Australia has well over 300 surf lifesaving clubs. The following is a partial list of

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Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club The Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club is Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Club, founded in 1907. The club was officially established on 21 February 1907 at the Royal Hotel in Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales. The clubs aim is to ensure ...

Bronte Surf Lifesaving Club The club was founded in 1903 and the movement has since spread to other parts of New South Wales and the rest of the country. The club rests on indigenous land and whilst there is no clear evidence for the name or names of the Eora people who live ...

* Cabarita Beach Surf Life Saving Club * Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club *

Coogee Surf Life Saving Club The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in Australia. It was founded in 1907 by a group of concerned locals and has a proud history of no lives being lost whilst its members have patrolled. Coogee ...

Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club The Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club, was one of the first surf clubs established in Australia in 1907. The club had very humble beginnings in a tram carriage and today the clubhouse is housed in a magnificent art deco building on the beachfront, th ...

Darwin Surf Life Saving Club The Darwin Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in the Northern Territory. It was founded in 1982 on the Casuarina Coastal Reserve in Casuarina, Northern Territory See also *Surf lifesaving *Surf Life Sa ...

* Dee Why Surf Lifesaving Club *

Elouera Surf Life Saving Club The Elouera Surf Lifesaving Club is an Australian surf lifesaving club in Cronulla, New South Wales. The club was established in 1966. On the official opening of the clubhouse on 8 June 1967, the club's first surf boat ''Charlotte Breen'', don ...

Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club The Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club, established in 1908, is located at Freshwater Beach in Australia. It has become a large volunteer organization with strong community bonds. The club was founded by a push from government to foster safer ...

* Ithaca–Caloundra City Life Saving Club *

Southport Surf Lifesaving Club Main Beach Pavilion and Southport Surf Lifesaving Club are heritage-listed beach buildings off Macarthur Parade, Main Beach, Queensland, Australia. The Main Beach Pavilion was designed by Thomas Ramsay Hall and Lionel Blythewood Phillips of the ...

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Manly Life Saving Club The Manly Life Saving Club is one of Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Clubs, founded in 1911; located in the Sydney suburb of , in the Northern Beaches Council in New South Wales. History The club was founded in 1911 to patrol Manly Beach af ...

Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club The Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club is one of Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Clubs, founded in 1906. The club was established in 1906 the Club is situated at the northern end of Maroubra Beach in Sydney. See also *Surf lifesaving *Surf Life ...

North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club The North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in Australia. It was founded in 1907 by a group of concerned locals and has a proud history of no lives being lost whilst its members have patrolled. See ...

* North Styne Surf Lifesaving Club *

Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club The Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club is an Australian Surf Life Saving Club. The Club offers a range of activities and encourages members to continually develop and update their lifesaving skills. It is located at the southern end of Palm Beach, ...

Redhead Surf Lifesaving Club Redhead Surf Lifesaving Club is one of the oldest surf clubs on the New South Wales coast. Founded in 1908, it is located on Redhead Beach, in the suburb of Redhead about south of Newcastle. It is affiliated with Surf Life Saving Australia, ...

South Curl Curl Surf Lifesaving Club South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club The South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club is one of Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Clubs, founded in 1963.South Port SLSC The South Port Surf Lifesaving Club was established in 1959 in the coastal Adelaide suburb of Port Noarlunga, South Australia. The South Port Clubhouse is situated in the sand dunes at the mouth of the Onkaparinga River Estuary. Due to its loca ...

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Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club The Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1906 and operates at Tamarama Beach, Sydney. The clubhouse sits at the northern end of the beach. The club was formed after a dispute between local beach-goers and the operator of an amusement pa ...

Wanda Surf Life Saving Club The Wanda Surf Lifesaving Club was established in 1946 after World War II by a group of men who banded together, from the North Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club who were being asked to patrol this stretch of beach, being a considerable distance f ...

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* {{Official website, https://sls.com.au/

Lifesaving Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid. It often refers to water safety and aquatic rescue; however, it could include ice rescue, flood and river rescue, swimming pool rescue and other emergency medical services. ...