William Lawson, William Wentworth and Gregory Blaxland.Two of them were European Australians - William Lawson and Gregory Blaxland. The third, William Wentworth, was the son of a convict woman and born on a convict ship travelling to Australia. In effect, this made him one of the first native-born Australians, which became known as currency lads (and lasses). Wentworth was the first truly Australian explorer.
William Charles Wentworth was born sometime in July 1790 on the 'Surprize', a ship transporting convicts to Australia. The exact date of his birth is unknown. Wentworth was a "Currency Lad", one of the first children born into the colony of New South Wales.
John Lawson is an American writer. You'd Better Come Home With Me - is his only tale. He wrote a drama: Gentlewoman in 1934.
because someone had to explore the blue mountains
When the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales in 1788, all efforts concentrated on developing farmland and a food supply to support the convict colony. Free settlers also began to arrive, lured by the promise of a better life in the new, young country. This placed considerable strain on New South Wales's resources, and farmers saw the need for expansion beyond the Blue Mountains, which had provided an impassable barrier to the west. The expedition to cross the Blue Mountains grew out of this need. Gregory Blaxland was a wealthy grazier who had come to Australia in 1806. He stood to gain much by finding a route to new grasslands for his stock. Blaxland approached Governor Macquarie about funding an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains. Though Macquarie found Blaxland to be troublesome and discontented, and felt he should be growing grain to feed the colony rather than the lazy option of grazing cattle. Nonetheless, Macquarie granted approval for the expedition.
Blaxland died at the age of 63, Lawson at 77, and Wentworth at 70.
They weren't sea explorers. Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth were explorers who crossed the Blue Mountains for the first time.
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth set off to find a way through the impassable Blue Mountains on 11 May 1813.
thick bushlands
31 May 1813 Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth completed the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains.
Gregory Blaxland travelled with William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson.
Yes. It was on the expedition of Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson that Mt Blaxland was discovered and named.
3 convicts and an aboriginal guide.
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Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth were the first Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains (incidentally, Wentworth was Australian-born). This was significant because it enabled the expansion of the colony of Sydney to new and better pasturelands.
The dogs in this exploration party were for hunting.
Blaxland approached lawson and wentworth to go on the expedition with him because they were both graziers who needed new land. The purpose of the expedition was to find new land to suit the needs of the growing colony.