Across the Blue Mountains

Lawson’s account of this 1813 expedition

Over the Hills and Far Away

William Lawson (1774–1850) had been an officer of the New South Wales Corps and was at this time lieutenant of the New South Wales Veterans’ Company. He had trained as a surveyor and this knowledge made him a valuable member of the expedition. His journal, with its accurate record of times and distances, enables the route to be precisely retraced today. Lawson became the commandant of the new settlement at Bathurst in 1819, a post he held until 1824.
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