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An expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth in 1813 was the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales by European settlers. [3] The crossing enabled the settlers to access and use the land west of the mountains for farming, and made possible the establishment of Australia's first ...
Gregory Blaxland was born 17 June 1778 at Fordwich, Kent, England, the fourth son of John Blaxland, mayor from 1767 to 1774, whose family had owned estates nearby for generations, and Mary, daughter of Captain Parker, R.N. Gregory attended The King's School, Canterbury. In July 1799 in the church of St George the Martyr there, he married 20 ...
Gregory Blaxland was the first to successfully lead an expedition to cross them in 1813, accompanied by William Lawson, William Wentworth and four servants. This trip paved the way for numerous small expeditions which were undertaken in the following few years. [2]
31 May – Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland marking the end of the first successful expedition across the Blue Mountains. 19 November – George William Evans, assistant surveyor, set out to confirm the earlier discoveries of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth.
In 1813 Wentworth, along with Gregory Blaxland and William Lawson, led the expedition which found a route across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and opened up the grazing lands of inland New South Wales. Wentworth kept a journal of the exploration which begins by describing the first day of the journey:
Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 15 kilometres south of Lithgow. [1] It was the furthest point reached by Blaxland , Lawson , and Wentworth on their historic 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains .
Still, they did not find a definite route across the mountains. The 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth is officially credited as the first successful European crossing. [32] Blaxland set out with Lawson and Wentworth on 11 May 1813 and succeeded in crossing the mountains by 31 May.
In 1813, Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth succeeded in crossing the formidable barrier of forested gulleys and sheer cliffs presented by the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. At Mount Blaxland they looked out over "enough grass to support the stock of the colony for thirty years", and expansion of the British settlement into ...