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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 52768 William Landsborough pictured with two of his daughters, ca. 1870.jpg en William Landsborough pictured with two of his daughters ca 1870 William Landsborough 1825-1886 was born on 21 February 1825 at Stevenston near Saltcoats Ayrshire Scotland He married Caroline Hollingworth Raine in Sydney in December 1862 and they had three daughters Caroline later died of tuberculosis William met and married Maria Carr in March 1873 They had three sons William was the first European to cross Australia from North to South while searching for explorers Burke and Wills He explored much of Queensland and was rewarded by the Queensland Government with about 2000 pounds which he used to purchase land at Caloundra which he named 'Loch Lamerough' where he settled around 1882 circa 1870 handle 10462/deriv/59030 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Portraits of Queensland Children's clothing of Australia Families of Australia Furniture in Australia Black and white photographs William Landsborough Images from the State Library of Queensland | ||||
