OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Irvines' Baths Mornington c1900

DATE1900

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERRose

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.970

HISTORY

Sea bathing in specially erected structures built over the water enjoyed a heyday of popularity in the latter part of the 1890’s and early 1900’s and continued to be used by large numbers of people up to and beyond the time of WW11. The baths which were built at the base of a cliff between Shire Hall Beach and the pier offered facilities of dressing rooms and diving boards

DESCRIPTION

Looking towards the Baths from bluff, in the background the bluff overlooking the pier, in the foreground two people appear to be walking up the walkway of the cliff

SUBJECTS

Baths, Bluff

KEYWORDS

Baths, Bluff, Irvines Baths, Mornington, Shire Hall Beach