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∙ 14y agoRecords do not accurately reflect the many attempts by white settlers, surveyors and explorers to cross the Blue Mountains, as not all attempts were official.
Known attempts to cross the Blue Mountains were made by the following:
- Marine Lieutenants William Dawes and George Johnston, with surgeon's mate Lowes - 1789.
- Captain Watkin Tench - 1789
- Captain William Paterson - 1793
- Henry Hacking - 1794
- Matthew Everingham - 1795
- George Bass - 1796
- John Wilson - 1798
- Ensign Francis Barrallier - 1802 (who, incidentally, on this journey became the first to record the aboriginal call of Coo-ee)
- George Caley - 1804
- David Dickinson Mann - 1807
The first successful attempt was by Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, in May 1813.
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∙ 12y agoGregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth departed South Creek, Sydney Cove, on 11 May 1813. On 31 May they reached Mount Blaxland, from where they could see the plains to the west. The journey took 21 days, not counting their return.
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