Overview of Blue Mountains: History

Although not especially high, the Blue Mountains cliffs were sufficiently challenging to prevent European explorers from penetrating the inland of New South Wales from Sydney for some time. Attempts to cross the mountains began in the very early 1800s and … Read More »

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Overview of Blue Mountains: History is based on Blue Mountains by Claus Hansen, Ryan Holliday, Ming Choo, Globe-trotter, Fipe, Inas, Burmesedays, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.