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Hartley Vale, New South Wales
Hartley Vale is a small village in the Blue Mountains (Australia), Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 150 kilometres west of Sydney and 12 kilometres south-east of Lithgow, New South Wales, Lithgow. It is in the local government area of the City of Lithgow. Description Hartley Vale is centred on Hartley Vale Road, which stretches from Darling Causeway to the Great Western Highway. The area is largely open countryside with many substantial private properties, bounded by the River Lett to the north and Mount York to the south. The village is approximately five kilometres west of the Main Western Railway—which runs from Sydney to Lithgow and beyond—and ten kilometres from the nearest railway station at Bell, New South Wales, Bell. History The valley is an historic area where the early roads over the Blue Mountains came down into the plains found to the west of the mountains. The first road through the mountains was built by William Cox (pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook County, New South Wales
Cook County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains (Australia), Blue Mountains, between the Colo River in the north, and the Coxs River in the south and west, encompassing Lithgow, New South Wales, Lithgow, Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Mount Victoria, Katoomba, New South Wales, Katoomba, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Wentworth Falls, Lawson, New South Wales, Lawson and most of the other towns in the Blue Mountains. The Nepean River is the border to the east. Before 1834, the area was part of the Westmoreland, Northumberland and Roxburgh countie Cook County was named in honour of the navigator James Cook (1728–1779). The Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859. Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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