The Story of Bathurst

In 1813 George William Evans, Assistant Surveyor of the Colony of New South Wales, discovered the site of Bathurst after an arduous journey over the Blue Mountains. He described what he saw as `the best grass I have seen in any part of New South Wales... it is in general the sweetest in an open country...' Thus began the history of Bathurst, the oldest inland city in Australia and one of the most attractive and interesting...