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Transcript: oral history interview with Ken Hawthorne
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Variant titleLifeguard Oral History Project transcriptContents“A chap came up from Bondi, and said “quick, quick, quick, we’re in trouble up there, send all your swimmers up there, and need all your reels. Hurry, hurry.” … So I was built swimmer, a good built swimmer, and so I raced up there firstly, and a couple of reels came up after me, and all I could see was a mass…”
Ken Hawthorne, born in February of 1920, first took a position as beach inspector during the busy Christmas holidays. He was one of the lifesavers on the scene during the events known as Black Sunday. Author/CreatorWaverley LibraryDate2006TypeTranscriptCollectionLifeguard Oral History Project
Ken Hawthorne, born in February of 1920, first took a position as beach inspector during the busy Christmas holidays. He was one of the lifesavers on the scene during the events known as Black Sunday. Author/CreatorWaverley LibraryDate2006TypeTranscriptCollectionLifeguard Oral History Project
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Related personsKen HawthorneLawrie WilliamsRelated placeBondi BeachRelated collectionBlack Sunday, Bondi Beach, 6 February 1938.Subject - Topical NameSurf Lifesaving ClubsSurf LifesavingBlack Sunday, Bondi BeachOral historiesSubject - Geographical NameBondi Beach
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Transcript: oral history interview with Ken Hawthorne (2006). Waverley Council Library, accessed 16/01/2025, https://waverley.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/40337