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William Lawson (2 June 1774 – 16 June 1850) was a explorer of New South Wales, Australia who co-discovered a passage inland through the Blue Mountains from Sydney. He was later a land owner, grazier, and elected official.. ==Early life and migration to Australia== Lawson was born in Finchley, Middlesex, England son of Scottish parents who had lived at Kirkpatrick. He trained as a surveyor in London but later bought a commission in the New South Wales Corps and migrated to Sydney, arriving in November 1800.〔 〕 Shortly after his arrival he was posted to work at the military station at Norfolk Island. It was here that he met Sarah Leadbeater with whom he married and eventually had eleven children.〔 〕 By 1813, when Lawson received the invitation of Gregory Blaxland to cross the Blue Mountains, he had become an established colonial officer and pastoralist in New South Wales with lands in Concord and Prospect.〔
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