Townsville Tobruk Memorial Baths
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| Location | The Strand, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Type | swimming_pool |
| Description | Swimming Pool The Tobruk Memorial Baths is a heritage-listed complex of outdoor swimming pools on The Strand, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1941 to 1950 by Townsville City Council as a World War II memorial. The baths were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 January 1995. TOWNSVILLE, November 26. -Congratulating the citizens of Townsville for the choice of modern swimming baths as a memorial to the fallen of Tobruk, Major-General Windeyer, himself a "Rat", said at the official opening of the baths today that they were a thought after the heart of every soldier who had seen service in the seige (sic). Situated on the Strand, the baths have a cafe, underwater lamps, dressing sheds and a grandstand and the pool itself is surrounded by lawns and gardens. The total cost was about £50,000.
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| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | 26 November 1951 by Major General W. J. V. Windeyer |
| Inscription | TOBRUK MEMORIAL BATHS |
| Condition | Good |
