A view of the beach at Manly, with bathers in the surf in the background, and men and women posing for the camera in front. Laws forbidding public bathing during the hours of daylight had been in force since 1838, and were invoked against would-be surfers who had caught the craze from a certain Tony Tanna, who came from Tanna Island in the New Hebrides. By 1902, however, widespread disregard of this law stopped the police from taking any action and by 1907 Surf Clubs were founded at Manly and Bondi.