Mount Victoria is located within the Ngurra (or Country) of the Dharug and Gundungurra People. Blue Mountains City Council pays respect to Elders past and present, while recognising the strength, capacity and resilience of past and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Blue Mountains region.

European occupation began in the 1830’s, when a convict stockade was located here for the newly established road across the Blue Mountains which included the technically challenging Victoria Pass, which opened in 1832. While known by several other names such as Hassan’s Walls, Broughton’s Waterhole and One Tree Hill, the village was not officially named Mount Victoria until 1868.

Historically, Mount Victoria was a significant thoroughfare and tourist destination.  Mount Victoria was an important  railway terminus on the western line for many years and was a major tourist town until after World War One. It was a bustling and fashionable resort village, serving as the main refreshment stop for train travellers to Bathurst, and the launch point for visits to the Jenolan Caves. Its enduring railway station complex and grand hotels testify to its former tourism heydays.

Following World War 1, villages like Blackheath and Katoomba overtook Mount Victoria in popularity as tourist destinations. However, its nineteenth century cultural landscape of rural open space