Patrick Leslie
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Patrick Leslie (September 25, 1815 – August 12, 1881) was a Scottish Settler in Australia. Leslie and his two brothers (Walter and George) were the first to settle on the Darling Downs, and he was the first person to buy land in Warwick.
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Introduction
Leslie was born in Warthill in Aberdeenshire, the second son of William Leslie.
In December 1834, Patrick left London arriving in Sydney in May 1835. By 1836 he was managing his uncle’s property at Collaroi in the Cassilis district of New South Wales. Later on he rented Dunheved farm at Penrith.
When his brothers Walter and George arrived in the colony, Patrick decided to look for new land to the north.
Activity on the Darling Downs
In 1840 Patrick Leslie started with stock from a New England station, then the most northerly settled district in New South Wales, and formed the first station on the Condamine River, before the river had been identified as a tributary of the Darling River.
At the first land sale in Warwick 1848 Patrick Leslie bought the first allotment.
References
- Favenc, Ernest. 1908. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited.
External links
- First Settler on the Darling Downs at Toowomba City Council
- Patrick Leslie from The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Categories: Scottish people stubs | Australia biography stubs | Explorers of Australia | 1815 births | 1881 deaths
