Category:Explorers' Cairn
granite monument (memorial cairn) commemorating the crossing of the Blue Mountains by explorers Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson  | |||||
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Here on South Creek was Gregory Blaxland's Farm. From it, on May 11, 1813, he set out with William Wentworth attended by four servants, with four pack-horses and five dogs on the first expedition that crossed the Blue Mountains.
Dedicated in 1938, the memorial is notable in demonstrating the important event in the historical development of the opening of a crossing at the Blue Mountains by Gregory Blaxland, Henry Lawson and William Wentworth and is a remembrance of this event by the local community in the sesqui-centenary of European settlement of Australia. The memorial is an excellent and large example of a civic roadside memorial of the period and utilising a mix of dress stones and lettering style, evocative of its age. The significance of the memorial is enhanced by its small road reserve near Blaxland’s Luddenham estate.
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- This entry is based upon the NSW Heritage listing, which is licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Media in category "Explorers' Cairn"
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