Elevation M: | 901 |
Location: | Central Tablelands |
Country: | Australia |
State: | New South Wales |
Etymology: | Gregory Blaxland |
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.
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] Glen sold the Farm in 2020.