William Lawson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 174 years ago |
Date of birth | June 2,1774 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Finchley |
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Date of died | June 16,1850 |
Died | Prospect |
Australia | |
Known for | 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains |
Nationality | British |
Australian | |
Children | Hannah Anne Lawson |
Grandchildren | William Henry Bayly |
Wallace Paget Bayly | |
Great grandchildren | Andrew Clarence Bayly |
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ID | 2049946 |
William Lawson Life story
William Lawson, MLC was an English-born Australian explorer, land owner, grazier and politician who migrated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1800. Along with his close friends and colleagues Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, he pioneered the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by European settlers.