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1037290
  • Title
    Item 05: Seal of [William] Lawson, Australian Explorer, Blue Mountains 1813. In envelope stamped ‘W.D.’
  • Call number
    SAFE/DR 278/Item 5
  • Level of description
    item
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1037290
  • Physical Description
    1 seal - wax, red
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    William Lawson (2 June 1774 – 16 June 1850) was a pastoralist and explorer of New South Wales, Australia who co-discovered a passage inland through the Blue Mountains from Sydney
  • Scope and Content
    Coat of arms - three sheaves of wheat over a red St Andrew's cross ; motto Dominus providebit (God will provide)
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    "Henry [i.e. William] Lawson, 1813" in pencil on the card
  • Attributions / conjectures

    [Verified from wax impression of Lawson's seal in William Lawson - Journal of an expedition across the Blue Mountains, 11 May - 6 June 1813. Safe 1/97]
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