Scott Bird Heritage Photography
Documenting Australia's rich Aboriginal and European history.
Blue Mountains : Blackheath
Blackheath is a small suburb surrounding the highest point in the Blue Mountains - first crossed in 1813 by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth.
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Blue Mountains, Sydney, NSW, Australia
View from Govett's Leap, Blackheath. Named for Assistant Surveyor William Romaine Govett; who first noted this spot in June 1831. The name refers to the waterfall ('Leap' is Scots for waterfall or cataract), which is also referred to as Bridal Veil Falls.
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