An expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth in 1813 was the first recorded crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The crossing enabled the settlers
Earliest pictorial representation of the crossing from The Sydney Mail, 25 December 1880
A sketch of their route, prepared by Frank Walker in 1913. The Great Western Road has been inserted to show how closely it has followed the track of the explorers in its general direction.
Gregory Blaxland
William Lawson
The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region is considered to be part of the western outskirts of the Greater Sydney area. The reg
1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
…An expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth in 1813 was the first recorded crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The crossing enabled the settlers to access and use the land west of the mountains for farming, and made possible the establishment…
The Three Sisters sandstone rock formation, one of the region's best-known attractions
The characteristic blue haze, as seen in the Jamison Valley
Aboriginal hand stencils in Red Hands Cave, near Glenbrook
Broken china from ruins near Asgard Swamp, where a coal mine was opened in the nineteenth century