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"The name of the mountain was formerly spelled "Mount Kosciusko," an Anglicisation; but the version "Mount Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales." --Wikipedia Size Does Matter! "Various measurements of the peak originally called by that name showed it to be slightly lower than its neighbour, Mount Townsend, and the names were thereupon transposed by the New South Wales Lands Department, so that Mount Kosciuszko still remains the name of the highest peak of Australia, and Mount Townsend ranks as second." -- Year Book Australia, 1910

it reminds me the old time. beautiful photo!

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trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163799609/16798677 - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 25th December, 1897...in a 'Sketcher' article titled 'Kosciusko in Spring Time', by photographer Charles Kerry...see pic on 2nd page of link...mid lhs Several other pics in the PHM's collection also appeared in the Sydney Mail's pictorial...see comments/links here www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3593606829/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A similar pictorial, titled 'The Ascent of Kosciusko', appeared in the Australian Town and Country Journal on this same date...see comments/links here... www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3594416848/

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71388002 - the Australian Town and Country Journal, 15th December, 1900...the central oval pic here looks to have been taken on the same occasion...see pic on 1st page of link...

Wombeyan Caves are limestone caves to the west of the highway between Goulburn and Mittagong. There are two ways in - from the Goulburn to Oberon road, which is on a relatively straightforward sealed road, or from Mittagong which is a narrow, twisting unsealed road. This tunnel is on the road from Mittagong.

The tunnel in March 2009

This photograph is part of the Indicommons.org then-and-now feature Tunnel, Wombeyan Caves Road. Love that you could add more info from this!

The capstone of the arch inscribed "AD 1899" has an amusing story told in great style here - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14292766 . Wombeyan Caves Road was originally known as the Duprez Road after Adolf Duprez, and officially opened in January 1900.

Check this out, not quite aligned, but still pretty cool! -

pellethepoet That's amazing. And spooky - the Ghost of Photographers Past. I have been looking for this tunnel on Google Street View for yonks, based on the wrong geotagging of Ian Sanderson and Powerhouse Museum. This is the right location (press 'Link' for ultra precise geo information buried in the URL) - maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=...