Crossing the Blue Mountains

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 “I have every reason to think that the same ridge of mountains we traveled on will lead some distance into the interior of the country.”

- William Lawson

Portrait drawing of a man with a rifle behind his back
Gregory Blaxland Esq. formerly of Brush Farm ... / portrait
Call # ML 143
Digital ID: 
a928207
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Watercolour miniature of a man who was known as William Lawson
William Lawson, ca. 1960's - watercolour on ivory miniature
ca. 1960's
Call # MIN 63
Digital ID: 
a928098
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Portrait painting of a man seated to side in formal clothing of period in 1872
William Charles Wentworth, 1872, by James Anderson, Oil painting on canvas
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