Mount Blaxland (New South Wales)

Mount Blaxland
Highest point
Elevation	901 m (2,956 ft)
Coordinates	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. It was the furthest point reached by Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth on their historic 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains.

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.

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. Glen sold the Farm in 2020.

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.
• https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/hartley-nsw-2790-2016504267