Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Sun Valley

Lower Blue Mountains rural locality separated from Valley Heights in the 1990s.

-33.712966532941, 150.59237811831

Name
Alternate
Deane's Valley
Alternate
Fitzgerald's Valley
Alternate
The Valley
Property
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Type

Sun Valley

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Dharug and Gundungurra people left many markers of their use of Sun Valley, from art to toolmaking grooves. Europeans first came in 1813, and the valley was used as a resting place while crossing the mountains for decades afterwards. Farming and market gardening also took place, along with timber-getting. Since the 1960s inhabitants of small farmlets have formed a rural community.