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unusual facts about Thomas Makdougall Brisbane



Charles C. Platt Homestead

In 1814, it was used as the headquarters for Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane during the Battle of Plattsburgh.

John Blaxland

However, in the 1820s, under Governor Brisbane, Blaxland obtained good land in the Nepean (800 acres called "Grove Farm" where he had built a weir and brewery where barley and English soft wheat were grown at what became Wallacia) and Hunter Regions as a result of discovering a route to the area.


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