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Weeping Rock

Notes: A small but iconic waterfall on Jamison Creek above the main falls, named for the rock formation adjacent to Darwin's Walk. The Rock was popular on postcard views from the early 1900s and first described in The Railway Guide to NSW 1879. Since Wentworth Falls Lake was built upstream and enlarged in the early 20th Century, it rarely gets enough water to display its full glory. Charles Darwin visited here on his journey to Bathurst in January 1836, when HMS Beagle berthed in Sydney.

 

Format: Albumen photoprint, Caney Photo no. 127, 11" x 9" (280 mm x 230 mm).

 

Date Range: c.1880

 

Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.

 

Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au

 

Part of: Local Studies Collection

 

Provenance: The McBroom album

 

Links: flic.kr/p/6dV63g

jmerriman.blogspot.com.au/2008/01/charles-darwin-at-weath...

 

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Uploaded on October 26, 2015
Taken circa 1880