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One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains)

mountain in the Blue Mountains, Australia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ39071026 ↗
Source-derived summary

One Tree Hill is a mountain peak at Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. There are two large water tanks surrounded by houses and a wooden sign that reads: "ONE TREE HILL 1111 M.(3645FT) ABOVE SEA LEVEL THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE CITY OF BLUE MOUNTAINS".

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains)” is mountain in the Blue Mountains, Australia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Tree, Hill and Blue, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1111—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Tree, Hill and Blue is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “mountain in the Blue Mountains, Australia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q39071026. Authority coordinates are -33.595, 150.257. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1111.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains) primary sources, One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains) archive and Tree research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “One Tree Hill (Blue Mountains)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.