Lithgow Mineral Springs

Lithgow Mineral Springs is a natural mineral spring complex in Lithgow, New South Wales, situated in the Blue Mountains foothills on the western edge of Sydney's mountain hinterland, where naturally carbonated mineral waters have been enjoyed since the nineteenth century as a local health resource in this historic coal mining and industrial city. The oligomineral waters here are naturally carbonated with a distinctive iron and mineral content drawn from the geological formations of the Great Dividing Range, and the springs have been preserved as a community park and local heritage site celebrating Lithgow's connection to its natural mineral water resources. Lithgow's mineral springs offer a modest but historically significant example of Australian spa culture, where naturally occurring mineral waters provided health and recreation for industrial workers and their families in the formative decades of New South Wales' western expansion.