Kings Tableland
Kings Tableland | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
Coordinates | 33°49′S 150°24′E / 33.817°S 150.400°E[1] |
Geography | |
Parent range | Blue Mountains Range |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Sydney sandstone plateau |
The Kings Tableland is a plateau located in the Blue Mountains in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Geography
The ridge is an eroded remnant of a
Situated to the west of the Blue Labyrinth area, Kings Tableland extends from Bodington Hill south to McMahons Lookout, with views over Lake Burragorang, and further about 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi). The plateau was named by Governor Macquarie after King George III.[1]
It extends southwards from
Along the way is Battleship Tops,[3] an aboriginal meeting place where ochre paintings could be seen, though these have been damaged by vandalism. A 2007 survey of the area found four rock shelters with paintings and several other sites.[4]
Indigenous significance
A portion of the Kings Tablelands has been
Modern developments
A road from Wentworth Falls runs north and south along the plateau to the current lookout area of McMahons Point. Before the construction of Warragamba Dam the track continued down the escarpment along a track all the way to the Cox's River area in the Burragorang Valley.[7] There is a track descending from the western edge down into the Jamison Valley, originally leading to the old (now abandoned) sewerage works below the cliffs at Katoomba. The abandoned Queen Victoria Hospital is also located on Kings Tableland.
Gallery
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Aerial View Queen Victoria Sanitorium Kings Tableland, 2017
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Grinding grooves, Aboriginal site, 2009.
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Allocasuarina nana, commonly known as the Dwarf She-Oak, found on Kings Tablelands, 2011.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Kings Tableland". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Report on Kings Tableland, Wentworth Falls". City Planning Branch. City of Blue Mountains. November 2006. p. 3. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Photo of Battleship Tops". Panoramio. 5 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "August 2007 Update from the World Heritage Unit" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 21 May 2013. Archivedfrom the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- Commonwealth of Australia. 1998. p. 49. Archived(PDF) from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Heritage listing of Old Road". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
Bibliography
- Smith, Jim (2009). "New insights into Gundungurra place naming". In Koch, Harold (ed.). Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Re-Naming the Australian Landscape (PDF). Canberra: ISBN 9781921666087.
External links
- Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia Aerial video of the Jamison Valley and Kings Tableland.