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Looking across to the Blue Mountains from Sydney

Looking across to the Blue Mountains from Sydney in 1788, the early settlers did not suspect the difficulty that the crossing of this seemingly modest range would pose. The most notable of the early attempts was made in 1804 by George Caley, a plant collector who had arrived in Sydney in 1800 under an arrangement made by Sir Joseph Banks.

He reached `Fern Tree Hill', as he called what later became known as Mount Tomah, before going on to nearby Mount Banks, which he named for his patron, before turning back.

The Blue Mountains were finally conquered when a way across was found further south in 1813, followed by the building of a road in 1815. Subsequently, in1823, Archibald Bell, then only nineteen, found a northern route, via Mount Tomah, and a second road was constructed.