Mount Blaxland (New South Wales)

Mount Blaxland
Highest point
Elevation	901 m (2,956 ft)
Coordinates	33°32′51″S 150°06′20″E / 33.54750°S 150.10556°E / -33.54750; 150.10556 (Mount Blaxland)
Naming
Etymology	Gregory Blaxland
Geography
Location	Central Tablelands
Country	Australia
State	New 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.

Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 15 kilometres south of Lithgow.^[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 on private property at South Bownfels, south of Lithgow, owned by Glen Ryan. Glen runs cattle on about 1800 hectares of land.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Mt Blaxland. An Interesting Spot. The Sydney Morning Herald 26 December 1929 page 4. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
• "Geographical Names Register - Mt Blaxland". Archived from the original on 13 September 2021.
• "Photo of Mount Blaxland". 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
• "Photo of Mount Blaxland from the south-west". 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
• "Photo of summit of Mount Blaxland showing remains of old cairn". 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

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