A mob of 1800 Hereford steers and heifers, the largest ever seen in the Orange, passed through the city in October 1964. It had taken about 18 weeks to travel the 600 miles from Texas, Queensland. They were sold by Dalgety and New Zealand Loan on the account of Mr A E Tucker of Orange. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Packing fruit at an Orange orchard. Photo: Bronwyn Tranter, Plowman Photo Collection.

Almer tractors being driven to the Orange Field Days, November 1961. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

H K Salom of Gulgong, picks apples on C E Ellis’s orchard on Racecourse Road, May 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District

Darcy O’Neil and Keith Prestwidge process white cherries at the Peisley Street brinery, December 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

A combined sheep and cattle sale at Orange Saleyards, where 10,000 sheep and nearly 1000 cattle were cleared, January 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Monty Fabry and son Robert working at the Email factory, February 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Ken Daniels working at Reed’s Cabinet Works, July 1963. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Nurses graduate from Orange Base Hospital, December 1967. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Trucks deliver local produce to Orange railway station. Photo: Bronwyn Tranter, Plowman Photo Collection.

Orchardists at an OPR machinery demonstration, May 1964. Photo courtesy CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Train drivers John Folster and Peter Ward at Orange Railway Station, May 1955. Photo: CWD Negative Collection & Orange & District Historical Society.

Max Laughton working at Wangarrie sawmill, February 1964. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Among the staff at Macquarie Worsteds factory were assistant weaving manager George Singer, weaving manager Sid Mills and warping foreman Roy Bowman, who between them had given 100 years’ service to the company, July 1967 Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.

Two presnters at CBN8 Television Studions, Orange, date uknown. Photo: Lionel Spicer courtesy of the Collections of Central West Libraries.

Construction of a Gas holder at Byng Street Orange, date unknown. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

The email factory Orange, 1960. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

The first fire station in Orange, date unknown. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries

A fruit picker hard at work, date unknown. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

A fruit picker hard at work in Orange, 1960. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

George Whiley winning the Australasian Ploughing Championship at Millthorp, 1899. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Golden point, 1894. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

A horse team and cultivator hard at work, no date. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Orange council's hot mix plant, 1960. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Staff members in the dining room at Hotel Canobolas, 1960. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Men inspecting lambs at the sale yard, 1960. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Worker laying concrete in Summer Street, date unknown. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

A woman viewing a loom in operation at Macquarie Worsted Mills, 1960. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

The main mining shaft at Lucknow, no date. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

A mineshaft at Lucknow gold mine, no date. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

The Borenore Quarry, 1903. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Ormerod and Mace store in Summer Street. Left to right staff Thomace Mace, Enid Mace, Jack Coyne, John Mace and Roy Thomas, 1947. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.

Power House Stack, corner of Byng and Peisley Streets Orange. View of erection of stack, almost upright, no date. Photo: The Collections of Central West Libraries.