For the next 2
years, the area was known as Blackman's
Swamp. Trees
were usually located near river banks and plains where soil extraction was easier.
John Oxley, copy of original of watercolor portrait on map
, 1810, image: State Library of New South Wales, State Printing Office1, 10806
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, c 1830s
, image
State Library of New South Wales, ML
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settlers had already seen the rich basalt lands of the place,
, and in 1836 the land on the outskirts of the town (of which Richards the surveyor reserved
) was sold. Blackman's Swamp Creek,
, which runs through central Orange, is named after him,
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aborigines,
game waterfowl
waterfowl. Jellore Peak, Sir Thomas Mitchell,
1839. Yuranigh's grave still has four carved trees. Major Thomas Mitchell named
Orange, probably in honor of Prince William of Orange, with whom he was associated with
during the Spanish Peninsular Wars. Canobolas comes from Wiradjuri words for two shoulders,
coona, shoulder;
booloo, two -
Ghannabulla refers to two main peaks.
Surveyor-General Oxley traveled in 1817
and 1818 through the region east of Orange
- now known as Lewis Ponds and Ophir; and Surveyor Meehan, hopelessly lost, moved to the west side of
Orange in 1820.
