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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-11-21 human Rosanne Walker and Christine Moje updated 2026-04-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003029b.htm person Blaxland Gregory AACR2 17 June 1778 1 January 1853 Place of Birth Fordwich, Kent, England Place of Death New South Wales, Australia Pastoralist Gregory Blaxland crossed the Blue Mountains in 1813 with W. Lawson and W.C. Wentworth, thus opening up the interior to pastoralists.

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.

1918 1918 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus blaxlandii Maiden & Cambage (1918) was named in his honour Blaxland, John (1799 - 1884) 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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 'Blaxland, Gregory', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blaxland, Gregory Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australia: a study of warm environments and their effect on British settlement Taylor, Griffith Australia: a study of warm environments and their effect on British settlement London Methuen & Co. 1940 Book Section: Blaxland, Gregory (1778-1853), settler Conway, Jill Blaxland, Gregory (1778-1853), settler Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 115-117 Book Section: Evans, George William (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer Weatherburn, A. K. Evans, George William (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 359-360 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000