A history of the Turkish Bath at Mt Wilson in the Blue Mountains NSW.(New South Wales)

From: M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Reynolds, Mary | Copyright information

In the small village of Mt Wilson, a rather isolated community in the northern part of the Blue Mountains, with some 70 or 80 permanent residents, the Turkish Bath is tucked into a hill overlooking the rugged World Heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park and the Wollemi National Park.

It looks down on the Mt Irvine Road which runs between Mt Wilson at over 1,000 metres in altitude and Mt Irvine at 800 metres, both basalt capped with rich volcanic soil producing lush...

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