Liverpool Range (RANGE), NSW Details
History
Extent: The extent of ranges to which the name applies requires definition. Reference to the county and parish maps concerned will show the present confusion.
Description
The Liverpool Range follows part of the Great Dividing Range for 200km commencing just south of Omaleah Cliffs at the eastern end of the Warrumbungle Range. Its lie is then generally E for about 65 km to MtTowarri then NE for about 70km to its junction with the Mount Royal Range 1.3 km SW of Ben Halls Gap and then NE for about 65km to Whites Sugarloaf at the southern end of the New England Range.
Meaning
The name of a port in England and of the title of Robert Banks Jenkinson (1770-1828)Baron Hawkesbury 2nd Earl of Liverpool and Prim
Origin
The Australian Encyclopedia states that Oxley named the Liverpool Range in 1818. John Oxley on his second expedition in 1818 traversed and named the Liverpool Plains after Lord Liverpool (as above) but mention of Liverpool Range has not been found in his published journal Two Expeditions. . . . (M/LQ.981/20A.1). Neither is the nam
Liverpool Range (RANGE), NSW
| title | Liverpool Range (RANGE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 33996 |
| placename | Liverpool Range |
| designation | RANGE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | UPPER HUNTER |
| description | The Liverpool Range follows part of the Great Dividing Range for 200km commencing just south of Omaleah Cliffs at the eastern end of the Warrumbungle Range. Its lie is then generally E for about 65 km to MtTowarri then NE for about 70km to its junction with the Mount Royal Range 1.3 km SW of Ben Halls Gap and then NE for about 65km to Whites Sugarloaf at the southern end of the New England Range. |
| meaning | The name of a port in England and of the title of Robert Banks Jenkinson (1770-1828)Baron Hawkesbury 2nd Earl of Liverpool and Prim |
| origin | The Australian Encyclopedia states that Oxley named the Liverpool Range in 1818. John Oxley on his second expedition in 1818 traversed and named the Liverpool Plains after Lord Liverpool (as above) but mention of Liverpool Range has not been found in his published journal Two Expeditions. . . . (M/LQ.981/20A.1). Neither is the nam |
| history | Extent: The extent of ranges to which the name applies requires definition. Reference to the county and parish maps concerned will show the present confusion. |
