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ACTIVITY PAGE13BGregory Blaxland’s swordAbout 1800.State Library of New South WalesBreastplate 19th centuryIn the 1830s George Larnach and his familybecame the first settlers in the Caloola Valleynear Bathurst. They established friendlyrelations with the local Wiradjuri people.Lanarch presented this breastplate to anelder of the group as a mark of respect.On loan from Alan McRaeLand grant made to Gregory Blaxland 1812In 1809 Lieutenant Governor William Patersonallocated Blaxland 2000 acres (810 hectares) atEvan, now Penrith. Three years later GovernorLachlan Macquarie granted him a further 2280acres (920 hectares) at the same location, andthen, as detailed in this document, 500 acres(200 hectares) at what is now Cobbity. Macquariebelieved this ended Blaxland’s entitlement, butthe family disputed this in the court. Determinedto expand his holdings, Blaxland looked for landwest of the Blue Mountains.National Museum of AustraliaSurveyor and settlerWilliam Lawson arrived in Sydney in 1800 as anofficer of the New South Wales Corps. He actedas a surveyor during the 1813 expedition intothe Blue Mountains and may have been the firstto take stock across the range. Lawson selected1000 acres (400 hectares) near Bathurst ashis reward for a successful expedition. He wascommandant of Bathurst from 1819 to 1824 andled expeditions to its west and north. Lawsoneventually owned more than 200000 acres,making his pastoral enterprise one of the largestin the colonies.William LawsonMitchell Linrary, State Library of New South WalesStone flakes found in theBathurst area collected1900-60Wiradjuri craftspeople hadmade stone tools like these forthousands of years before thefirst settlers arrived. These flakeswere collected by Percy Gresser,a Bathurst shearer who devotedhis life to researching Indigenousculture and history.Bathurst Historical SocietyBrick from Fordwich House 1820sBlaxland hoped his 1813 expedition across the BlueMountains would bring him new pastures. GovernorMacquarie rewarded Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth eachwith 1000 acres (400 hectares) west of the range, but refusedBlaxland’s request for further grants inland of the mountains.Despite such disputes with colonial authorities, the Blaxlandfamily developed a network of properties in New South Wales.This brick is from Fordwich House, built by the Blaxlandfamily with convict labour at Broke,near Singleton, in 1824.Cattle were bred and fattened at Fordwich before beingslaughtered and salted at John Blaxland’s large property,Newington, on the Parramatta River, west of Sydney.On loan from Darryl BlaxlandRoad making tools used forcrossing the Blue MountainsWilliam Cox’s team ofconvicts used basic toolslike these while buildingthe first road across theBlue Mountains, now theGreat Western Highway.On loan from Ralph Hawkins46Myths and Mysteries of the Crossing of the Blue Mountains
Activity page 14Conclusion and reflection:What does the crossing of the Blue Mountains tell us about Australian history?You have now studied an event in great detail.It is time to make some judgements and assessments about the nature and significance of this event inAustralian history.The Australian Curriculum: History asks you to consider the following areas. Compose your response to each,based on your knowledge, understanding and empathetic awareness (what it might have been like at the time)of the people and the event.1 What does the Crossing of the Blue Mountains tell us about:The Impact of theIndustrial Revolutionon AustraliaConvict lifeImpacts ofsettlement onIndigenous peopleThe movementof peopleThe nature of thefree settlersEconomic activityin New South WalesLand use in NewSouth WalesWhat it was like(empathy)CausationConsequences ofsettlementDifferent views ofthe future of NewSouth Wales2 Write a brief paragraph or do a comic strip sketch for your own history textbook(in box 10 of activity page 3C) to summarise for readers what you think thecrossing of the Blue Mountains tells us about this part of our past.Myths and Mysteries of the Crossing of the Blue Mountains47
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