Mount Blaxland (New South Wales)

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Mount Blaxland
Mount Blaxland (New South Wales)
Highest point
Elevation 901 m (2,956 ft)
Coordinates 33°32′51″S150°06′20″E / 33.54750°S 150.10556°E / -33.54750; 150.10556 (Mount Blaxland)
Naming
Etymology Gregory Blaxland
Geography
LocationCentral Tablelands
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
A sketch of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth's route across the Blue Mountains in 1813 prepared by F Walker in 1913. The Great Western Road has been inserted to show how closely it has followed the track of the explorers in its general direction. Blaxland's route across the mountains in 1813.jpg
A sketch of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth's route across the Blue Mountains in 1813 prepared by F Walker in 1913. The Great Western Road has been inserted to show how closely it has followed the track of the explorers in its general direction.

Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 15 kilometres south of Lithgow, in New South Wales, Australia. [1] It was the furthest point reached by Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth on their historic 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains. [2]

The name was bestowed upon it by Surveyor-General George Evans when, later in 1813, Evans arrived at the terminal point of Blaxland's expedition. Two other smaller conical shaped hills on the opposite side of a nearby stream were named, by Evans, Wentworth's Sugar-Loaf and Lawson's Sugar-Loaf. [2]

Mount Blaxland is located in the Mount Blaxland Reserve, and is surrounded by private property on 3 sides, and the Coxs River on the North.

References

  1. ↑ Geographical Names Board & NSW Topograhical Map
  2. 1 2 The Journal of Gregory Blaxland, 1813, note 4. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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