The Swimming Rats of Tobruk
In World War 2, Australian forces were dispatched to secure the Italian-held port of Tobruk in Libya to deny the Axis forces a supply point in their eastern sweep across…
Gertrude Ederle Swims the English Channel
On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the sixth person and first woman to swim across the English Channel. In the face of widespread doubt that a woman could accomplish…
Capt. Mathew Webb swims the English Channel
On 24 August 1875, Captain Matthew Webb of Great Britain became the first person to swim the English Channel. His swim was considered a feat of the impossible at the…
Yarra Swimming History
from: Yarra – A Diverting History of Melbourne’s Murky River by Kristin Otto The Yarra River was once a major swimming destination for Melburnians. In the 1920’s the Ivanhoe, Alphington…