Wolgan

Wolgan by a path (which I descended), partly natural and partly made by the owner of the land, they cannot escape; for this valley is in every other part surrounded by perpendicular cliffs, and eight miles lower down it contracts from an average width of half a mile, to a mere chasm, impassable to man or beast.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Wolgan by a path (which I descended), partly natural and partly made by the owner of the land, they cannot escape; for this valley is in every other part surrounded by perpendicular cliffs, and eight miles lower down it contracts from an average width of half a mile, to a mere chasm, impassable to man or beast.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The rocks at Wolgan Gap are a coarse sandstone stained almost black by an iron oxide derived from included bands of ironstone.

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

They were first discovered at Wolgan Gap about sixty years ago, but others have been known for a longer time, for instance, those at Greenwich, Parametta River, near Sydney.

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

They were first discovered at Wolgan Gap about sixty years ago, but others have been known for a longer time, for instance, those at Greenwich, Parametta River, near Sydney.

The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915

The rocks at Wolgan Gap are a coarse sandstone stained almost black by an iron oxide derived from included bands of ironstone.

The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915

When cattle are driven into the valley of the Wolgan by a path (which I descended), partly natural and partly made by the owner of the land, they cannot escape; for this valley is in every other part surrounded by perpendicular cliffs, and eight miles lower down, it contracts from an average width of half a mile, to a mere chasm, impassable to man or beast.

Chapter XIX 1909

When cattle are driven into the valley of the Wolgan by a path (which I descended), partly natural and partly made by the owner of the land, they cannot escape; for this valley is in every other part surrounded by perpendicular cliffs, and eight miles lower down it contracts from an average width of half a mile, to a mere chasm, impassable to man or beast.

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845

How Wolgan Valley balances conservation and $2,000-a-night villas.

Forbes.com: News Hannah Elliott 2011

How Wolgan Valley balances conservation and $2,000-a-night villas.

Forbes.com: News Michael Corbett 2011