Hillston

Curwaddilly
Now called Hillston on the Lachlan about 100 km north west of Griffith.

Wells, William Henry, A Geographical Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, Sydney, 1848, p.145.

Campbell's Lake
Because the place was flooded, John Oxley believed there was a lake between Lake Cargelligo and the Lacklan and named it after Mrs Macquarie's maiden name. But no such lake exists.

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, pp.120-3.


Cannil Plains
Mitchell's name for the area to the north of Hillston.

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, map.


Harrington Plains
The area between Hillston and the Willandra National Park. Oxley named the Plains after Earl Harrington.

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, pp.88-90, 340.


Macquaries Range
Oxley's name for the Lacklan Range, about 35km east of Hillston.

Weatherburn, A.K., George William Evans Explorer, Sydney, 1966, p.59.


Mount Burradorgang
Mitchell's name for Mount Bootheragandra, about 30 km east of Hillston.

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.272.


Mount Davidson
Oxley's name for the Warraway Mountain, about 60 km north east of Hillston.

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.


Mount Flinders
Now called Mount Daylight.

Johnson, Richard, The Search for the inland Sea John Oxley, Explorer, 1783-1828, Melbourne, 2001, p.48.


Palleegal
Mitchell's recording of the name now known as Booligal, about 75 km south west of Hillston.

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, map

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.272.


Redbank
Now called Hillston after William Hill, the local hotelier, about 110 km north west of Griffith.

Reed, A..W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.71.


Smith's Plains
Flat country to the north of Hillston.

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.


Strangfords Plains
The area south of the Lachlan and eastwards of Hillston.

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, pp.79-80.


Wallangome
Mitchell's name for Uabba, about 50km north of Hillston.

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.270.


Yerrara
Mitchell's recording of the name now known as the Ural Trig, Station, about 20km south west of Lake Cargelligo.

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.38.

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.270.