Wentworth Falls, New South Wales

Wentworth Falls New South Wales
Upper Wentworth Falls, the first section of Wentworth Falls waterfall near the town of the same name. The falls are in two drops, with Lower Wentworth Falls below.
Wentworth Falls
Coordinates	33°43′S 150°22′E / 33.717°S 150.367°E / -33.717; 150.367Coordinates: 33°43′S 150°22′E / 33.717°S 150.367°E / -33.717; 150.367
Population	5,934 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2782
Location	100 km (62 mi) W of Sydney CBD 8 km (5 mi) E of Katoomba
LGA(s)	City of Blue Mountains
State electorate(s)	Blue Mountains
Federal Division(s)	Macquarie
Suburbs around Wentworth Falls: Leura Blue Mountains National Park Blue Mountains National Park Leura Wentworth Falls Bullaburra Leura Jamison Valley Bullaburra

Wentworth Falls (postcode: 2782) is a town in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, situated approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Katoomba, Australia on the Great Western Highway, with a Wentworth Falls railway station on the Main Western line. The town is at an elevation of 867 metres (2,844 ft) AHD . At the 2011 census, Wentworth Falls had a population of 5,934.

Wentworth Falls hosts several festivals and events, including the Wentworth Falls Autumn Festival in April, the Wentworth Falls Public School Art and Craft Show in October and the Task Force 72 Annual Regatta in either November or December. Wentworth Falls is home to WFCC or Wentworth Falls Cricket Club. Established in 1892 it is one of the Blue Mountains' longest serving cricket clubs.

Kings Tableland, a plateau located at the south-east corner of Wentworth Falls, contains areas of major archaeological importance, including the Kings Tableland Aboriginal Site. This area is highly significant to the Gandangara,Darug and Wiradjuri people. Used as a gathering place for at least 22,000 years, the area contains a variety of cultural features, including engravings, axe-grinding grooves, modified rock pools and an occupation shelter.

Originally called The Weatherboard after the ‘Weatherboard Inn’ built in 1814, a year later the town was named Jamison’s Valley by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in honour of the colony's leading private citizen, Sir John Jamison. In July 1867, the first railway journey to the Blue Mountains left Penrith and traveled through to Weatherboard Station, where the train terminated. In 1879, the village took its name from a nearby system of waterfalls, which in turn were named for William Charles Wentworth, one of the men that headed the exploration to cross the mountains in 1813 and a friend of John Jamison.