The Blue Mountains in Australia is a great place to go on holiday. Among
the many places for tourists to visit, The Three Sisters in Katoomba is perhaps
the Blue Mountains’ best-known landmark.
So how did The Three Sisters get its name?
According to Australian legend, three sisters, Meehni, Wimlah, and
Gunnedoo lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. These
beautiful young ladies fell in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe,
but they weren’t allowed to marry because of tribal law. The brothers refused
to accept this law and decided to capture the three sisters. This started a
major battle between the tribes.
As the lives of the three sisters were in great danger, a witch doctor
from the Katoomba tribe turned them into stone to protect them from harm. He
planned to change them into humans when the battle was over. Unfortunately, he
was killed during the fighting.
Since he could not return the sisters to their former beauty, they remain
to this day as huge rocks.
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