The
Blue Mountains region is rich in history. Once considered an impassable
barrier, the Blue Mountains is now a major gateway to Western New
South Wales.
The
Three Sisters
(922, 918 & 906 metres tall, respectively)
The
Legend...
The
Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni',
'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members
of the Katoomba tribe.
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These
beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from
the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry.
The
brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use
force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.
As
the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor
from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters
into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended
to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witchdoctor himself
was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to return the ladies
to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent
rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.
Visit
the Blue Mountains Information web site www.bluemts.com.au
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