Berambing is a rural locality in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is clustered around the Bells Line of Road, between Windsor and Lithgow, west of Bilpin. It is situated across both the City of Hawkesbury and City of Blue Mountains local government areas. The settlement had a population of 106 people at the . Berambing is known for its apple, nuts and stone fruit orchards. The natural environment of the area attracts visitors, and the village is in close proximity to the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden and the Wollemi and Blue Mountains national parks. History Aboriginal occupation The Berambing locality is within the traditional territory of the Darkiñung people (known as ‘The Branch’ natives by European settlers after their first contact in the vicinity of the Grose River, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River, near Richmond). The Aboriginal people used the term 'Wollombi' or 'Wollemi' to describe themselves or their country. The people of the Darkiñung language group occupied the ranges from Richmond to Maitland, with part of their country incorporating the catchment areas of the Hawkesbury river tributaries. Aborigines probably occupied the high ridges (such as the Berambing locality) only intermittently according to the season. European exploration In November 1804 George Caley, with three convicts in his party, attempted to cross the Blue Mountains along the northern edge of the Grose Valley and passed to the south of Mount Tomah. Caley ascended a mountain south-west of Berambing that he named Mount Banks before turning back. In August 1823 Archibald Bell, the nineteen year-old son of the police magistrate in the Windsor area, travelled along the route that would later become the Bell’s Line of Road. On the journey from Richmond to Mount Tomah Bell followed the directions of an Aboriginal woman who had travelled the route. He initially failed to find a safe descent to the west from Mount Tomah, but returned a month later and was able to travel into the Hartley valley. Bell found the greatest difficulty on the journey “was in the thick part of his way to Tomah, so much so that in one place he was forced to cut his way through three miles”. Bell used the Aboriginal term ‘Balcamatta’ to describe the country below Mount Tomah where he encountered difficulty proceeding. Upon his return in September 1823 Archibald Bell sent his report of the route over the Blue