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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 ...
Blaxland Jr was "regarded (by the Taribelang clansmen) as their chief enemy as all actions against the blacks was directed by him." When the opportunity for retaliation presented itself, Gregory Blaxland Jr. was ambushed, abducted, and violently clubbed to death at his pastoral station in early August 1850.
Blaxland was born in Kent, the eldest son of gentleman farmer John Blaxland and Mary, née Parker, of Fordwich, Kent, England. He was the older brother of early Australian explorer Gregory Blaxland. His father died when he was eleven [1] and the family moved to Canterbury where he and his brother were educated at The King's School. In 1787 he ...
Blaxland's expedition to cross the Blue Mountains. For many years, plans of westward expansion from Sydney were thwarted by the Great Dividing Range, a large range of mountains which shadows the east coast from the Queensland-New South Wales border to the south coast. The part of the range near Sydney is called the Blue Mountains.
John Blaxland (politician) (1799–1884), member of NSW Legislative Council, a son of Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853) John Blaxland (historian) , Australian historian and academic Lionel Blaxland (1898–1976), English aviator, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman
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 ...
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