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Books & articles

This listing of books and articles  offers access to more information about the ways ocean pools link pool cultures, beach cultures and fishing cultures.

Please contact All into Ocean Pools Inc if you:

  • have information on other resources that should be added to this list, or
  • can suggest better ways to structure and present our list of ocean pool resources.

 

Australia – Overall

Booth, D. (2001). Australian beach cultures: The history of sun, sand, and surf. Cass Series–Sport in the Global Society (Vol. 28). London: Frank Cass.

Huntsman, L. F. (2001). Sand in our souls: The beach in Australian history. Carlton South, Vic: Melbourne University Press.

Phillips, M. G. (2008). Swimming Australia: One hundred years. Sydney: UNSW Press.

 

Australia – New South Wales

EJE Landscape Architects, & Ludlow, C. (1994). Survey of harbourside & ocean pools of the Sydney Metropolitan Region. [NSW]: EJE Landscape Architects.

Palacios, I. (2014). Sydney rock pools. Woodslane Pty Ltd.

Proctor, C., & Swaffer, A. (2007). Sydney’s best beaches and rock baths: The full-colour guide to over 90 fantastic destinations. Woodslane Pty Limited.

Slarke, E. (2001). A century of Wylie’s Baths, Coogee: A cultural history. Coogee, NSW: Wylies Baths Trust.

Swift, I. (2005). Sydney’s ocean baths & other musings. Katoomba, NSW: Katoomba Fine Art.

Tertini, S., & Pollard, S. (2015). Wild swimming Sydney Australia: 250 best rock pools, beaches, rivers and waterholes. Bath, England: Wild Things Publishing Ltd. (see http://wildswimming.com.au/)

South Africa

Beaches: a diversity of coastal treasures. (2009). Cape Town: City of Cape Town. Retrieved from http://www.capetown.gov.za/EN/ENVIRONMENTALRESOURCEMANAGEMENT/PUBLICATIONS/Pages/BrochuresBooklets.aspx#beachesbook

Tankard, K. (1992). Bathing habits at Victorian East London. Contree: Journal for South African Urban and Regional History, 32, 3–8. available from Boloka North West University Institutional Repository http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5471

Whibley, I. (2003). The South African fisherman. Cape Town: Struik.

UK

Smith, J. (2005). Liquid assets: The lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain. London: English Heritage / Malavan Media.

Start, D. (2008). Wild swimming: 150 hidden dips in the rivers, lakes and waterfalls of Britain. London, England: Punk Publishing Ltd.

 

 

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