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LITHGOW.
Fix this textLITHGO'?, N.S.W., is 96 miles by rail, and 92 by first-class
Fix this textbitumen road from Sydney, on the western slopes of the Blue Mountains.
Fix this textIts elevation above sea-level is 3,017 feet; average rainfall 33 inches;
Fix this textmean temperature: maximum 61 degrees; minimum 45 degrees. Its
Fix this textpopulation is approximately 14,000.
Fix this textLithgow was named after William Lithgow, who was Auditor-
Fix this textGeneral and an ex-officio member of the first Legislative Council in
Fix this text1826.
Fix this textSettled first in 1824 when land now within the City area was
Fix this texttaken up by Andrew Brown at Cooerwull. It was not until 1869, however,
Fix this textthat Lithgow as a township dates.
Fix this textIts industrial character was formed in 1837 when Andrew Brown
Fix this textestablished his flour mill; twenty years later this was converted to
Fix this textthe manufacture of tweed and other woollen material and here today,
Fix this textwith modern machinery, cloths of beautiful texture and design are
Fix this textproduced.
Fix this textIn 1875 James Rutherford, western manager of Cobb and Co.,
Fix this texterected a blast furnace and started the Eskbank Ironworks. In 1894
Fix this textWilliam Sandford erected the first sheet-rolling mill in Australia; in
Fix this text1900 he made the first steel and in 1907 built the first modern blast
Fix this textfurnace in the Commonwealth of Australia. The Iron and Steel Works
Fix this textwere later closed down and transferred to Wollongong.
Fix this textIn 1912 the Commonwealth Small Arms Factory was opened; Small
Fix this textarms from the Factory were supplied to the fighting forces during World
Fix this textWars 1 and 2. To-day the factory is recognised as the largest precision
Fix this textengineering factory in the Southern Hemisphere.
Fix this textThe Lithgow Technical College has equipment comparable with
Fix this textany other training centre in the State.
Fix this textIn 1889 a Municipality was incorporated, the population being
Fix this textthen about 4,000; in 1909 the population had increased to 9,000 and in
Fix this text1919 it reached 18,000. Lithgow was declared a City in 194-5. Today
Fix this textthere are 4,100 houses within the City boundary.
Fix this textThe highest lookout on the Blue Mountains, 3,723 feet, is at
Fix this textHassans Walls, Lithgow, and this is also the most extensive one-point
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Fix this textThe Great Western Zig-Zag, one of the most remarkable railway
Fix this textengineering works in Australia, is at Lithgow and while only part of it
Fix this textis used to-day it is still regarded as one of the State's most
Fix this textimpressive sights.
Fix this textThe railway was opened through Lithgow Valley in 1869 and the
Fix this textline was electrified in 1957, the "Central West" doing the trip from
Fix this textSydney in 2 hours, 37 minutes.
Fix this textThe playing fields of Lithgow cover an area of over 134 acres.
Fix this textThe Lithgow City Council was awarded the A.R. Bluett Memorial
Fix this textAward in 1958 for being considered the Municipal or City Council showing
Fix this textthe greatest relative progress during the year.
Fix this textThere are 3,5'15 children attending the several schools in
Fix this textLithgow and environs.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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