Editing Jamison Valley (section)

==History==

===Indigenous history===
The traditional inhabitants of the land in what is now known as the Jamison Valley are the [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] [[Gundungurra]] people<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/aboriginalplaces/KingsTableland.htm |title=Atlas of Aboriginal Places: Kings Tableland |work=[[Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales)|Office of Environment & Heritage]] |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=21 May 2013 |access-date=1 July 2013 }}</ref> who are estimated to have lived in the region for {{formatnum:40000}} years, stretching south towards the [[Burragorang Valley]], north of [[Goulburn, New South Wales|Goulburn]].<ref>{{cite web |format=PDF |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/blue-mountains/pubs/gbm-nomination.pdf |title=The Greater Blue Mountains Area: World Heritage Nomination |publisher=[[Commonwealth of Australia]] |year=1998 |work=prepared by the [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]] in association with [[Environment Australia]] |access-date=1 July 2013 |page=49 }}</ref>

===European history===
The Jamison Valley was named by Governor [[Lachlan Macquarie]] in honour of Sir [[John Jamison]] (1776-1844), a prominent landowner and physician who visited the Blue Mountains with the governor in 1815.

Later, as local towns were beginning to develop, the British naturalist [[Charles Darwin]] toured the area. He stayed at the Weatherboard Inn in [[Wentworth Falls, New South Wales|Wentworth Falls]] in 1836, and undertook a walk along Jamison Creek to the escarpment of the Jamison Valley, where he was impressed by the views. His route is now commemorated as Darwin's Walk, starting in Wilson Park, Wentworth Falls, and following Jamison Creek to the escarpment.<ref>Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton (Kangaroo Press) 2004, p. 207</ref>

Coal mining in the valley was started around 1872 by John Britty North, with large-scale infrastructure ([[Katoomba Scenic Railway]]) used to overcome the terrain.