Gregory Blaxland

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Gregory Blaxland was an English-born Australian explorer, farmer, and politician best known for leading the first successful European crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.

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Gregory Blaxland canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian explorer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
person ⓘ
politician ⓘ
associatedWith Blue Mountains, New South Wales ⓘ
European expansion into Australian interior ⓘ
birthDate 1778-06-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Fordwich, Kent, England ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
citizenship British ⓘ
countryOfBirth England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath Australia ⓘ
deathDate 1853-01-01 ⓘ
deathPlace New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
era colonial Australia ⓘ
expeditionMember William Charles Wentworth ⓘ
William Lawson ⓘ
expeditionYear 1813 ⓘ
explored Blue Mountains ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
familyName Blaxland ⓘ
fieldOfWork agriculture ⓘ
colonial politics ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
givenName Gregory ⓘ
hasHeritage English ⓘ
knownFor exploration of New South Wales interior ⓘ
leading the first successful European crossing of the Blue Mountains ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
ledExpedition 1813 Blue Mountains crossing ⓘ
migratedTo Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
name Gregory Blaxland ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableAchievement establishing a route across the Blue Mountains for European settlers ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBurial New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
regionOfExploration eastern Australia ⓘ
residence New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney region ⓘ
roleInHistory pioneer of inland exploration in New South Wales ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Charles Wentworth → coExplorerWith → Gregory Blaxland ⓘ
Gregory Blaxland → name → Gregory Blaxland ⓘ
William Lawson → partnerInExpeditionWith → Gregory Blaxland ⓘ
Blaxland → namedAfter → Gregory Blaxland ⓘ