Lithgow (New South Wales)

Lithgow is an Australian city in New South Wales, Australia, with around 11,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the administrative region of the same name ( LGA) City of Lithgow. Named the place of John Oxley in honor of the then Auditor's General of New South Wales William Lithgow.

Lithgow is located on the Great Western Highway about 150 km west of the city of Sydney between the two places Katoomba and Bathurst. The city is therefore at the western edge of the Blue Mountains, which were declared in 2000 a World Heritage Site. This area includes numerous national parks, including the Blue Mountains, Wollemi and Gardens of Stone National Park, which are easily accessible from Lithgow from.

Became famous for the city through the construction of the Zig Zag Railway in 1869, has had to overcome here in a double hairpin a height difference of 170 meters. Even today, a railway museum operated on this route, which runs daily.

Lithgow is the center of a coal mining area. There are still two coal-fired power plants in the immediate vicinity which provide Sydney with electricity. This is also the first ironworks in Australia was built, the ruins of which can be seen in the Blast Furnace Park today.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Andrew Brown, the first European settlers in Lithgow and well-known industrialist and philanthropist
  • Marjorie Jackson ( born 1931 ), gold medalist and Governor of South Australia
  • Marty Roebuck (born 1965 ), former rugby player
  • David Palmer (born 1976 ), world champion squash
States and territories of Australia Local government areas of Australia Katoomba, New South Wales Bathurst (New South Wales) Blue Mountains (New South Wales) Blue-Mountains-Nationalpark Gardens-of-Stone-Nationalpark Marjorie Jackson-Nelson David Palmer (squash player) Bureau of Meteorology Australian Bureau of Statistics
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