Orange

Blackman's Swamp
Now called Orange, so named by Thomas Mitchell in 1833 to honour Prince William of Orange (later King William 1 of the Netherlands) with whom Mitchell had served in the Peninsula War. About 45km north west of Bathurst.

Appleton, Richard and Barbara, The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, Melbourne, 1992, p.231.

Bald Hills
Now called Hill End, about 40km north east of Orange.

Hodge, Brian, Frontiers of Gold, Sydney, 1979, p.18.


Buree
Mitchell's spelling of Boree, about 25km west of Orange.

Mitchell, Thomas, Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia : with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony of New South Wales, London : T. & W. Boone, 1839, vol.1, p.162.


Five Fields
Now called Belgravia after the London suburb. About 10km north of Orange.

Martin, A. E., One thousand and more place names in New South Wales, Sydney, 1943.


Frederick's Valley
Also known as Blackman's Swamp, it was the site of the village of Orange which was proclaimed in 1846. Thomas Mitchell gave the name after Wiliam, Prince of Orange, later King of the Netherlands.

Readers Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.86.

Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.220.


German's Hill
Renamed Lidster during World War‡T; a plantation about 10 km west of Orange.

Ramson, W.S, Australian English , an Historical Study of the Vocabulary , 1788-1898, Canberra, 1966, p.156.


Hambeltons Plains
Area south of the Lachlan near Forbes.

Oxley, John, Journals of two expeditions into the interior of News South Wales undertaken by order of the British government in the years 1817-18, London, 1820, Chart.


Hurd's Peak
Now called Mount Tilga, about 8km north of Condobolin. Named by Oxley after Captain Hurd, Hydrographer to the Admiralty.

Mitchell, Thomas, Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia : with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony of New South Wales London : T. & W. Boone, 1839, vol.2, p.18.

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.268.


Jamison's Table Mountain
Evan's name for Mount Canobolas, about 15 km south west of Orange.

Weatherburn, A.K., George William Evans Explorer, Sydney, 1966, p.46.


Kings No.2
A government stock station in 1823 now known as Millthorpe, about 35km west of Bathurst.

NRMA, Holiday Guide 13vols, Sydney, 1997-1999, vol.6, p.83.


King's Plains
This township was gazetted in 1843 under the name of Blaney. Today it is called Blayney; it is about 30km south west of Bathurst.

Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.122.


Marga
Mitchell's name for Mount Murga, between Orange and Forbes.

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.267.


Stoney Creek
Now called Stuart Town, about 55km north of Orange.

Hodge, Brian, Frontiers of Gold, Sydney, 1979, p.174.


Tarin River
Eyre's name, probably for the Turon River, a tributary of the Macquarie not far from Orange.

Waterhouse, Jill (ed.), Autobiographical Narrative of Residence and Exploration in Australia 1832-1839 by Edward John Eyre, London, 1984, p.76.


Wentworth Mines
Named after W.C.Wentworth on whose property gold was discovered. Now called Lucknow. About 10 km south of Orange.

Horwitz, Grahame, The Modern Encyclopaedia of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, 1964, p.617.