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Blue Mountains History |
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The
Blue Mountains region is rich in history. Once considered an impassable barrier,
the Blue Mountains is now a major gateway to Western New South Wales. |
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HISTORY AT A GLANCE | | 1770 | Captain
Cook lands at Botany Bay | | 1788 | Captain
Phillip established the first settlement at Sydney Cove | | 1789 | Captain
Tench reached the foothills of the Blue Mountains and named the Nepean River |
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Captain
Tench and Lieutenant Wiliam Dawes were unsuccessful in crossing the Blue Mountains |
| 1813 | Blaxland,
Wentworth, and Lawson crossed the Blue Mountains | | 1814 | Building
of the Bathurst Road by William Cox | | 1815 | Governor
Macquarie names Springwood and Blackheath | | 1816 | The
first Blue Mountains Building established by Governor Macquarie |
| 1831 | The
Scotch Thistle Inn is built in Blackheath | | 1833 | Lennox
Bridge / Mitchell’s Pass constructed by Major Mitchell | | 1849 | The
Old Toll Bar House erected in Mount Victoria | | 1867 | First
train journey from Penrith to Wentworth Falls | | 1866 | The
Fish begins it’s service | | 1876 | Full
operation of the Springwood Hotel | | 1877 | Katoomba
named | | 1879 | Katoomba
becomes known due to J.B. North’s Coal Mine | | 1882 | Great
Western Hotel erected in Katoomba | | 1886 | Great
Western Hotel renamed "The Carrington" | | 1904 | First
Motor Vehicle descends Victoria Pass | | 1931 | Major
rock landslide caused from erosion at Narrow Neck near Katoomba | 
History In Detail
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