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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 ...
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 .
1813 in Australia featured a number of important developments. Gregory Blaxland , William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains which opened up the interior of New South Wales for European settlement. [ 1 ]
This 1830 map of Australia depicts a 'Great River' and a 'Supposed Sea' that both proved nonexistent. Route of the Sturt , Hume and Hovell expeditions After the Great Dividing Range had been crossed at numerous points and many rivers were discovered—the Darling, Macquarie, Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers—all of which flowed west, a theory ...
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 ...
In 1813, acting on the instructions of Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie, Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth led an 1813 expedition that travelled west from Emu Plains and, by staying to the ridges, were able to confirm the existence of a passable route directly west from Sydney across the Blue Mountains. The ...
Route of the Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth Crossing of 1813 The typical blue haze in the Jamison Valley behind the Three Sisters, New South Wales, Australia. Between 1798 and 1813, many people explored various parts of the mountains, from the Bilpin Ridge to the southern regions, today the site of the Kanangra-Boyd National Park. Still, they ...
William Lawson, MLC (2 June 1774 – 16 June 1850) was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician who migrated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1800. Along with Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, he pioneered the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by British colonists.