Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Lawson

Central Blue Mountains town named for the explorer who crossed the mountains with Blaxland and Wentworth in 1813. In the early twentieth century it grew to be a major tourist destination and administrative centre.

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Name
Alternate
24 Mile Hollow
Alternate
Blue Mountain
Alternate
Christmas Swamp
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Lawson

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2010

Long home to the Darug and Gundungurra people, the place that became Lawson was renamed for one of the first Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains. It subsequently became important as a stopping place on the road west, and a holiday destination for Sydneysiders.