Mount Piddington
{{Short description|Mountain in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{other uses|Piddington (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Piddington
| native_name = {{native name|und|Wirindi|paren=omit}} (Aboriginal){{citation needed|date=May 2015}}
| photo = Mount Piddington view.jpg
| photo_caption = A view from Mount Piddington, looking southeast
| elevation_m = 1,094
| elevation_ref =
| location = Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
| range = Explorer Range
| map = Australia New South Wales
| range_coordinates =
| label_position = left
| map_size = 250
| map_caption = Location in New South Wales, Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|33|36|S|150|15|E|type:mountain_region:AU-NSW_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{NSW GNR|id=ujlpWyKmJP|title=Mount Piddington|access-date=12 May 2015}}
}}
Mount Piddington (Aboriginal: Wirindi){{cite book|title=Rock-climbs at Mount Piddington |author=SUMC |editor=Kim Carrigan}} is a mountain in the Explorer Range of the Blue Mountains region, located south of the village of Mount Victoria in New South Wales, Australia.
It is accessible from the village via a loop road and is the starting point of several bushwalking tracks leading to caves, rock climbing areas, and the valley floor.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/blue-mountains/katoomba-area/mount-victoria/attractions/mount-piddington-lookout|title=Mount Piddington Lookout|publisher=Destination NSW}}
The mountain overlooks the Kanimbla Valley, although views are somewhat obstructed by eucalypt trees.
History
Mountt Piddington is named after William Richman Piddington, former colonial treasurer under Henry Parkes, who owned land on the site{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=McDonald|first=D. I.|title=Piddington, William Richman (1815–1887)|volume=5|year=1974|id2=piddington-william-richman-4398}} and "felled many trees on its summit in order that visitors might enjoy the view" some time before April 1871.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218741115 |title=OUR BLUE MOUNTAIN ROAD. |newspaper=Lithgow Mercury |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 June 1912 |access-date=2 April 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60871499 |title=SCENERY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. |newspaper=Empire |issue=6043 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 April 1871 |access-date=2 April 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The land owned by Piddington was bequeathed to the public and named Mount Piddington Reserve.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13694520 |title=GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=15,733 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 August 1888 |access-date=2 April 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} The area covered an area of 200 acres.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14088262 |title=COUNTRY NEWS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=18,380 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1897 |access-date=2 April 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1885, the government extended the reserve by 68 acres.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219877240 |title=RESERVE FROM SALE FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=398 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 September 1885 |access-date=2 April 2017 |page=5879 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1897, 7 acres of the reserve were resumed for "railway purposes".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14089063 |title=AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=18,384 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1897 |access-date=2 April 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Rockclimbing
Mt Piddington (Piddo), is a significant area of traditional climbing in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://climbingschool.com.au/guiding/piddington/ |title=Mt Piddington |publisher=Blue Mountains Climbing School}} It includes Janicepts (21), first ascended by John Ewbank in 1966, and freed by Mike Law in 1973, making it the hardest climb in the country at that time.{{cite web|url=http://www.chockstone.org/Interviews/MLaw.htm |title=Interview: Dr. Michael Law |publisher=Chockstone}}
See also
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- {{section link|List of mountains of Australia|New South Wales}}
References
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