Collection Search Demo
Sign in

Surf Bathing, Coogee, Sydney

View this record on the National Museum of Australia's website

Sign in to save favourites.

Public Domain
Public Domain
Type
Photographic postcards
Place
Germany; Coogee Beach, Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Materials
Ink, Paper
Collection
Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number
1986.0117.7224

Description

A postcard featuring a colourisedphotograph of a beach scene with a crowd of people in the foreground and buildings in the background. Printed text on the front of the postcard describes the photograph as 'Surf Bathing, Coogee, Sydney'. Hand stamped text on the front of the postcard reads 'A Merry Christmas. / This Christmas time / may all that's bright, / Bestrew your path / with fresh delight'. Handwritten text on the back of the postcard begins 'Dear Mother...'.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:26:55 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.