Surf Life Saving Australia By Jared_10 Mar 24, 1907 First appearance of surf belt and reel on Sydney beaches Jan 1, 1919 Metorious Award system brought into the association Jan 1, 1935 Red and yellow flags were brought onto Australian beaches. Jan 1, 1957 First use of powered vehicles used by Surf life savers Jan 1, 1960 The National Nipper programme was established Jan 1, 1964 The Iron man sport was created Jan 1, 1980 Females become able to be proper Surf life savers for the first time. Jan 1, 1980 Red and Yellow flags become necessary to the Australian standard. Jan 1, 2007 The year of the life saver was celebrated in Australia Mar 16, 2014 There is now 311 clubs and counting
