Access to toilet/change facilities Toilets Disabled Access

Men Women Children

Current Use: Ocean baths
Condition: Good. Facilities nearby

1941
The original pool was built.

1990
The South Cronulla rock pool still needed repairs some five years after experiencing storm damage.
Funds  to create an new pool at the site at an estimated cost of $300,000 came from the NSW Department of Sport, Recreation and Racing  ($130,000) and the Sutherland Shire.

1991
The poor state of  the South Cronulla rock pool meant large crowds vied for swimming space at the Shelly Beach pool.
Work to replace the earlier pool began early in 1991 and the pool was available for use in the summer of 1991-1992.

1992
As noted on a plaque near the pool, Shire President, Cr. Ian Swords, opened the new Cronulla  Rock Pool on Australia Day 26 January.

2006
Well used by the public on an informal basis with many regular users.
A pool where surf club nippers train and winter swimmers compete.
 

Clans of the Dharawal people lived around North Cronulla and Cronulla Beach

1827
Surveyor Dixon used the term 'Cronulla beaches'.

1885
The railway reached Sutherland and the Cronulla area gained popularity as a picnic place.

1888
The Oriental Hotel occupied the site near the present-day North Cronulla Hotel.

1906
Sutherland Shire was proclaimed.

1911
A steam tram linked Sutherland and Cronulla.

World War I
The Cronulla area was semi-rural.

1920s
Motor cars gave more people readier access to Cronulla.
North Cronulla Surf Club began beach patrols in 1925.

1939
Cronulla became the only Sydney beach with a railway station.

1960s
Cronulla's low-rise holiday guest-houses were being replaced by high-rise flats.

2003
An assessment of the Shire's ocean baths was identified as a necessary part of the ongoing management of its coastal assets.

National Trust of Australia (NSW)

Part of the set of ocean baths between North Cronulla and at South Cronulla that testifies to the importance of ocean baths as visitor attractions and as facilities for local residents especially seniors, children and surf clubs.

Assessed significance: Local on its own,  but has increased significance when considered as part of the set of ocean baths between North Cronulla and at South Cronulla.
Current heritage status: Not yet given heritage status.
 

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Studies & References National Trust listing EJE Landscape Architects & Christa Ludlow. Survey of Harbourside & Ocean Pools of the Sydney Metropolitan Region. Prepared for the National Trust of Australia (NSW), 1994.