering South West surfers were known as ‘weekend warriors’. They travelled from the city on weekends and holidays in search…