Tuesday 15 April 2014

Coogee, Mina Wylie sculpture

This sculpture of Mina Wylie is located at the entrance of Wylie's Baths, a tidal pool at the south end of Coogee Beach, in the eastern suburb of Coogee. Wilhelmina (Mina) Wylie was a silver medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden where women's swimming events were held for the first time. A resident of Coogee, she was taught to swim by her father Henry Wylie, who built Wylie's Baths in 1907. This life-sized bronze monument on the cliff looking out onto the Pacific Ocean was designed by Eileen Slarke in 2001, based on a photograph of Mina at the Olympic Games.

11 comments:

  1. My grandfather was at the Stockholm Games back then. He was very young, ten years old and he was there with hid dad. Not sure what events they were watching.

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  2. A powerful figure by the sea. Beautiful connection with past sporting achievements.

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  3. OZ seems vibrant with ART!


    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral

    =^..^= <3

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    1. Yes, I thought it was really interesting how this one has the same image on three sides, like that.

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  5. An inspirational sculpture in the most appropriate of places.

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  6. A wonderful statue of a past sports hero! Have a happy day!

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  7. Great post....I enjoyed reading the background of the history and the Olympic training at the Baths.

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