Mount Victoria, New South Wales

Mount Victoria New South Wales
Mount Victoria Hotel in the 1920s
Mount Victoria
Coordinates	33°35′S 150°15′E / 33.583°S 150.250°E / -33.583; 150.250Coordinates: 33°35′S 150°15′E / 33.583°S 150.250°E / -33.583; 150.250
Population	823 (2011 census)
Established	1866
Postcode(s)	2786
Elevation	1,052 m (3,451 ft)
Location	120 km (75 mi) WNW of Sydney CBD 15 km (9 mi) NNW of Katoomba
LGA(s)	City of Blue Mountains
County	Cook
Parish	Hartley
State electorate(s)	Blue Mountains
Federal Division(s)	Macquarie
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 16.3 °C 61 °F 7.2 °C 45 °F 1,061.5 mm 41.8 in
Localities around Mount Victoria: Hartley Vale Bell Blue Mountains National Park Little Hartley Mount Victoria Mount York Megalong Valley Megalong Valley Blackheath

Mount Victoria (postcode: 2786) is a small township in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is the westernmost village in the City of Blue Mountains, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) by road from the Sydney central business district and at an altitude of about 1,052 metres (3,451 ft) AHD . The settlement had a population of 823 people at the 2011 Census.

Mount Victoria is located on an escarpment plateau extension of Mount York, the site of a camp on the original Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813. The area was originally marked as One Tree Hill on an early map dating from 1834 by the Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Mitchell. This is why when the township was established in 1866 it was known as One Tree Hill.

After the road across the Blue Mountains was constructed a toll bar was opened about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east from the present township in 1849 and the area was also known as Broughton's Waterhole Toll Bar. Coaches were charged at the toll according to how well sprung they were, ones without springs were not charged as it was believed they would help crush the road surface.

After the railway station, marking the termination of the Main Western railway line, was opened in 1869 the town also became known as Mount Victoria. The town's name was officially changed after the first Post Office was built in 1876.

By the late 19th century, the town had become a prosperous settlement and many private schools, including The School, Mount Victoria, were founded in the area, which become somewhat of a hill station retreat for wealthy Sydney families.