1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains

1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains, Australia
	Earliest pictorial representation of the crossing from The Sydney Mail, 25 December 1880
Date	11 May 1813 – 6 June 1813
Duration	27 days
Location	Blaxland's Farm – Blue Mountains – Mt Blaxland
Organised by	Gregory Blaxland
Participants	Gregory Blaxland; William Lawson; William Charles Wentworth;
Awards	Land Grants

The 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains was the expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, which became the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales by European settlers. The crossing enabled the settlers to access and use the land west of the mountains for farming, and made possible the establishment of Australia's first inland colonial settlement at Bathurst.

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