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Hood, Sam

December 30, 2015 by

Photographer, who worked for newspapers and for the Australian government. His photographs relating to specific Australian ocean pools include:

  • Bondi Icebergs Pool, Bondi, NSW (Start of the race; Breast-stroke competitor; Group of three of the seniors, Group of girls in their uniforms with their teacher; Freestyle race; Swimming races)
  • Bronte Baths, Bronte, NSW (Bronte Baths; Wrestling; Veteran swimmers)
  • Curl Curl Rock Pool, South Curl Curl, NSW (Country children at Stewart House Preventorium learn to swim, South Curl Curl Beach)
  • Merewether Ocean Baths, Merewether, NSW (Rough seas at Merewether Baths; Merewether Baths at low tide)
  • Newcastle Bogey Hole, Newcastle, NSW (The Bogey Hole; Newcastle Beach and Baths from the Bogey Hole)
  • Newcastle Ocean Baths, Newcastle, NSW (Beach and baths in hot weather; Swimming exams at Newcastle Ocean Baths, Cleaning Newcastle Baths, Olympic swimmer, Pam Ovenden; Beverly Bainbridge, Olympic swimmer; Newcastle Beach and Baths from the Bogey Hole; Heavy seas at Newcastle Baths; New floodgates at Newcastle Baths).

The State Library of New South Wales has a Sam Hood: photographic collection comprising  over 40, 000 of his photographs.

Related Ocean Pools:

  • Australia’s ocean pools – Summary in clockwise sequence
  • Bondi Icebergs Pool
 (Bondi Icebergs Rock Pool,
 Bondi Baths, Bondi Beach Pool), NSW
  • Bronte Baths
 (Bronte Beach Baths, Wylie’s Bronte Baths, Bond Ocean Pool), NSW, Australia
  • Curl Curl Rock Pool
 (South Curl Curl Pool, South Curl Curl Rock Pool)
  • Merewether Ocean Baths
 (Merewether Baths), Merewether, NSW
  • Newcastle Bogey Hole, Newcastle, NSW
  • Newcastle Ocean Baths
 (Griffith Ocean Baths), Newcastle, NSW
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