Cook’s Hill Life Saving & Surf Club by John Ramsland

Cook’s Hill Life Saving & Surf Club

The First Hundred Years

by John Ramsland

Brolga Publishing, 2011, [First Edition], [Signed], ISBN 9781921596643, colour photographic plates, black and white photographs, large paperback with wraps

Very Good Condition, Signed By Author on title page, minor edge and shelf wear, spotting/marking to half title page, uncreased spine (see photographs)

“This is a graphic saga of a great community surf club.  Founded in 1911, the original members hailed from Cook’s Hill a struggling working-class precinct of Newcastle.  Men were involved in heavy industry, confronted on a daily basis with life-threatening situations.  Several of these men volunteered to be surf lifesavers to protect members of the community from the dangers of the deep at Bar Beach, a popular local surfing spot.  With modest resources, ordinary Australians began to do extraordinary things.
What unfolds is a tale of heroism, of sporting accomplishment through adversity – two world wars and, in between, the Great Depression – and then on to the 21^st century.”