The Hartley Valley Mt Blaxland Reserves Trust is an organisation created to care for and manage these Crown Lands (HVMBRLM).
Two public lands, Hartley Vale Cemetery and Mt Blaxland are looked after by a small team of people appointed by the Department of Crown Lands. These places have valuable history associated with the early Colonial period, into part of the 20th Century.
Explore this website to find out more about this history, how to visit and engage with the stories of people and families of the area.
See how you can visit the places and other historic sites associated with them. In particular check out the route of Cox’s Road the first road over the Blue Mountains which passes close to each of these places.
Fire: Hartley Vale Cemetery was severely burnt by the 2019 fires. Visit the photo gallery to seen how the place slowly recovered with the green native vegetation giving back the beauty of the place.
The trust is chaired by Wyn Jones