Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club is Australia’s oldest surf lifesaving club, founded on 21 February 1907 at the Royal Hotel, Bondi, with the stated aim of “the rescue of the distressed.”[2][3] The volunteer organisation patrols Bondi Beach during the bathing season and combines public-safety work, community programs and competitive surf lifesaving sport.[2][3] Historically, Bondi pioneered lifesaving techniques and equipment that became standard across Australia and overseas: the surf reel and line were in use at Bondi by late 1906 and helped establish systematic rescue methods, while the club introduced duty rosters, test swims and the Bronze Medallion qualification still used today.[1][4] Early activity included public demonstrations in 1907 and dozens of rescues in its first seasons; by 1910 Bondi had examined the first Bronze Medallion squad.[4][6] The club’s defining moment came on Black Sunday, 6 February 1938, when freak surf swept hundreds out to sea and Bondi lifesavers conducted one of Australia’s largest mass rescues—roughly 200–300 people were brought in, about 60 were retrieved unconscious and five died—cementing the club’s national reputation for bravery and community service.[1][2][3][4] Key achievements span lifesaving innovation, large-scale lifesaving operations and sporting success: Bondi has produced numerous champion Rescue & Resuscitation teams and a long list of competitive titles unique to the club’s record.[2][4] Over the broader surf lifesaving movement since 1907, volunteers have helped save hundreds of thousands of lives and built Surf Life Saving Australia as a national body originating from these early Bondi efforts.[5] Today Bondi remains an active, high-profile club that blends volunteer patrols, youth “Nippers” training, public education