Gooseberry Island

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NameGooseberry IslandGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

DescriptionIn the early days of tourism around the lake, when holiday makers stayed at extravagant guesthouses on the foreshores, many people made their way over to Gooseberry Island to explore.

Tourist boats picked up passengers gathered at various jetties around the lake, and dropped them off at Gooseberry Island on a Saturday night for dancing.

On the island stood a hall which housed a piano and dancers would let their hair down for the night before returning by boat in the early hours of the morning.

During the Depression in the 1930's the hall was dismantled and ferried back to the mainland, where it was used for much needed building materials.

There are now no signs of the old hall on the island. Vegetation has taken over, and fig trees mark the site of the hall.

Locality

Lake Illawarra

Old Dance Hall on Gooseberry Island, c.1930.

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Gooseberry Island