Centenary Miscellany In the Swim

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	38 After Weber View of Karakakooa Bay ...Where Captn Cook was killed, c.1786. Copper engraving, 20 x 33cm. Old stains. Engraved for Bankes's New System of Geography. Published by Royal Astronomy. This is the first illustration of a surf board rider (bottom left). The view shows Cook's HMS Resolution and Discovery off the west coast of Hawaii.	$790
	39 Anon Duke Kahanamoku, c.1915. Photograph, silver gelatin, 15 x 10cm. Slightly faded. Duke Kahanamoku introduced the surfboard to Australia.	$1,500
	40 Anon Australian Swim Team, 200m Relay, 1912. Photograph, silver gelatin, postcard format, 8.5 x 13.6cm. Gold medallists at the Stockholm Olympics 1912 - Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick.	$590
	41 Autograph NSW Ladies Four 1933, 1933. Photographic reproduction, autographed by the crew, 9.5 x 12.8cm.	$390
	42 Autograph Tasmanian Boat Regains Lost Forster Cup Laurels, 1934. Sheet of paper, autographed, 9.5 x 5.3cm. Mounted with a newspaper photo of "Tassie Too". Autographed by both crews of the winning boat in 1928 and 1934. The Forster Cup was probably named after the Governor General of Australia during the 1920s, Lord Forster, who was an extremely keen and successful yachtsman.	$390
	43 Don Photo Series Boy Charlton - The Australian Wonder Boy, c.1900. Photograph, print-out paper, 13.4 x 8.6cm.	$390
	44 Ephemera The Wonder Pair - Pau Kealoha & Ludy Langer, c.1930s. Pear-shaped card, folded, printed in two colours, 14 x 16.8cm open. Promotional souvenir designed to entice spectators to St Kilda or City Baths to watch the "wonder swimmers". As this item shows no water damage, we assume the owner didn't attend the event.	$390
	45 Philipse W.J. Hobbs. 3 mile Australian and ex naval champion, c.1900. Photograph, print-out paper, 13 x 8.3cm.	$290
	46 Sears Melbourne Miss Annette Kellerman, c.1915. Four postcards, 13.9 x 8.8cm. Kellerman was Australia's first Wonder Woman of the water - she was also a great show performer and won acclaim for her swims along the Thames, the Seine and the Danube. She could also peel and eat a banana under water. These four cards show her demurely dressed, diving and posing in the one-piece costume which brought her charges of indecent exposure.	$390