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Simeon campaigned for construction of a road from the city to Coogee (achieved in 1853) and promoted the incorporation of the suburb.

The brothers bought and sold land profitably in the area and elsewhere. He built his Blenheim House on the 1.6 hectares (4 acres) he bought from Marsh, and called his property "Randwick". Simeon had come to the colony in 1841as a 21 year old surveyor. Simeon was born in the English Randwick and the brothers were responsible for the early development of both Randwick and its neighbour, Coogee. The name was suggested by Simeon Pearce (1821–86) and his brother James. Randwick takes its name from the town of Randwick, Gloucestershire, England. In 1839 William Newcombe acquired the land north-west of the present town hall in Avoca Street. One of the earliest land grants in this area was made in 1824 to Captain Francis Marsh, who received 4.9 hectares (12 acres) bounded by the present Botany and High Streets, Alison and Belmore Roads.

There is now a sizable community of Aboriginal people living in the Randwick municipality, many to the south of Coogee in La Perouse. Thus it is thought that the Wylie's Baths location may have been a special place for women's business, possibly associated with birthing, although more research needs to be done to confirm this. Few religious beliefs of the people were recorded, but oral traditions have ensured that some have been carried on. By the mid nineteenth century the traditional owners of this land had typically either moved inland in search of food and shelter, or had died as the result of European disease or confrontation with British colonisers. Those living south of Port Jackson to Botany Bay were the Cadigal people who spoke Dharug, while the local clan name of Maroubra people was "Muru-ora-dial". The population of Aboriginal people between Palm Beach and Botany Bay in 1788 has been estimated to have been 1500. Closure and re-opening of the Baths (1974-1978)Īboriginal people are believed to have inhabited the Sydney region for at least 20,000 years.Owned by the City of Randwick, Wylie's Baths is run by a management committee established in 1978 comprising representatives from South Maroubra Dolphins Winter Swimming Club, Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club, the Coogee-Randwick RSL Diggers Swimming Club, and the Coogee Surf Life Saving Club. From 1959 to 1978, the baths were called Sunstrip Pool. Wylie's Baths was built in 1907 by Henry Wylie, the father of Mina Wylie who, along with Fanny Durack, were Australia's first female Olympic swimming representatives, and Australia's first woman gold and silver medallists respectively. The Baths were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 14 November 2003 and are also classified by the National Trust of Australia. The baths are noted for holding the first Australian Swimming Championships and for being one of the first swimming baths for mixed gender swimming in Australia. Wylie's Baths is a heritage-listed tidal swimming pool located near Coogee Beach, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Wylie's Baths Wylies Baths Sunset Pool (1959-1978)