Category:Parks

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Robertson Park

Robertson Park, named after the Premier Sir James Robertson, was dedicated in 1887 and planted with shady trees. Concreting of the Blackman’s Swamp Creek bed which crosses the area diagonally began in the same year. The creek which overflowed periodically, causing much damage to properties near Lords Place was of great concern to Council. The chanel was completed in 1893 and roofed over in 1937. The Park was so vital to the City’s central business district the Council made a serious effort to reclaim it in 1892 by creating walks and providing seating and by 1893.

The first bowling club in Orange was established in Robertson Park in 1900 with the existing CWA Hall operating as the club pavilion. In 1913 club members were described as enthusiastic and skilled players ‘and it would be a poor heart which could not find rest and enjoyment in watching the competing games’. Over the past 50 years, the park has become a civic space and most recently a focal point for Slow Summer and Christmas celebrations.

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