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Five Australian Colonial Grants by purchase, including Thomas…
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Sydney
Date:
7-Apr-2019
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Five Australian Colonial Grants by purchase, including Thomas Braidwood Wilson, dated 1837, County Murray ( Wilson sailed in the ship, Governor Phillip to the Swan River in Western Australia with Captain Collet Barker. From there he explored the region inland from King George sound. Captain Barker was the Commandant at King George sound and provided the provisions for the expedition. Wilson named the hill overlooking the future township of Mount Barker in his honour.[3] during these expeditions Wilson collected seeds and species to bring back to his friend, Allan Cunningham at the Sydney botanical gardens. A species of grevillea from Western Australia, Grevillea wilson,was named after him. Wilson's inlet in Western Australia is also named after him. King George sound is now home to the thriving town of Albany. In 1833 Wilson was granted a fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society.
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