Dalby Olympic Swimming Pool, Olympic swimming pool in Dalby, Australia
Dalby Olympic Swimming Pool is a swimming complex in Dalby, Queensland, featuring a 50-meter competition pool, children's pool, and entry pavilion set within parkland beside Myall Creek. The facility includes changing rooms, spectator stands, a kiosk, and modern water filtration systems designed to support year-round swimming activities.
The facility opened in 1936 and was the first Olympic-standard pool outside Brisbane in Queensland. It later became an important training site during World War II for aircrew members stationed in the region.
Dalby has swum competitively since the Dalby Amateur Swimming Club formed in 1912, and the pool's opening in 1936 spurred new clubs, among them the Dalby and District Swimming and Life-Saving Club. The first major carnival followed in February 1937, and community sports clubs have kept using the pool since.
The complex sits at 58 Patrick Street, beside Myall Creek in central Dalby. The pools were filled with artesian bore water, treated with filtration and chlorinating equipment considered the latest in Queensland in 1936. Excavation began on 1 July 1936, and the first patrons were admitted late in October that year.
During the Second World War, aircrew from No. 12 Squadron, stationed nearby, received their forced landing at sea training in the Dalby pool. The pool had already hosted its first major swimming carnival in February 1937, drawing regional swimmers.
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