Person

Blaxland, Gregory (1778 - 1853)

Born
17 June 1778
Fordwich, Kent, England
Died
1 January 1853
New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Pastoralist

Summary

Gregory Blaxland crossed the Blue Mountains in 1813 with W. Lawson and W.C. Wentworth, thus opening up the interior to pastoralists.

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Born Fordwich, Kent, England, 17 June 1778. Died New South Wales, 1 January 1853. Influenced by Sir Joseph Banks to emigrate to Sydney in 1805, granted 4000 acres of land, bought 80 head of cattle and an extra 450 acres at the Brush farm, near Eastwood, later bought a stockyard, granted 2000 acres at Evan 1809, 2280 acres there 1810 and 500 acres in the district of Cooke 1812, crossed the Blue Mountains with William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson 1813, was critical of Macquarie whose refusal to allow him land in the interior meant that he had to dispose of his livestock, settled down by 1820 on his Brush farm estate, where he produced award winning wine. Commemorated by the town of Blaxland in the Blue Mountains.

Chronology

1918
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus blaxlandii Maiden & Cambage (1918) was named in his honour

Related People

  • Lawson, William (1774 - 1850)

    William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland, and William Charles Wentworth set out on a successful expedition to cross the Blue Mountains in 1813.

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
  • Weatherburn, A. K., 'Evans, George William (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 359-360. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010343b.htm. Details

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