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George Evans Expedition (Footsteps in Time)Print Page 
The monument commemorates the remarking of the first survey over the Blue Mountains by George Evans in 1813 and 1814.
George William Evans (5 January 1780 – 16 October 1852) was a surveyor and early explorer in the colony of New South Wales. On 13 November 1813 Governor Lachlan Macquarie sent Evans across the Blue Mountains into the Wiradjuri nation of central-western New South Wales to confirm the findings of the exploration party of Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth. He was the first European to record meeting with the Wiradjuri people of the region.
Evans generally followed the route of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth, reaching the end of their route on 26 November 1813 at a point Evans named Mount Blaxland. Evan's party then moved on and discovered the Fish River area and further west near the junction of the now named Fish and Campbell Rivers and described two plains in his view, the O'Connell Plains and the Macquarie Plains. It was on 9 December that he reached the site of present day Bathurst.
Location
| Address: | Station Street, Wentworth Falls, 2785 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.709768 Long: 150.376156 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Exploration |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | December-1813 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | January-1814 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 8th April, 1989 |
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Traverse of George Wiliam Evans
1813 - 1814
Latitude -33° 42` 40"
Longitude 150° 22` 29"
4th Jan. 1814
Wentworh Falls marker
Unveiled by Gwen Hammond
Great, great, great granddaughter of George Evans
8th April 1989
Footsteps in time
The re-marking of the first survey over the Blue Mountains by George William Evans
December 1813 - January 1814
This monument is placed as close to the location of Evans` surveyed line as can be calculated from his original field book
It is identical to the base of a trigonometrical survey pillar, currently used throughout N.S.W. for major surveys, of which Evans` work was a forerunner
