Lapstone

Lapstone is an Australian township on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales at an elevation of . Lapstone is located 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. Lapstone consists mostly of stand-alone housing and has a few public facilities. At the , Lapstone had a population of 948 people¹. Lapstone was originally bought and developed by Arthur J. Hand, an alderman of the Blue Mountains City Council. Lapstone is the first town in the easternmost escarpment of the Blue Mountains. Its name comes from the many water-worn stones in the area that resemble those used by cobblers to work the leather when making shoes.

Lapstone is an Australian township on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales at an elevation of . Lapstone is located 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. Lapstone consists mostly of stand-alone housing and has a few public facilities. At the , Lapstone had a population of 948 people. Lapstone was originally bought and developed by Arthur J. Hand, an alderman of the Blue Mountains City Council. Lapstone is the first town in the easternmost escarpment of the Blue Mountains. Its name comes from the many water-worn stones in the area that resemble those used by cobblers to work the leather when making shoes. ==History== ==Public transport== Lapstone railway station is on the Blue Mountains Line of the Sydney Trains Intercity network. Lapstone can be accessed by road from the Great Western Highway/M4 Motorway by exiting at Governors Drive and Explorers Road from Glenbrook. The station was built by R&K McGraw Builders sub-contracting bricklayer Frank Davis of Lapstone. Lapstone railway station was officially opened on 24 February 1964. The area is also serviced by buses. ==Education== Lapstone Public School, opened in 1971. Jean Ranft (later Jean Jones) single-handedly took on various government departments to gain funding for a one-room (plus toilets and kitchen) concrete-block building, and also took on some of the construction work, along with the rest of the Ranft family and other members of the Lapstone community. ==Sport and recreation== The Lapstone Netball Courts are home to the Lapstone-Glenbrook Netball Club. There are nine asphalt courts and two grass courts at the complex, including a clubhouse and BBQ area. All clubs form the Blue Mountains Netball Association and play matches at the complex on Saturdays. Netball is the largest participation sport in the Blue Mountains. Founded in 1975¹, the Lapstone-Glenbrook Netball Club was formed from a merger between what was St Peter's Netball Club and school-based teams at the Lapstone Public School and the Glenbrook Public School. St Peter's Netball Club was a founding club of the Blue Mountains Netball Association and was run from the church organisation previously based in the St Peter's Anglican Church building which is now used as a cafe in Glenbrook). Lapstone Oval is home to the Blue Mountains District Rugby Football Club and its junior club, Blue Tongues Rugby. It features a Rugby Union field and an artificial cricket pitch. The Glenbrook-Blaxland Cricket Club play matches on the oval in the summer months. There are two tennis courts at Lapstone Oval. File:Disused Lucasville Station.JPG|Remains of Lucasville Station on the Zig Zag line. File:(1)1892 railway tunnel Lapstone.jpg|Glenbrook Tunnel constructed in 1892, eastern entrance. File:(1)1913 construction railway Darks Common.jpg|Cutting where the construction railway line went through Darks Common, The Spurline. File:(1)construction railway winding house base Lapstone-2.jpg|Remains of winding house base at the south end of the construction railway line. File:Lapstone railway station building.JPG|Lapstone railway station building. File:(1)old brick kiln Governors Drive Lapstone.JPG|Old brick kiln. File:(1)George Evans Memorial Lapstone.JPG|George Evans Memorial, Lapstone. File:Governors Drive joins to M4.JPG|Governors Drive, where it joins the M4 File:(1)View east from south Lapstone-2.jpg|View from Bluff Lookout, Glenbrook Gorge. ==References== ==External links== Article on Lapstone in The Age newspaper Lapstone Rail Trail website Lapstone Subreddit

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