Collection: Local Area Collection

The suburb of Brighton is among the oldest in Melbourne and has had its share of personalities, events, incidents, visits from the Royal family, some fine examples of architecture and interesting sports occurrences. Interesting seems to be the operative word as the author sifts though the municip...

"...chronicles the swimming histories of 152 Iceberger swimmers. In addition, the book also includes numerous full colour photos of certain Iceberger events, some very 'cool' and very 'cold' places to swim and other information pertinent to our hardy winter swimming group..."

From the dust jacket: 'This book is an evocation of a reasonably tranquil but not uneventful life in Victoria between 1897 and 1918. It covers the author's childhood in a Melbourne seaside suburb; her family setbacks due to the land boom and subsequent crash; her determination to get an education...