This is a colour photograph depicting young children diving off a special apparatus at Manly, New South Wales in 1960.

This black-and-white photograph shows two surf lifesavers running with a woman on the beach at the Gold Coast, Queensland.

This colour photograph, taken in 1965, shows people at Manly Beach, Sydney.

This photograph shows champion Australian Olympic swimmer Shane Gould climbing out of the Ryde Swimming Centre pool.

The Murray River at Echuca, Victoria.

Black-and-white photograph of migrants from Bonegilla Migrant Camp swimming in the Hume Weir near Albury.

Colour photograph of Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser taken during the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956.

This is a colour photograph of recreational swimmers at the Brunswick River in Brunswick Junction, Western Australia.

Prime minister Harold Holt prepares to go spear fishing at Portsea, Victoria.