Last October’s bushfires meant that 2013 was not a good year for the Blue Mountains. It should have been a year of celebration. However, unless you paid very close attention, you probably missed the fact that last year marked the 200th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in Australian history — the crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth.
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Richard Allsop is a research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.
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