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William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
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William Lawson (explorer)
English born Australian explorer and politician (1774–1850)
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. He migrated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1800, and who became the commandant for the Bathurst, New South Wales region in 1819, and who became a member of the New South Wales Parliament in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gregory Blaxland
18/19th-century English-Australian farmer and explorer
Gregory Blaxland was an English pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, noted especially for initiating and co-leading the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by European settlers.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William Wentworth
19th-century Australian statesman, writer, and explorer
William Charles Wentworth was an Australian statesman, pastoralist, explorer, newspaper editor, lawyer, politician and author, who became one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures in colonial New South Wales. He was among the first colonists to articulate a nascent…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
Australian mountaineering expedition
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. The crossing enabled the settlers to access and use the land west of the mountains for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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