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Lily Copplestone set out to swim Cook Strait in 1929. Although she was unsuccessful, her attempt attracted considerable public interest, as this photograph taken on Wellington’s waterfront shows.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)
Reference: 1/2-046117; G
by Sydney Charles Smith
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