Australia 1960 ORANGE CENTENARY YEAR on 'Cherry Blossom Festival' Orange cover

AUSTRALIA

 ORANGE CENTENRY YEAR, 1960  bearing the 1959 issued 5d Christmas on an orange cover CENTENARY YEAR, 1960, an ORANGE holiday IS SOMETHING TO REMEMBER Cherry Blosson Festival ~ OCT. addressed to  Mr. Jovidge, c/o Post Office Orange , in fine condition.

Orange is a city in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Orange is the birthplace of poets Banjo Paterson and Kenneth Slessor, although Paterson lived in Orange for only a short time as an infant. Walter W. Stone, book publisher (Wentworth Books) and passionate supporter of Australian literature, was also born in Orange. The first Australian Touring Car Championship, known today as V8 Supercar Championship Series, was held at the Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit in 1960.

In 1822 Captain Percy Simpson marched into the Wellington District and established a convict settlement which was called "Blackman's Swamp" after James Blackman; Simpson had employed James Blackman as a guide because he had already accompanied an earlier explorer, John Oxley into that region.

Initial occupation by British graziers began in late 1829, and tiny settlements eventually turned into larger towns as properties came into connection with the road. In 1844, the surveyor Davidson was sent to check on encroachments onto the land reserved for a village, and to advise on the location for a township. Blackman's Swamp was chosen and was proclaimed a village and named Orange by Major Thomas Mitchell in 1846 in honour of Prince William of Orange. At nearby Ophir, a significant gold find in Australia was made in 1851, resulting in a sporadic population movement which is known as the Australian gold rush. Additional gold finds in nearby areas led to the establishment of Orange as a central trading centre for the gold.

The growth of Orange continued as the conditions were well suited for agriculture, and in 1860 it was proclaimed a municipality. The campaign for a municipal government in Orange began on 18th July 1859 when Orange was a township of some 400 inhabitants. The 'Bathurst Free Press' reported that "a respectable and numerous meeting almost unanimously agreed to apply for the immediate incorporation of Orange". Following strong public support the Government Gazette of 9th January 1860 proclaimed that the township be called "The Municipality of Orange". 

One of the major event to mark the Orange Centenary Year in 1960 is the Banjo Paterson Festival, Orange Centenary Year, Old Time Bush Concert, Saturday October 8, 1960

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