Island Bay Diving Platform

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Image: Group swimming, Island Bay, Wellington

Group swimming, Island Bay, Wellington

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Image: Diving platform at Island Bay

Diving platform at Island Bay

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Image: Crowd at a swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington

Crowd at a swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington

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Image: Island Bay beach, Wellington

Island Bay beach, Wellington

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Image: Island Bay beach, Wellington

Island Bay beach, Wellington

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Image: Swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington

Swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington

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Image: Beach at Island Bay, Wellington

Beach at Island Bay, Wellington

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Image: View of the Beach, Island Bay, Wellington

View of the Beach, Island Bay, Wellington

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Image: Island Bay waterfront

Island Bay waterfront

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Image: Crowd at a swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington

Crowd at a swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington

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Image: The Esplanade, Island Bay

The Esplanade, Island Bay

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Image: Island Bay, Wellington, showing Tapiteranga Island

Island Bay, Wellington, showing Tapiteranga Island

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Image: Island Bay, Wellington

Island Bay, Wellington

Auckland Libraries

Image: Island Bay, Wellington

Island Bay, Wellington

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Image: View of the beach at Island Bay, Wellington, looking towards The Esplanade

View of the beach at Island Bay, Wellington, looking towards The Esplanade

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Image: View of Island Bay, Wellington

View of Island Bay, Wellington

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Image: View over Island Bay, Wellington, showing houses, V Barnao's grocery and fruit store, the beach, and over to Tapiteranga Island

View over Island Bay, Wellington, showing houses, V Barnao's grocery and fruit store, the beach, and over to Tapiteranga Island

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Image: View of Island Bay

View of Island Bay

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Image: Tho Island Bay Life-nvtng Club has extended, a standing invitation to all Wellington youngsters tfr Visit the Bay on Saturday afternoons to be taught how to twim, or, if they can swim, to be taught how to swim better. Quite a lot of people have an Idea that most Wellington children are swimmers, but a different tale was told the Island Bay Club when a request was made to its members to take in hand tha youngsters of a big Scout troop; out of 100 boys only three could swim. The club members get a lot of fun out of it—so do the children. (Evening Post, 23 November 1926)

Tho Island Bay Life-nvtng Club has extended, a standing invitation to all Wellington youngsters tfr Visit the Bay on Saturday afternoons to be taug...

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Image: General view of Island Bay from hillside to north-east

General view of Island Bay from hillside to north-east

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Island Bay, Wellington, looking towards Reef Street

Island Bay, Wellington, looking towards Reef Street

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