Set up as one of the eight founding program of the AIS in 1981 It is supported by the Australian Sports Commission under the Winning Edge 2012-2022 strategy and identified by Swimming Australia as a Podium Performance Centre.
The program provides both residential and off-site living arrangement depending on the choice of the athlete.
The program provides funding to those athletes who choose to live off-site.
Current coaching staff include Tracey Menzies and Yuriy Vdovychenko.
The program is managed by former AIS Swimming Scholarship holder Petria Thomas.