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A view from the diving jetty

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1922 Cottesloe Beach. View from the diving jetty
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Dressing sheds  or changerooms built about 1907. Men on the left, women on the right.

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Hotel Cottesloe opened in 1904. Two storey wooden building on the corner of John Street and Swanbourne Terrace.

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Original clubrooms of the Cottesloe Lifesaving and Athletic Club, built 1913.

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Hostel Manly built by George Henry West and opened in 1913.

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Miss Griffin’s Surf Tea Rooms opened about 1912.

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Miss Donovan’s Indiana Tea House opened about 1913.

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New tearooms opened December 1921, replacing Lowicks Tea Rooms.

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Jetty and bandstand, opened 1906.

Opening of the diving jetty, 1922. Photo by N F Haynes. Grove Library CPM01898

On 7 January 1922 a new diving jetty to the north of the main jetty opened.

It did not survive the first storms of winter and was completely washed away in May 1922. Fortunately the Town Clerk, Mr Norman Haynes, marked the opening by taking this photo from the end of the diving jetty. It captures Cottesloe Beach in its original wooden incarnation and shows all the buildings that remained in the eighteen years since the first substantial building appeared at Cottesloe Beach.

Timeline of construction of the buildings in the photo.

  • 1904

    Hotel Cottesloe (2) opens.

    The two storey wooden building faced south on the corner of John Street and Swanbourne Terrace, now Marine Parade.

  • 1906

    Jetty (8) opens.

    The jetty, or pier as it was also known, became an instant hit with beach goers. The attractive bandstand in the middle of the pier was the venue for brass band concerts.

  • 1907

    Public dressing sheds (1) open

    The dressing sheds were on the beach below John Street, with the larger ladies area on the south side.

  • 1913

    Cottesloe Life Saving and Athletics Club (3) rooms open.

  • 1913

    Miss Griffin‘s Surf Tea Rooms (5) and Miss Donovan’s Indiana Tea House (6) are open.

  • 1913

    Hostel Manly (4) opens.

    Owned by George Henry West it was a popular holiday destination especially for visitors from the goldfields. West died in 1921 and the Melvin family bought the hostel and extended it to the south.

  • 1921

    New tearooms (4) replace Lowick’s Tea Rooms.

    Lowick’s Ocean Tea Rooms had been on the south side of the approach to the jetty.

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