The Imperial Cave (Jenolan Caves)
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:31 pm
The Imperial Cave is one of the many galleries of The Jenolan Caves. It just happened Queen Victoria was being crowned Empress of India at the time this gallery was being explored. These limestone caves are located west of Katoomba (74 kilometres) by road) and dating back to 340 million years ago, making it the oldest known cave system in the world. The caves had been known for thousands of years to the local indigenous people, the Gundungurra and Wiradjuri peoples, before the Europeans Charles and James Whalan claimed their discovery in the 1840s.