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Elkington Park (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
The Dawn Fraser Pool has been used by the Balmain community as a sporting and social venue since 1883. (History - the magazine of the RAHS December 1996.)
Description
A reserve at White Horse Point at the corner of White Street and Glossop Street Balmain. and along the northern side of Fitzroy Avenue. It is the site of the Dawn Fraser Pool in 1996 the only tidal public pool with its associated buildings still intact in Sydney Harbour.
Elkington Park (RESERVE), NSW
title | Elkington Park (RESERVE) |
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state | NSW |
reference | 17417 |
placename | Elkington Park |
designation | RESERVE |
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lga | LEICHHARDT |
description | A reserve at White Horse Point at the corner of White Street and Glossop Street Balmain. and along the northern side of Fitzroy Avenue. It is the site of the Dawn Fraser Pool in 1996 the only tidal public pool with its associated buildings still intact in Sydney Harbour. |
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origin | |
history | The Dawn Fraser Pool has been used by the Balmain community as a sporting and social venue since 1883. (History - the magazine of the RAHS December 1996.) |