# Crawley Baths

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{{Short description|Former swimming facility in Perth, Western Australia}}
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thumb|right|Crawley Baths {{circa|1920–1929}}
'''Crawley Baths''' was a public swimming facility, in [Matilda Bay](/source/Matilda_Bay), near [Crawley, Western Australia](/source/Crawley%2C_Western_Australia) along [Mounts Bay Road](/source/Mounts_Bay_Road).  The timber structure was opened on 7 February 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/swan_river/living_with_the_land/bathing|title=Bathing|work=State Library of Western Australia - Swan River Stories|access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref> The opening ceremony was conducted by Premier [John Scaddan](/source/John_Scaddan) and included a swimming carnival and [life saving](/source/life_saving) displays.<ref name=copda>{{cite web|url=http://portal.environment.wa.gov.au/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADMIN_SRT_PLANNING/2006/docs/DevelopmentProposal.PDF|title=Crawley Baths Art project Development proposal|work=City of Perth|date=2 September 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706123506/http://portal.environment.wa.gov.au/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADMIN_SRT_PLANNING/2006/docs/DevelopmentProposal.PDF|archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref>

The baths were the largest enclosed body of water in the southern hemisphere and were an important recreational facility in Perth for fifty years.<ref name=copda/>  They were demolished in 1964 after [Beatty Park](/source/Beatty_Park) was built for the [1962 Commonwealth Games](/source/1962_Commonwealth_Games).

A bronze statue ''[Eliza](/source/Eliza_(sculpture))'' commemorates the baths and stands in the river near its former location.

==See also==
*[Perth City Baths](/source/Perth_City_Baths)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58763317 ''Sunday Times'' February 1936] (photo of children's swimming classes at Crawley Baths)

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Category:Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia
Category:Swimming venues in Western Australia
Category:History of Perth, Western Australia
Category:Swan River (Western Australia)
Category:Crawley, Western Australia
Category:Bathing in Australia
Category:Defunct swimming venues
Category:Defunct sports venues in Australia

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