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Lilianfels Park, Katoomba, for auction sale on the ground at 3 pm, Saturday 9th January '09

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Piercy Ethell & Co
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[MAP Folder 79, LFSP 1189 (Copy 1)]

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Echo Point

Situated in Gundungurra and Darug country, Echo Point emerged as a major tourist destination in the 1920s and today attracts around 1.4 million visitors a year. Combining a 'holiday playground' atmosphere with the sublime, Echo Point is a compelling site for thinking about the many different ways of seeing that have shaped the Blue Mountains landscape: Indigenous, Romantic, commercial and environmental.

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Blue Mountains

Part of the Great Dividing Range west of Sydney, reaching a height of 1100 metres. In 1829 the name for the area used by the local Aboriginal people was recorded as being Colomatta .

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Echo Point

Point south of Katoomba which juts into the Kedumba Valley. The lookout offers spectacular views of the valley the the Three Sisters.

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Jamison Valley

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Part of the Coxs River canyon system in the Blue Mountains, surrounded by sandstone cliffs and densely forested. The valley was named by Governor Lachlan Macquarie for Sir John Jamison, landowner and doctor.

Katoomba

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Chief town of the Blue Mountains with a name which means 'falling together of many streams' or 'waters tumble over hill'. It grew after the construction of the western railway from Sydney enabled a prosperous coal and shale mining industry and brought tourists to see the scenic beauty of the area.

Lilianfels

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Summer residence in late Victorian-early Queen Anne style comprising house, kitchen, cottage and extensive gardens. Built for the lieutenant governor it now functions as a restaurant in a luxury hotel.