![William Lawson](/archive/images/exhibitions/2010/governor/lg/e016_s03_a928098.jpg)
William Lawson, c. 1840s
Artist unknown
Watercolour on ivory
MIN 63
William Lawson, a trained surveyor, joined the New South Wales Corps in 1799. Five years after crossing the Blue Mountains, he became the first commandant of the new settlement of Bathurst.