Linden is a village in the Blue Mountains of

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, 82 km west of

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. The village is on the

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. It shares a post office, and therefore the 2778 postcode, with adjoining Woodford. In the , its population was 594, including 19 indigenous people (3.2%).

Description and history

The railway station at Linden was built in 1874 and was named after Linden Lodge, the home built in 1865 by local businessman William Jolley Henderson. Linden was originally known as Seventeen Mile Hollow because of its location 17 miles (27.35 km) from the

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. It was originally the location of a tollhouse erected in 1849 and demolished in the 1860s during the construction of the railway. The village is near the grave of John Donohoe, a road-gang convict who died on 25 June 1837. It is also near Caley's Repulse, a mound of rocks in the shape of a pyramid that was believed to have been constructed by Aborigines. However, some sources maintain that this is a fallacy and that the pile of rocks actually date back to 1912, when a group from the Royal Australian Historical Society made a pile of rocks in the wrong place.How to See the Blue Mountains, Jim Smith (Second Back Row Press) 1986, p.70 Other nearby attractions include King's Cave and Linden Observatory. Linden Creek, which carves a deep valley on the north side of Linden, is a major tributary of the

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Heritage listings

Linden has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Blue Mountains National Park:

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* 91–111 Glossop Road: Linden Observatory Complex * off Railway Parade: Cox's Road and Early Deviations – Linden, Linden Precinct

Gallery

Image:DonohoesGrave2.JPG, Donohoe's Grave Image:KingsCave.JPG, Kings Cave

References

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Suburbs of the City of Blue Mountains Towns in New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub