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The clock was erected in 1938 by the citizens of Penrith to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth and four servants in 1813. It also commemorates the further expeditions and surveys by George Evans and party. 

George W. Evans surveyed and William Cox constructed a road from the Nepean River to the Bathurst Plains beginning work on the 18th July 1814. A second plaque was erected by the Royal Australian and Nepean District Historical Society on the 16th November 1963 to record that Evans set out on the 20th November 1813 from near this spot and found a way across the Dividing Range to the Bathurst Plains and the Macquarie and Lachlan Rivers.

Next Saturday will be an important day in the history of Penrith, when his Excellency the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, will unveil the clock memorial in High Street, near the Log House, commemorating the crossing of the Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth. The final arrangements for the ceremony are well in hand. It will be broadcast over the air from Station 2KA, "Voice of the Mountains," and both Cinesound and Fox Movietone News will film the ceremony. Owing to the large number, that have requested invitations, it will be a big problem to arrange accommodation, but it is hoped that everyone will be provided for. The Penrith Band will assemble at the Drill Hall, and march to the memorial, playing en route, and will play selections prior to the arrival of the Governor. The secretary (Mr E. F. Rule) requests that all attending the ceremony arrive at 2.30 p.m. to enable them to take up the seats allotted to them, and thus save any delay and possible confusion. The Returned Soldiers of the district are forming a guard of honour to his Excellency, on arrival. 
Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW), 8 September 1938.  

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