Swimming Sports, Western Beach Baths, circa 1927.
The first known swimming competition was part of a combined sports meeting and picnic held at the popular camping spot the Willows on the Barwon River in 1892. Arrangements for the transport of students and staff using the boats of both the College Boat Club and Barwon Boat Club are described in some detail in the Annual Report of 1892 which reproduced the item from the