1938 MAP (PART 4) RED HANDS CAVE GLENBROOK

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The Red Hands Cave at Glenbrook is one of the most accessible indigenous art sites in the Sydney district. Please respect it. A good starting point is this National Parks website here.

See also this video by Chris Osborne here.

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1938 MAP (PART 3) BLUE POOL GLENBROOK CREEK

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This walk includes what is now the main vehicle access point into the Glenbrook section of the Blue Mountains National Park. You will definitely need a current street directory and modern walks guide book. A lot has changed since 1938.

Here is a link to a "Wildwalks" map and information site. 

Here is a link to a video by Yoshisaurus Rex of a visit to the Blue Pool.

Since Route 3 is near enough the same as Route 2, here is the information on it, to help your planning

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1938 MAP AND WALKS INFORMATION (PART 2): THE BLUFF LOOKOUT GLENBROOK

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1938 MAP AND WALKS INFORMATION (PART 2). THE BLUFF LOOKOUT GLENBROOK

Here is a link to the NSW Department of Environment and Heritage site where you can read about the history of the location.

Bluff Lookout Glenbrook.

You are strongly recommended to consult a modern street directory and to consult a current guide book to the Blue Mountains.

This link will take you to a short video (by pincbit) taken at the Bluff Lookout Glenbrook .

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1938 MAP AND WALKS INFORMATION (Part 1)

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1938 MAP AND WALKING TOURS ON THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN BLAXLAND AND WENTWORTH FALLS. This publication by the NSW Railways Department has maps and information on numerous walks. This page is simply the section which introduces the map. You will need to use it when you want explanations about symbols etc. This folder belonged to Grandma Hayward.

You will find a lot of interesting things that modern books will not mention (and vice versa, of course).

Wentworth Falls April 1957

If anyone has a copy of the related folder dealing with areas higher up the Blue Mountains than Wentworth Falls would they please let me know.

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CHARLES DARWIN CROSSES THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN 1836

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Painting by G Richmond

CHARLES DARWIN CROSSES THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN 1836

Today when we hear or read about “The Voyage of the Beagle” we immediately think of the young Charles Darwin gathering material for his research into the theory of evolution. While it’s true that he made use of a lot of the information and specimens he collected on that voyage, the story of the Beagle, or at least Darwin’s part in it, is that of a young naturalist being given the opportunity to explore a world full of undiscovered and unexplained wonders.

The “Beagle” was on a world trip of scientific exploration (1831-36). In January 1836 the ship arrived in Sydney and Darwin (along with several others) made his only inland journey in Australia, across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst. Read his account in the pages below.

Reproduction of frontispiece by RT Pritchett from the first Murray illustrated edition, 1890. “HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan at Monte Sarmiento".  

The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of “The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle”, the other volumes of which were written or edited by the commanders of the ships. Journal and Remarks covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Due to the popularity of Darwin's account, the publisher reissued it later in 1839 as Darwin's Journal of Researches, and the revised second edition published in 1845 used this title. A republication of the book in 1905 introduced the title The Voyage of the "Beagle", by which it is now best known.

The pages below are from an 1845 printing, located by searching “Trove”.

One final word. The point where the Mudgee track left the Bathurst road is quite close to where I live. Mudgee St is still there. The map dates from 1842.

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