Those visiting the “Fish River or Binda” caves, now Jenolan Caves, in the 1880s were encouraged to wear tennis shoes to avoid possible death. Not the most positive tourism message.
According to “The pictorial guide to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and to the districts between Parramatta and Bathurst including the Jenolan Caves” of 1885.
“๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐. ๐ช๐๐๐ & ๐๐ข., ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ.”
PHOTO: “This painting is one of the first known images of the Grand Arch at the Jenolan Caves. In 1861, the caves were still relatively unexplored and were known by various names such as the Fish River Caves, the Bindo Caves or McKeownโs Caves. It wasnโt until 1884, when a parish map of the area was being prepared that they were officially named Jenolan Caves, after nearby Mount Jenolan.
This image below was created by George Ferris Pickeringโs in 1861, and depicts quite a different scene to what visitors see today. Pickeringโs painting is of significance because it shows how the Grand Arch may have originally looked for thousands of years before tourism in the area boomed in 1880s.
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