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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000235b.htm person Blackman James AACR2 1792? 22 March 1868 Place of Birth Kent, England Place of Death Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Farmer Explorer James Blackman explored parts of Bathurst and Orange district in New South Wales.

Born Kent, England, 1792?. Died Mudgee, 22 March 1868. Arrived Sydney 1801. One of ten farmers granted land at Bathurst 1818, another being his brother John (q.v.); superintendent of convicts at Bathurst 1819-21; marked out a road from Bathurst to Wallerawang 1820; explored a route from Bathurst to the Cudgegong River 1821; traced out a route from Wallerawang to Dabee, near Rylstone, with William Lawson (q.v.) 1822; played a leading part in opening up the district around Orange (formerly called Blackman's Swamp) and the Wellington valley.

 Lawson, William (1774 - 1850)

James Blackman worked with William Lawson tracing a from Wallerawang to Dabee in 1822.

 Blackman, James (1792-1868)

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 'Blackman, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blackman, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Blackman, James (1792?-1868), farmer and explorer Greaves, Bernard Blackman, James (1792?-1868), farmer and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 110-111