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Blaxland was an early settler in the colony, and Wentworth was the son of a wealthy Norfolk Island official, who had sent his boy home to be educated, and when these three men went exploring, young Wentworth had just returned to Australia.
Strange to say, during the whole time of his absence in this hitherto untrodden waste, the only natives seen by the party were four women and two children. This most successful termination of the work commenced by Messrs. Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth, and the confirmation of the hopes that had been entertained, led to more active steps being at once initiated. Mr.
The great drought of 1813 The development of country by stocking Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains Reach the head of coast waters and return Surveyor Evans sent out Crosses the watershed and finds the Macquarie River Construction of road over the range Settlement of Bathurst Visit of Governor Macquarie Second expedition under Evans Discovery of the Lachlan River Surveyor-General Oxley explores the Lachlan Finds the river terminates in swamps Returns by the Macquarie His opinion of the interior Second expedition down the Macquarie Disappointment again Evans finds the Castlereagh Liverpool Plains discovered Oxley descends the range and finds Port Macquarie Returns to Newcastle-Currie and Ovens cross the Morumbidgee Brisbane Downs and Monaroo Hume and Hovell cross to Port Phillip Success of the expedition.
Nowadays, when the Blue Mountains have been conquered, and they are traversed by roads and railways, tourists from all parts of the world find great joy in looking upon these wonderful gorges; but in the days of the explorers they were the cause of many disappointments indeed, of many tragedies. Finally, the Blue Mountains were conquered by the explorers Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth.
Shortly after the failure of this expedition, the sad effects of a long protracted drought called forth a more general spirit of enterprise and exertion among the settlers; and Mr. Oxley makes honorable mention of the perseverance and resolution with which Lieut. Lawson, of the 104th regiment, accompanied by Messrs. Blaxland and Wentworth, conducted an expedition into the Blue Mountains.
The country, and especially the hills beyond the left bank, affords excellent pasturage for sheep, as many large and thriving establishments testify. At one of this description, belonging to Mr. Blaxland, and which is situated on the bank of the Lower Wollombi, Mr. White and I arrived towards evening, and passed the night. November 28. We left the hospitable station of Mr.
Denonvilliers has described a perforation of the esophagus and aorta by a five-franc piece. A preserved preparation of this case, showing the coin in situ, is in the Musee Dupuytren. Blaxland relates the instance of a woman of forty-five who swallowed a fish bone, was seized with violent hematemesis, and died in eight hours.
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