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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.
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.
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 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