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Name: Sawtell Memorial Rock Pool
(Rock Pool, Bonville Headland)
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Headland, this pool is a wonderfully practical war memorial appreciated
by Sawtell's residents and visitors. The pool offers protection
from the strong permanent rip that runs out past the pool and a safer
swimming environment than the deep channels and strong tidal flows that
move through the mouth of Bonville Creek. This extremely low-water
image of the pool reveals its structure.
(Image taken on 27 November 2001.) |
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Location: Bonville Headland, Sawtell, NSW, 2452,
Australia
(Latitude South 30d 22m 36s, Longitude East 153d 06m 05s)
Coffs Harbour >
North Coast |
 
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1962
Sawtell's rock pool was unofficially used for the first time in
December by 'streams of children'.
1963
Sawtell's rock pool on the Bonville Headland was dedicated as a war memorial pool.
1964
There was vigorous debate over Coffs Harbour Council's decision to construct an Olympic Swimming pool at Coffs Harbour when Sawtell's claim
for its own rock pool had been ignored.
2000
The pool was listed on the Coffs Harbour Local Environmental Plan (LEP) as a heritage item.
2006
Sawtell's wonderfully practical war memorial is still popular.
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Once only speakers of the Kumbaingeri language lived in the Coffs Harbour
district. They knew areas around Boambee and Bonville Creeks as rich sources of food.
1904
The 102-acre Bonville reserve gazetted for recreational purposes became popular with the people from Dorrigo and the Bellinger
areas.
1927
The developing village near the reserve was gazetted as Sawtell. Trustees were appointed to
the Sawtell reserve.
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To be added.
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One of the few NSW ocean baths dedicated as a memorial but not as a memorial
to an individual or a group other than the pool's creators, lessees or patrons
(the Towradgi Olympic Pool also serves as a war memorial, while names of other
ocean baths commemorate specific individuals and groups).
Developed in the late twentieth century into a formalised baths for recreation
and sport, when nearby Coffs Harbour lacked adequate public baths for
learn-to-swim sessions and competitive swimming. Assessed significance: Local.
Current heritage status: Listed as having local heritage status in the
Coffs Harbour Council Local Environment Plan in 2000.
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