Newman Park
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Newman Park in East Orange was planted out with exotic oak, elm, cypress and pines in the 1890s.Following World War I, the principal of the East Orange Public School, Mr A T Caldwell arranged for a group of returned soldiers to take part in the planting of a Memorial Avenue in Newman Park adjacent to the school. The park has subsequently been the venue for the school’s Anzac Day services.
The area had been a traditional Aboriginal meeting place and a point of blanket distribution from 1851 onwards.
- Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) Orange a vision splendid . Orange City Council, Orange NSW.
