Tag Archives: Great Western Highway

Victoria Pass: A History of Mount Victoria’s Great Colonial Road

By | May 14, 2026

Victoria Pass Facebook Group Ask Roz Blue Mountains Facebook The Land Before the Road Long before a European wheel ever turned on the rocky escarpment at Mount Victoria, the Blue Mountains were home to the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples — the traditional custodians of Country whose deep and unbroken connection to this landscape stretches back… Read More »

Historic Katoomba Railway Station and Goods Shed dating back to 1881.

By | January 15, 2024

In 1881 a new timber platform and station were built in Katoomba, to the west of the level-crossing. The goods yard between the station and Bathurst Road, then the Great Western Highway, was developed in 1883-4, with a goods shed, dock, siding and crane (which is still on the site, although not in its original position).… Read More »