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Whispering Gallery

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NameWhispering GalleryTypeLandscapeDescriptionWhispering Gallery lies on part of the original Croom Estate. The Gallery is a natural cavern, 200 feet deep in places, approaching a quarter mile long, and about 300 feet wide. It contains several threatened and other species of flora, including sassafras, staghorn fern, fig, wild orchid, and some of the oldest and least touched forests along the eastern seaboard.

By 1840, Whispering Gallery was a significant tourist and picnic site that continued into the early 20th century, and is listed in guesthouse, road and railway tourist booklets. Whispering Gallery is said to take its name from its acoustic properties that resemble those of the celebrated whispering gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

This circular cavern has been washed out from beneath the overhanging basaltic rock by the slow action of the weather and waterfall.

Officially assigned 7th September, 1973-NSW GNB

External LinkThe Tourist 1872Illawarra 1875Original Contributions Whispering Gallery Jamberoo 1877The Whispering Gallery 1895Whispering Gallery Public Wonderland 1897Beautiful Illawarra Tourist's Guide Book 1899Whispering Gallery Roof Fall 1902Picturesque Illawarra 1903Protecting Native Flora Whispering Gallery 1904South Coast Tourist Union 1904Where to Spend Your Holidays 1909A View of Kiama 1909Croome Sports 1917Picnic and Sports 1917The Croome Picnic 1917Whispering Gallery Track 1917Illawarra Its Early History 1935Our Beautiful South Coast District 1909

View over Whispering Gallery, Croom, c.2003.

View over Whispering Gallery, Croom, c.2003.

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

Last edited by: Erin Tierney

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