423831
- TitleWilhelmina (Mina) Wylie collection
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- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1872-1938 - Type of material
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- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Wilhelmina (Mina) Wylie, (1891-1984), and Fanny Durack were Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives. They competed in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, where Durack won a gold medal and Wylie a silver in the 100 metres freestyle. In 1911, 1922 and 1924 Wylie won every Australian and NSW swimming championship - freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. Wylie grew up in South Coogee, Sydney, where her father Henry Wylie built Wylie's baths in 1907. - Scope and ContentThis collection contains correspondence, diaries, printed material, posters newscuttings and photographs.
- System of arrangementThis collection contains both manuscript and pictorial series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of these series from this collection record.
- Subject
- Exhibited in
Champions: Australian Sporting Greats - State Library of New South Wales (5 July - 16 November, 2003). Selected items
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