Former swimming facility in Perth, Western Australia
City Baths c. 1900City Baths and The Esplanade c. 1905
Perth City Baths was a public swimming facility, located on the north shore of Perth Water on the Swan River, in Perth, Western Australia.[1] During his 1881 sojourn in Perth, exhibition impresario, Jules Joubert, had recommended that the City consider a public bath.[2] The baths were opened in 1885, with segregated bathing.
The ornate Moorish style building was opened on 5 March 1898 by the Mayor of Perth, Alexander Forrest and was leased to the Perth City Council.[3] Costing £2600 with government support, the mostly jarrah building had four towers capped by cupolas and was designed by G.R. Johnson and built by C. Nelson.
The baths were approached from The Esplanade on a 300-foot-long (91 m) jetty.
A second set of baths opened at Crawley in February 1914 were the premier baths for the City. Debate about the location had included discussion of the possibility of being able to see into the baths from Kings Park, into the change rooms. The Perth baths were partially demolished in 1917, and completely removed by 1920.[4]
^"Bathing". State Library of Western Australia – Swan River Stories. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^Lise Summers (2008). "Hidden Treasure". Monash University Publishing. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^"THE CITY SWIMMING BATHS". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
^"The Picturesque City of Perth: The City Baths". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 1 October 1921. p. 22 Edition: Final Edition. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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