Orange, New South Wales
Orange is a city in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Mitchell Highway about 250 kilometres west of Sydney. The main street (where people do all the shopping) is quite large for a country town. There are five high schools and five primary schools in Orange. Orange has two tennis centres, a big pool, an indoor sports centre, a netball centre, football pitches, a university, hockey pitches and lots of parks. There is also a big mine called Cadia and a big fun lake located outside of the town. It has passenger trains to and from Sydney.[3]
| Orange New South Wales | |||||||||
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| File:Summer Street from east.jpg The main street of Orange, Summer Street, as viewed from the vicinity of McNamara Street looking west in May 2008 | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°17′0″S 149°06′0″E / 33.28333°S 149.10000°ECoordinates: 33°17′0″S 149°06′0″E / 33.28333°S 149.10000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 39,755 (30 June 2016)[1] (10th in NSW) | ||||||||
| Established | 1846 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2800 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 863.2 m (2,832 ft)[2] | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Orange | ||||||||
| County | Wellington, Bathurst | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Orange | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Calare | ||||||||
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Orange, New South Wales Media
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- Former Orange Town Hall.jpg
Former Orange Town Hall
- Snow covered farmland.jpg
Snow-covered fields in Orange during an early snowfall in May 2005.
Former Department of Lands building
- Orange NSW Public School.jpg
Photos of buildings of interest located in Orange, NSW, Australia Public School, Kite Street, Orange, NSW opened in 1880 by Sir Henry Parkes.
- Orange High School NSW.jpg
Orange High School (New South Wales)
- Charles Sturt University Orange campus.jpg
Charles Sturt University's campus in Orange
- Uniting Church and Kindergarten Hall, Orange 01.jpg
- UnitingChurchandKindergartenHall,Orange
Photos of buildings of interest located in Orange, NSW, Australia Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Byng Street, Orange, NSW, Australia
- Centrepoint Arcade, Orange.jpg
Centrepoint Arcade on Summer Street
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References
- ↑ "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2016". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "Climate statistics for Orange Post Office". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- ↑ Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division. "Orange Station". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
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