130 Year Flashback – Santa Swimming

Thinking about the success of our 2024 Swimming Carnival, it is only right to reflect on the past swimming carnivals and look how far Santa Sabina has come. Ms Suluis recalls “that when the school carnivals were held at the Santa Sabina pool there were only four colour Houses and the day’s program was mainly made up of novelty races. It was a school community day full of Santa school spirit!” The House system grew to six and the names of the Houses changed to indigenous names under the leadership of Principal Lawson. From the 1960s was always a competitive Santa Sabina Swim team. Today we hold our Swimming Carnival at the Olympic Pool in Homebush and it is still a fun community day and we have continued our tradition of singing and chanting.

Remi Apostolopoulos and Anna-Maria Sulukojian
Year 11
History Club Ambassadors

Do you think that Ms Sulis is pictured as a student in this photo of the 1967 Swim Team?

Look carefully, can you find a family member in any of these Santa Sabina swimming photos?