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Gregory Blaxland
Portrait, 1813
Born(1778-06-17)17 June 1778
Kent, England
Died1 January 1853(1853-01-01) (aged 74)
New South Wales, Australia
Burial placeAll Saints Parramatta
Known for1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
SpouseElizabeth Spurdon ( - 1826)
Children7 - John Blaxland
Parents
  • John Blaxland (father)
  • Mary Parker (mother)

Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January 1853) 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.

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Gregory Blaxland

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Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January 1853) was an English pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, noted especially for initiating and co-leading...

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1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains

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The 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains was the expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, which became the first...

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Blaxland

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Blaxland can refer to: Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853), pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, brother of John Jasper Blaxland (1880–1963), English consultant...

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Division of Blaxland

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Asian communities. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Gregory Blaxland, a farmer and an early Australian explorer of the Blue Mountains in...

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Paddy Island

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local Taribelang clansmen. Gregory Blaxland Jr, the seventh and youngest son of the pioneer, farmer and explorer Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January...

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Australia

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Macintyre 1998, pp. 464–465, 628–629 Conway, Jill. "Blaxland, Gregory (1778–1853)". Biography – Gregory Blaxland – Australian Dictionary of Biography. National...

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Great Dividing Range

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across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst by an expedition jointly led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth. Towns in the Blue Mountains...

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Brush Farm

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estate was acquired by D'Arcy Wentworth in 1805 and then by Gregory Blaxland in 1807. Blaxland was a free settler who arrived in 1806 from Kent, where his...

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Outback

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successfully cross the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney was led by Gregory Blaxland in 1813, 25 years after the colony was established. People, starting...

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William Wentworth

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our party consisting of Mr. Gregory Blaxland, Lieutenant Lawson and Myself with four servants quitted Mr. Gregory Blaxland's farm on the South Creek and...

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European exploration of Australia

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edu.au. Retrieved 14 July 2011. Conway, Jill. "Blaxland, Gregory (1778–1853)". Biography – Gregory Blaxland – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Adbonline...

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Gubbi Gubbi people

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speared on the property while herding sheep. Gregory Blaxland, the 7th son of the eponymous explorer Gregory Blaxland took vengeance, heading a vigilante posse...

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Bundaberg

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squatters Gregory Blaxland Jnr and William Forster established a sheep station. Blaxland was a son of the Blue Mountains explorer, Gregory Blaxland, and Forster...

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1813

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the German alliance. May 11 – 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains: Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth leave on an expedition to cross...

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Blaxland Creek

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reintroducing native species to other streams. The creek in named in honour of Gregory Blaxland, a pioneer farmer and explorer who was granted land in the Orchard...

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Lachlan Macquarie

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wife or members of the British aristocracy. In 1813 he authorised Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and William Lawson to conduct their successful crossing...

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1813 in Australia

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1813 in Australia featured a number of important developments. Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains...

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Newington House

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built for John Blaxland, whose entrepreneurial business activities were among the oldest in the colony, and whose brother, Gregory Blaxland, assisted in...

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European land exploration of Australia

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pronouncement, some settlers continued to try crossing the mountains. Gregory Blaxland was the first to successfully lead an expedition to cross them in 1813...

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June 17

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field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (d. 1796) 1778 – Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer (d. 1853) 1800 – William Parsons, 3rd...

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