Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 15 kilometres south of Lithgow, in New South Wales, Australia. It was the furthest point reached by Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth on their historic
A sketch of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth's route across the Blue Mountains in 1813 prepared by F 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.
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