Blaxland is a town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia. It is at an altitude of 234 metres and named for Gregory Blaxland who along with William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, led the exploration that discovered a route over the Mountains in 1813. Blue Mountains of New South Wales The Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, roughly 100 kilometres west of Sydney, are a range of sandstone mountains that reach to 1111 metres above sea level at their highest, One Tree Hill, and form part of the Great Dividing Range that runs... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Jump to: navigation, search Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Gregory Blaxland, (1788-1855) Pioneer farmer and explorer. ... William Lawson (1774 – 1850), explorer of New South Wales, Australia, was born in London and arrived in Sydney as an ensign with the New South Wales Corps in 1800. ... William Charles Wentworth is the name of several members of the Wentworth family in New South Wales, Australia. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Blaxland is served by a station on the CityRail network and is home to the only McDonalds Restaurant in the Blue Mountains. It is also home to the Blaxland Redbacks Soccer and Netball teams, a small industrial estate and a what will soon become the Blue Mountain's largest waste disposal Facilty. CityRail is the name of the extensive system of urban, suburban and interurban passenger railways based on metropolitan Sydney, the capital city of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Other major stores and facilities in Blaxland include:

• Subway Restaurant
• IGA Supermarket
• Blockbuster Video
• Lower Blue Mountains Library

The town also has a local fire brigade, which falls under the jurisdiction of the statewide Rural Fire Service Jump to: navigation, search Subway is the name of a multinational restaurant franchise that sells sandwiches and salads. ... For other uses of IGA, see IGA. IGA, or Independent Grocers Association was started in the United States in May of 1926 when a group of retailers in Poughkeepsie, NY, led by J. Frank Grimes, began operating as the Independant Grocers Association. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the chain of video stores. ... Jump to: navigation, search The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) is a volunteer firefighting service and is responsible for providing fire protection to over 90% of the geographical area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ...

Blaxland borders with the townships/suburbs:- Glenbrook, Mount Riverview & Warrimoo. Glenbrook, New South Wales is a suburb of the Lower Blue Mountains. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mount Riverview is a residential town off the Great Western Highway about 2 km NE of Blaxland in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia. ... Warrimoo is a small town in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, New South Wales. ...

External links

• Blaxland Soccer Club