23-495: Blaxland can refer to: People [ edit ] Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853), pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, brother of John Jasper Blaxland (1880–1963), English consultant surgeon John Blaxland (explorer) , pioneer settler and explorer in Australia, brother of Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853) John Blaxland (politician) (1799–1884), member of NSW Legislative Council,
46-551: A NSW electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives Blaxland, Queensland , a locality in the Western Downs Region See also [ edit ] Blaxlands Ridge, New South Wales , a suburb near Sydney Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blaxland . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
69-760: A sample of his wine. While in England he published in February 1823 his Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains . Later the same year, Blaxland was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Society of Arts for the wine he had brought to London. His wife died in December 1826. In January 1827 Blaxland was elected by a public meeting with two others to present a petition to Governor Darling asking that "Trial by jury" and "Taxation by Representation" should be extended to
92-475: A scheme for the exploitation of the interior by a large agricultural company similar to the later Australian Agricultural Company of the 1820s. Macquarie would not agree nor would he allow Blaxland land in the interior for his own flocks. Blaxland then had to dispose of his livestock, and joined the colonial opposition to Macquarie, and in 1819 sharply criticised his administration to Commissioner John Thomas Bigge . Blaxland visited England in 1822 taking with him
115-409: A son of Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853) John Blaxland (historian) , Australian historian and academic Lionel Blaxland (1898–1976), English aviator, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman James Graham-Brown (born 1951), cricketer and playwright who writes under the pen name "Dougie Blaxland" Other uses [ edit ] Blaxland, New South Wales , a small town Division of Blaxland ,
138-561: Is also noted as one of the first settlers to plant grapes for wine -making purposes. He was engaged during the next few years in wine-making. He had brought vines from the Cape of Good Hope and found a species resistant to blight. Blaxland's diaries show that he had a clear grasp of the scale upon which agricultural and pastoral activities would be profitable in Australia. In 1814, like many others almost insolvent because of drought and depression, he tried to persuade Governor Macquarie to sanction
161-472: The William Pitt on 1 September 1805 with his wife, the three children they then had, two servants, an overseer, a few sheep, seed, bees, tools, groceries and clothing. Blaxland and his family reached Sydney on 1 April 1806, where he sold many of the goods he brought with him very profitably, bought eighty head of cattle so as to enter the meat trade, located 2,000 acres (810 ha) of land at St Marys and
184-640: The Downs on 1 October. Captain Charles William Butler left Portsmouth on 21 June 1811, bound for Bengal. He sailed with a letter of marque issued 14 June 1811. William Pitt reached Madeira on 2 July and left there three days later in company with Minerva , Harleston , Lord Forbes , and Lady Lushington , and under convoy of HMS Emerald . William Pitt arrived at Calcutta on 6 November. She left Calcutta on 18 February 1812, passed Saugor on 17 March, reached St Helena on 15 June, and arrived at
207-514: The Downs on 14 September. Butler sailed William Pitt from Torbay on 25 March 1813, bound for Batavia . She was homeward bound when she was lost in a gale at about midnight on 16 December 1813 while east of Algoa Bay ; there were no survivors. A later item in Lloyd's List reported the date of loss as 20 December 1813. One report passed on the report that Captain Evatt, Army commander at Algoa Bay, saw
230-649: The London to India trade. Under the command of John Boyce, she sailed from Falmouth on 10 August 1805, bound for New South Wales and China. Before she left she had loaded one male and 120 female convicts, but one woman was discharged prior to departure. William Pitt arrived at Cork , Ireland, on 14 August, and sailed on 31 August, carrying Gregory Blaxland and family. She left on the same day as Tellicherry . On 29 September William Pitt reached Madeira. From there she reached San Salvador on 11 November, where she stayed for three weeks. William Pitt sailed with
253-535: The approval of Governor Lachlan Macquarie for an attempt to cross the Great Dividing Range , known as the Blue Mountains , following the mountain ridges, instead of following the rivers and valleys. He secured the participation of William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth in the expedition, which was successful (though the expedition stopped short of actually crossing over the mountains) and enabled
