Story: Open water swimming

Women Cook Strait swimmers (1st of 3)

Women Cook Strait swimmers

Lily Copplestone set out to swim Cook Strait in 1929. Although she was unsuccessful, her attempt attracted considerable public interest, as this photograph taken on Wellington’s waterfront shows.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)
Reference: 1/2-046117; G
Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith

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Nancy Swarbrick, 'Open water swimming - Major marathon courses', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/6908/women-cook-strait-swimmers (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 12 Jun 2006, updated 1 Feb 2016