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The US electoral system is not a pretty sight. Australia should take heed | Philip Citowicki

Posted 2020-10-15T19:02:34+0000 Nothing More Australian than having your vote in your swimmers at the Bondi Surf Club #democracysausage Nothing More Australian than having your vote in your swimmers at the Bondi Surf Club#democracysausage Posted by Bondi Surf Club on Thursday, 15 October 2020

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Tom Meagher O.B.E – a great clubbie

Today we remember Tom Meagher, one of our club greats.

Meagher Patrol is named after Tom Meagher O.B.E, who was said to have lived “for SLSA and what it stands for”. He is one of our great club legends, received many awards for bravery and was awarded Life Membership to Bondi SBLSC in 1932. Meagher was Chief Beach Inspector at Bondi on Black Sunday (6 February 1938). He saw service in the Pacific during World War II and established the Solomon Islands Surf Club in 1944 along with Carl Jeppeson. There were many SLSA Instructional Teams on which he served and in 1939 he represented Bondi in the SLSA of Australia March Past Team. In 1954 Tom Meagher was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Command Surf Carnival held on Bondi Beach. Tom held the position of President of Surf Life Saving NSW. He was a healthy man,

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‘It’s not elitist’: Meet the man who wants to open a private beach club at Bondi

Posted 2020-10-10T23:41:33+0000 PR masquarading as journalism. As a former member of the fourth estate, I would be ashamed that this pathetic attempt at reporting even makes it into a newspaper PR masquarading as journalism. As a former member of the fourth estate, I would be ashamed that this pathetic attempt at reporting even makes it […]

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