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1907 Sydney bathing costume protests
The 1907 Sydney bathing costume protests were a response to a proposed ordinance by the Waverly Shire Council to require the wearing of a skirt-like tunic by male bathers. On the morning of Sunday 20 October, thousands of surf bathing enthusiasts poured onto the sands of Bondi, Manly, and Coogee beaches in various types of feminine dress enacting a humorous mockery of the proposed regulations. The protest at Bondi was reportedly the largest of the three, with a "swarm of humanity" participating in and observing the protests. The positivity with which the protests were regarded by both the general public and the media proved the end for the Waverly council’s costume proposal; the tunic/skirt ordinance was not included in the beach ordinances promulgated in the following months.〔Warden, Ian. "Men in Skirts: A Decidedly Grotesque Pageant." ''National Library of Australia News'', vol. 6, no. 2 (2007).〕
==Proposed costume==
As beachgoing, and especially swimming in the ocean, became more popular at the end of the Victorian era, there arose a question as to proper dress for participants.〔(Beachwear - History of beachwear ); accessed 2012.06.05.〕 While some concessions had to be made to allow for movement, the abbreviated clothing brought out a backlash by those offended by such "exhibitionism".〔Joanne Haug, "(History of the bathing Suit )"; accessed 2012.06.05.〕 Numerous localities passed and enforced laws setting minimum standards for beach attire.〔"(60 Interesting Facts About . . . Swimsuits )"; accessed 2012.06.05.〕
The Waverley Municipal Council decided that male surf bathers should be as well clothed in the surf as females. Their proposal was to require that a skirt reaching at least to the knees must be added and the arms concealed to near the elbows. The mayor of Waverley described the costume as: "A combination, consisting of guernsey with trouser legs and reaching from near the elbow to the bend of the knee, together with a skirt not unsightly but simply attached to the garment and covering the figure below the hips to the knee." Loitering on the beach was also to be prohibited and all communication between bathers and the general public forbidden. The penalties for a breach of the regulation were proposed to be from £1 to £20.
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