John Whitton Memorial

John Whitton Memorial is a memorial in New South Wales, Australia. John Whitton Memorial is situated nearby to the ruins Gatekeeper’s Cottage No. 1, as well as near the park Koloona Drive & GWH Reserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lapstone Zig Zag and Lucasville railway station.

Lapstone Zig Zag

Photo: Ben Newton, CC BY 2.0.

The Lapstone Zig Zag was a zig zag railway built between Emu Plains and Blaxland stations on the Main Western Line of New South Wales in Australia. Constructed between 1863 and 1865 to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up the eastern side of the Blue… Lapstone Zig Zag is situated 1¼ km south of John Whitton Memorial.

Lucasville railway station

Photo: JohnsonL623, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lucasville railway station was a railway station on the Lapstone Zig Zag, part of the Main Western line in New South Wales. The station was open between 1878 and 1892. Lucasville railway station is situated 1 km southwest of John Whitton Memorial.

Lennox Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Craig Siczak, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries the Mitchell's Pass across Brookside Creek, located at Glenbrook, in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Lennox Bridge is situated 1 km west of John Whitton Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lapstone and Glenbrook.

Lapstone

Village

Lapstone is an Australian township on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales at an elevation of 160 metres. Lapstone is located 62 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains and is part of the federal electorate of Macquarie.

Glenbrook

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Glenbrook is a suburb of 5,000 people in the lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. It offers trendy cafes, boutiques, various tourist attractions, weekend markets, recreational opportunities, and native flora and fauna.

Jamisontown

Suburb

Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Jamisontown is situated 3½ km southeast of John Whitton Memorial.

John Whitton Memorial

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “John Whitton—Built railways Penrith to Bathurst, Sydney to Albury, Sydney to Queensland In memory of men who worked with Whitton.”
Category: historic site
Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.75259° or 33° 45′ 9″ south

Longitude

150.64367° or 150° 38′ 37″ east

Open location code

4RRG6JWV+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2155614923

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gatekeeper’s Cottage No. 1 and Gate Keeper’s Cottage.

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