Timeline – Cottesloe Past

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Cottesloe Beach

40,000 years ago

Noongar people live in the land around the Swan River (Derbal Yiragan)
6,500 years ago

Rottnest separates from mainland
1883

Cottesloe area surveyed and subdivided and 1886 named
1904

Hotel Cottesloe opens and 1906 jetty finished
1909

Cottesloe Life Saving and Athletics Club formed
1913

Indiana Tea House, and Hostel Manly open
1914

World War 1 begins
1926

Cottesloe Ladies Surf Club formed
1929

Centenary Bathing Pavilion opened
1935

Wooden buildings removed, car park and grass terraces built. Lido Cabaret opens
1939

World War II begins
1952

Jetty blown up
1960

Groyne completed and 1965 boardwalk
1983

Cottesloe Beach Pavilion replaces Centenary Pavilion
1996

New Indiana opens
2019

Foreshore Master Plan signed off