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The Aborigional Legend
The Legend goes that there were once three beautiful sisters Meehni, Wimlah and Gunnedoo. One day they fell in love with three brothers from the Nepean Tribe, yet law forbade them to marry. The brothers were angry to accept this law so they captured the sisters which caused a major tribal battle, meaning the lives of the three sisters were at risk.
A witch doctor from the Katoomba tribe turned the three sisters into stone to prevent them from harm. The witch doctor planned to turn the sisters back into their normal selves once the war was over but the witch doctor himself was killed. The sisters remained forevermore stone as only the witchdoctor could turn them back into their former beauty, and they still stand there today.
Size and Shape
Size and Shape
The Three Sisters range in different sizes from 906m to 922m tall.
The Three Sisters range in different sizes from 906m to 922m tall.
Where?
Where?
The Three Sisters are located at the blue mountains, Katoomba. There are also other scenes and sites to explore there.
The Three Sisters are located at the blue mountains, Katoomba. There are also other scenes and sites to explore there.
How It Was Made
How It Was Made
The Three Sisters were made by erosion because of the wind and rain. It is a really soft type of rock called sandstone which is easily eroded away.
The Three Sisters were made by erosion because of the wind and rain. It is a really soft type of rock called sandstone which is easily eroded away.
Why Are They Special?
Why Are They Special?
There are a lot of land formations in the Blue Mountains that have a special meaning to the Aboriginal people. The Three Sisters is a sacred land formation for the Gundungurra people. There is a story attached to the formation that tells of how the sisters were turned to stone by their father who was a witch doctor. He wanted to protect them from Bunyip.
There are a lot of land formations in the Blue Mountains that have a special meaning to the Aboriginal people. The Three Sisters is a sacred land formation for the Gundungurra people. There is a story attached to the formation that tells of how the sisters were turned to stone by their father who was a witch doctor. He wanted to protect them from Bunyip.
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