Recognition
The township of Blaxland in the Blue Mountains is named after him, as is the Australian Electoral Division of Blaxland.
In 1963 he was honoured, together with Lawson and Wentworth, on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post depicting the Blue Mountains crossing.
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