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Macquarie Pass

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NameMacquarie PassAlternative NameMacquarie Pass National ParkDescriptionDharawal people travelled up and down a track from the valley at Macquarie Pass to the escarpment for thousands of years before European settlers came to the area.

Carl Webber was employed to map a route for a road up Macquarie Pass, and Archibald Campbell MLA for the Illawarra paid for the cost of the initial survey.

Macquarie Pass officially opened 4 July 1898. A marble tablet marking the opening of the Pass was placed on a rock wall at the top hair pin bend. It reads -

Macquarie Pass opened July 4th 1898 by the Hon. J. B. Young Minister for Works and Archibald Campbell M.P., this tablet erected by the Borough Council L. R. Mood Mayor Shellharbour, S.N. Co. J. Fraser J.P. Chairman, Albion Park A&H Society J. Brownlie President Robertson A. Society W.R. Hindmarsh President.

In 1969, Macquarie Pass was reserved as Macquarie Pass National Park, an area of 1,064 hectares.

Officially Assigned 23 July 1976.External LinkThe Macquarie Pass 1888The Macquarie Pass 1888Select Poetry Macquarie Pass - Phillip D Lorimer 1892Macquarie Falls Near Robinson 1895 1895The Macquarie Pass 1896The Macquarie Pass 1898Scenes in the Vicinity of the New Road, Macquarie Pass 1898The Macquarie Pass 1898Opening of the Macquarie Pass 1898Scenes in the Vicinity of the New Road Macquarie Pass 1898Macquarie Pass, Moss Vale-Albion Park Road 1899A Thriving Southern Town Robertson and District 1917Fine Falls Weekend Trip 1931Macquarie Pass Some Early History 1932Through Macquarie Pass 1936Beauty of Macquarie Pass 1938Roberton's Attraction for Tourists 1938

Hanging Rock, Clover Hill, Macquarie Pass, c.1990.

Hanging Rock, Clover Hill, Macquarie Pass, c.1990.

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PersonOwen, EvelynThomas, HenryTurner, Benjamin HoraceErskine, HarryFamilyThomasThompsonOwenPlaceNurrewinClover HillClover FallsLocalityShellharbour City LGACollectionPlaces

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