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#1732858876393276-576: The church of St George the Martyr there, he married 20-year-old Elizabeth, daughter of John Spurdon; they had five sons and two daughters. The Blaxlands were friends of Sir Joseph Banks who appears to have strongly influenced the decision of Gregory and his eldest brother, John , to emigrate to Australia. The government promised them land, convict servants and free passages, in accord with its policy of encouraging 'settlers of responsibility and capital'. Leaving John to sell their Kent estates, Gregory sailed in
299-542: The colony. Still opposed to the governor's authority, he made another visit to England, taking a petition in support of trial by jury and some form of representative government, and again carried samples of his wine, for which he won a gold medal of the Royal Society of Arts in 1828. He successfully petitioned the Colonial Office for a drawback on the import duty on brandy imported into the colony and 'actually used in
322-556: The expedition under General Sir David Baird and Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham that would in 1806 capture the Dutch Cape Colony . She then arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on 4 or 6 January 1806. Shortly after she arrived the cannon fire from the battle of Blaauwberg (8 January) could be heard. William Pitt stayed at the Cape for five weeks. William Pitt arrived at Port Jackson on 11 April 1806. Two female convicts had died on
345-471: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blaxland&oldid=1188399318 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gregory Blaxland Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January 1853)
368-522: The manufacture of wine'. Always a man of moody and mercurial character, Blaxland devoted his colonial activities almost entirely to the pursuit of his agricultural and viticultural interests. He suffered great personal loss with the early and untimely deaths of his second son, youngest son and wife along with others quite close to him in rapid succession, which bore very heavily on his heart. He committed suicide on 1 January 1853 in New South Wales and
391-424: The settlers to access and use the land west of the mountains for farming. The crossing took 21 days, and only 6 days to return. In February 1823 Blaxland published his Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains (London, 1823) in which he wrote: In recognition of the successful crossing, all three explorers were granted by Macquarie 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land west of the mountains. Blaxland
414-483: The voyage, as had three children, one of smallpox . William Pitt arrived some two months after Tellicherry , Tellicherry not having delayed at the Cape. After some repairs William Pitt sailed on 25 June from Port Jackson for China arriving on 3 October. She arrived at Whampoa on 21 September. For her return voyage, William Pitt crossed the Second Bar on 5 January 1807 and on 23 January reached Penang. She
437-572: Was a three-decker sailing ship, built in Liverpool in 1803. She made three complete voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and on the first of these she transported convicts to New South Wales . In December 1813 she was lost in a gale to the east of Algoa Bay while homeward bound from her fourth voyage. She began her career as a West Indiaman . In 1805 Captain J. Jackson sailed her to London, where P. Maester fitted her out for
460-523: 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. Gregory Blaxland was born 17 June 1778 at Fordwich , Kent, England, the fourth son of John Blaxland, mayor from 1767 to 1774, whose family had owned estates nearby for generations, and Mary, daughter of Captain Parker, R.N. Gregory attended The King's School, Canterbury . In July 1799 in
483-513: Was at the Cape on 10 April, and 18 days later at St Helena . She arrived at the Downs on 2 July. Captain William Crowder left Portsmouth on 7 July 1809, bound for Bengal and Madras . He sailed with a letter of marque issued on 5 June 1809. William Pitt arrived at Calcutta on 17 December. Homeward bound, she left on 22 February 1810, passed Saugor on 11 March, and reached Madras on 28 March and St Helena on 2 August. She arrived at
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#1732858876393506-603: Was buried in All Saints Cemetery in Parramatta . His son John was a prominent businessman. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council and served there from 1863 until his death in 1884. In 1963 he was honoured, together with Lawson and Wentworth, on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post depicting the Blue Mountains crossing. William Pitt (1803 ship) William Pitt
529-602: Was promised forty convict servants. Soon afterwards he also bought 450 acres (180 ha) at the Brush Farm (near Eastwood ) from D'Arcy Wentworth for £1500, while also displaying some of his future characteristics by commencing litigation against the master of the William Pitt . A further parcel of 2,280 acres (920 ha) was granted for a farm at the South Creek . Early in 1813 Blaxland, who needed more grazing land, obtained
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