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This is a graphic saga of a great community surf club. Founded in 1911, the original members hailed from Cook's Hill, a struggling working-class precinct of Newcastle. Men were involved in heavy industry, confronted on a daily basis with life-threatening situations. Several of these men volunteered to be surf lifesavers to protect members of the community from the dangers of the deep at Bar Beach, a popular local surfing spot. With modest resources, ordinary Australians began to do extraordinary things.What unfolds is a tale of heroism, of sporting accomplishment through adversity - two world wars and, in between, the Great Depression - and then on to the 21st century. There are stories of exciting, hotly contested carnivals, ferocious deadly shark attacks and heroic rescues. There is a history of ups and downs, but even by 1928, Cook's Hill had indelibly stamped itself as a premier club on the national scene and ever since then winning innumerable awards.

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John Ramsland OAM is an award-winning author whose many books and articles on social, Aboriginal, film and sports history have been well received. Children of the Backlanes, Custodians of the Soil and (co-authored) Aboriginal Heroes are now considered classics in their field. John is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Newcastle.

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