Katoomba is the chief town of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia and the administrative headquarters of Blue Mountains City Council. It is on the Great Western Highway 110 kilometres west of Sydney and 39 kilometres south-east of Lithgow. Katoomba Railway Station is on the Main Western line. Katoomba is well known for spectacular mountain views and extensive bush and nature walks in the surrounding Blue Mountains. Kedumba or Katta-toon-bah is an Aboriginal term for shining falling water or water tumbling over hill and takes its name from a waterfall that drops into the Jamison Valley below the Harrys Amphitheatre escarpment. Previously, the site was known as Williams Chimney and Collett Swamp. In 1874 the locality was named The Crushers after the name of the railway station that served a nearby quarry.
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