Royal Life Saving Queensland 100 Year History

The first qualified life savers practiced on Greenmount Beach in December 1908 . The drowning of Ruby Orford at Burleigh Heads when she was dragged ashore by Thomas Mulcahy on his horse but all attempts failed to save her. This saw the first reel and line bought into Queensland and stored under a house at Burleigh Heads and used for the first time, new years day 1912.