Location Name - The Gully Aboriginal Place
21 Gates Ave
Katoomba 2780

Council: Blue Mountains City Council
Region: WESTERN SYDNEY
Location ID: 10235799


AKA: Garguree

Website:
https://yoursay.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/gully-plan (Website)

Description:
For thousands of years Garguree - which means The Gully - was a campsite that sustained the Gundungurra and Darug people. Indigenous communities were displaced when council approved a car racing track - the Catalina circuit - in 1957. It has been recognised as an Aboriginal place since 2002. The Gully forms the headwaters of the Katoomba Falls Creek and is therefore part of the Warragamba Catchment area that provides Sydney’s water. It is an ecologically and culturally sensitive place. The 81 hectare site includes the Catalina Lake (which was the centrepiece for an amusement park in the 1940s), the old race track, interpretive signage, a yarning circle and regenerated wetlands.

Jurisdictions::
Blue Mountains City Council

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