Hazelbrook is located 674m above sea level and 89 km from Sydney.

Hazelbrook's first residents were the areas native aboriginal tribe. Among the first white people to enter the area were the colonial explorers who encountered inhospitable mountainous terrain.

Explorers crossed the Blue Mountains by following the mountains ridges and eventually a road was constructed.

Like all towns and villages in the Blue Mountains Hazelbrook developed after the arrival of the railway line in the 1860's and with the growing interest in rural retreat holidays in the 1880's.

The name of Hazelbrook was first introduced to the area between 1879 and 1880 but there is no information that states why this name was given or where it originated from. A suggestion has been made that the locality is named after a hazel type shrub that was found in the area and the brook was added to create the word Hazelbrook.

Hazelbrook House was constructed between 1879-1880 by Edward Higgs. This was the first house of any importance constructed at Hazelbrook.

The area of land between Woodford and Lawson centred around Hazelbrook Railway Station was defined as the Town of Hazelbrook on the 21st March 1896. (Towns were defined as having a population of 100 inhabitants or over.)

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