Joy Lynch remembers swimming and playing tennis during her carefree childhood. She was part of one of the first groups of women in Australia to complete a resuscitation certificate. Joy later worked at Austinmer Public School as a class teacher who also organised sport and as a chaplain. Joy is interviewed in the Ocean Pools section about her involvement in Austinmer Early Morning Swimming Club.

Listen to Joy’s Interview

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Keywords

Bulli Hospital – Dent – Wigram Rd – Clifton School of Arts Shop – Austinmer Public School – Swimming – Tennis – Bushwalking – Wood – School Captain – Wollongong Teachers College – Glastonbury Gardens – Roxy – Surf Club Patrols – Austinmer Anglican Church – Fire – Sunday School – Thirroul Movies – Guesthouses – Flats – Water Safety Awareness – Local Development Issues

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Joy’s Photo Album

P15913 – Austinmer Beach

P15353 – Austinmer Public School, circa. 1981

P18765 – Austinmer Surf Life Saving Club

P11639 – Glastonbury Gardens, Austinmer – 1994

P15352 – All Saints’ Anglican Church, Austinmer – circa. 1981

P22910 – Dedication of a plaque to honour the work of Roxy Mossop at the Glastonbury Gardens, Austinmer, 14 September 1985.

P07106 – Aerial view of Keiraville and Gwynneville – 1963. Includes Wollongong Teachers College.

Joy Lynch