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Crossing of the Blue Mountains

The Path and The Secret

The mountains were dense and thick; but the explorers had a secret, for what ever the reason they followed a ridge line and didn't go down into dead ends.

In the Blue Mountains

there is a place called read

hands cave proving human occupation over thousands

of years. But maybe that

tells abit about thie secret;

what if they learnt to follow

the ridge lines from the Aboriginals.

Who are they?

  • Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853)
  • Born in England
  • A wealthy man
  • Married with 5 sons and 2 daughters
  • Was given a large area of land to come to NSW
  • He wanted more land to settle and graze cattle
  • He had already explored areas around the Blue Mountains before 1813.
  • William Lawson (1774-1850)
  • Born in England
  • A wealthy soldier
  • Married after he came to Australia
  • Owned a large area of land
  • Was a surveyor
  • William Charles Wentworth (1790-18720
  • Was born in Australia
  • His mother was a convict, his father a doctor
  • Was in England 1803-1810
  • Was given a la

THE BEGINNING

References

The "first" crossing of the Blue Mountains was in 1813 NSW by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson.The memorial today for the crossing of the Blue Mountains says that those three men CROSSED the blue mountain but when you look out from the memorial at mount York where the explorers stopped you can still see Blue Mountains beyond that point. So we need to find out the truth.

Almost There

  • Guile, M 2012, Stories from Australia's History, MacMillan Publishers, South Yarra, Vic.
  • Australian History Mysteries, 24 April, 3 March. WWW.AustralianHistoryMysteries.info
  • History in detail BlueMountains,19 February, 6 March, WWW.HistoryInDetailBluemts.com.au

A road was built and the Europeans started to settle.

There was just one problem,.........

The Aboriginals rightfully owned that land, a battle raged between them for a long time but the Europeans won.

Here is what the Europeans caused...

BEFORE

AFTER

After settlement, the explorers were sent out again to explore the rest of the Blue Mountains.

THE AIM

The aim for these explorers was to find new land to graze sheep and grow crops.

At Mount York as we know it today the explorers found enough grazing land to last at least 30 years. They couldn't wait to get back to NSW, go to Governor Macquarie and claim their reward.

The trip back was much faster. Despite getting a little lost on the last day they still made it.

By Ellie Goeman

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