James
Meehan put Australia on the map, literally! Exiled to NSW
for his part in the build-up to the United Irish Rebellion
of 1798, he spent 1803-1820 surveying and mapping thousands
of land grants and leases in
the settled districts of Sydney, Parramatta and Hobart as well
as
exploring up and down the east coast to the Port Phillip District
that
became the colony of Victoria and across Bass Strait to Van
Dieman's Land.
Confidant and friend
of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, he was a
modest and unassuming official. Settlers and officers knew
and respected him, and he knew the land better than all of
them. Pioneer
farmer and entrepreneur, he was also family man and pillar
of his church. $24.00 RRP incl
GST & postage within Australia | 
