Orange New South Wales | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 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] | ||||||||
Location | |||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Orange | ||||||||
County | Wellington, Bathurst | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Orange | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | Calare | ||||||||
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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]