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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 51596 William Landsborough's second wife Maria, holding her baby, Brisbane, ca. 1875.jpg en William Landsborough's second wife Maria holding her baby Brisbane ca 1875 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 1875 handle 10462/deriv/58637 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Contributor s Lomer Brisbane PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Portraits of Queensland Families of Australia Babies of Australia Hair fashion in Australia Women's clothing of Australia 1875 in Brisbane Black and white photographs William Landsborough Images from the State Library of Queensland | ||||
