The Blue Mountains is a famous Australian mountainous range west of Sydney in Australia. Sydneys metro sprawl pushes up to the base of the famous mountain range at penrith and the hawkesbury areas.
The mountains officially start about 60 kilometres to the west of Sydney.The famous Blue Mountains National park starts near the western side of the Nepean River and all the way in the west to the trout laden Coxs River.
The plateaus and deep gorges descend to over 500 metres but also rise to snow capped points over 1,000 metres above sea level.The majority of the Blue Mountains National park is listed as a World Heritage area which also includes seven national parks.They were listed in the 1970`s as conservation areas.
The rugged Mountainous area also includes the City of Hawkesbury, City of Blue Mountains, and the small City of Oberon and remote western city of Lithgow which to this day is hostile country outside the city.
It is well known that there were thousands of years of habitation before white settlers moved into the area.They have left us their art as a reminder of their presence.The well known hand stencil art is in Red Hands Cave at.We have also found axe sharpening areas.
The local koori`s mainly used two different routes to move round the rugged hills and valleys.The trails were on the bilpin ridge and the other was near the present day Cox`s river.The river paths were easier and lead onwards to the farms of the kanimbla valley.
Early settlers believed the rugged mountains were not passable due to the rugged terrain as well as the dense foliage they encountered.The governor at the time encouraged the population to think the mountains could not be passed to discourage escape attempts.This mindset worked for several years.
A released former convict, John p Wilson, is now believed by many historians to have actually been the first white man to have managed to crossed the Blue Mountains.He also lived with local koori`s and came back in 1797.He is the forgotten man in Australian history books.
Wilsons descriptions of the areas were later proven to be fairly accurate but he may not have been recognised as the first one due to the authorities of the time seeking to confuse convicts on the possible escape routes they could use.He was killed by aboriginals after abducting one of their women.
The mountains officially start about 60 kilometres to the west of Sydney.The famous Blue Mountains National park starts near the western side of the Nepean River and all the way in the west to the trout laden Coxs River.
The plateaus and deep gorges descend to over 500 metres but also rise to snow capped points over 1,000 metres above sea level.The majority of the Blue Mountains National park is listed as a World Heritage area which also includes seven national parks.They were listed in the 1970`s as conservation areas.
The rugged Mountainous area also includes the City of Hawkesbury, City of Blue Mountains, and the small City of Oberon and remote western city of Lithgow which to this day is hostile country outside the city.
It is well known that there were thousands of years of habitation before white settlers moved into the area.They have left us their art as a reminder of their presence.The well known hand stencil art is in Red Hands Cave at.We have also found axe sharpening areas.
The local koori`s mainly used two different routes to move round the rugged hills and valleys.The trails were on the bilpin ridge and the other was near the present day Cox`s river.The river paths were easier and lead onwards to the farms of the kanimbla valley.
Early settlers believed the rugged mountains were not passable due to the rugged terrain as well as the dense foliage they encountered.The governor at the time encouraged the population to think the mountains could not be passed to discourage escape attempts.This mindset worked for several years.
A released former convict, John p Wilson, is now believed by many historians to have actually been the first white man to have managed to crossed the Blue Mountains.He also lived with local koori`s and came back in 1797.He is the forgotten man in Australian history books.
Wilsons descriptions of the areas were later proven to be fairly accurate but he may not have been recognised as the first one due to the authorities of the time seeking to confuse convicts on the possible escape routes they could use.He was killed by aboriginals after abducting one of their women.
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