# Perth City Baths

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{{Short description|Former swimming facility in Perth, Western Australia}}
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thumb|right|City Baths {{circa|1900}}
[[File:Perth City Baths c.1905.jpg|thumb|right|City Baths and [The Esplanade](/source/The_Esplanade_(Perth)) {{circa|1905}}]]
'''Perth City Baths''' was a public swimming facility, located on the north shore of [Perth Water](/source/Perth_Water) on the [Swan River](/source/Swan_River_(Western_Australia)), in [Perth](/source/Perth), Western Australia.<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|accessdate=30 May 2012}}</ref>   During his 1881 sojourn in Perth, exhibition impresario, [Jules Joubert](/source/Jules_Joubert), had recommended that the City consider a public bath.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.publishing.monash.edu/apps/bookworm/view/SEIZE+THE+DAY/123/xhtml/chapter5.html|title=Hidden Treasure|publisher=Monash University Publishing|author=Lise Summers| year=2008|accessdate=30 May 2017}}</ref> The baths were opened in 1885, with segregated bathing.  
The ornate [Moorish](/source/Moorish) style building was opened on 5 March 1898 by the Mayor of Perth, [Alexander Forrest](/source/Alexander_Forrest) and was leased to the [Perth City Council](/source/Perth_City_Council).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3196583 |title=THE CITY SWIMMING BATHS. |newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=7 March 1898 |accessdate=31 May 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Costing [£](/source/Pound_sterling)2600, equivalent to {{AUD|{{Inflation|AU|2600|1898|r=-2}}|link=yes}} in {{Inflation/year|AU}}, with government support, the mostly [jarrah](/source/jarrah) building had four towers capped by [cupola](/source/cupola)s and was designed by {{thinspace |G.|R.}} Johnson and built by C. Nelson.

The baths were approached from [The Esplanade](/source/The_Esplanade_(Perth)) on a {{convert|300|ft|m|order=flip|adj=mid|-long}} jetty.

A second set of [baths opened at Crawley](/source/Crawley_Baths) 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](/source/Kings_Park%2C_Western_Australia), into the change rooms. The Perth baths were partially demolished in 1917, and completely removed by 1920.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81804905 |title=The Picturesque City of Perth: The City Baths |newspaper=[The Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(Perth%2C_Western_Australia)) |location=Perth |date=1 October 1921 |accessdate=6 November 2012 |page=22 Edition: Final Edition |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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Category:Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia
Category:Swimming venues in Western Australia
Category:History of Perth, Western Australia
Category:Perth Water
Category:Bathing in Australia
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Western Australia
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1917

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