John Oxley

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Australian colonial figure British person cartographer explorer public servant surveyor

John Oxley was an early 19th-century British explorer and surveyor of Australia, noted for his expeditions into the interior of New South Wales and Queensland.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian colonial figure ⓘ British person ⓘ cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ public servant ⓘ surveyor ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
commissionedBy	Governor Lachlan Macquarie NERFINISHED ⓘ
continentOfActivity	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1784-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1828-05-26 ⓘ
employer	Colonial government of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1828 ⓘ
exploredRegion	Lachlan River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Macquarie River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Moreton Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ interior of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Oxley NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNamesake	John Oxley Library (State Library of Queensland) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxley Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxley River NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxley Wild Rivers National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxley suburb in Brisbane NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxley suburb in Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	European settlement patterns in eastern Australia ⓘ
knownFor	early 19th-century exploration of inland Australia ⓘ surveying and mapping parts of New South Wales ⓘ surveying and mapping parts of Queensland ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
notableAchievement	recommended site for future settlement at Moreton Bay ⓘ
notableWork	exploration of the Brisbane River ⓘ exploration of the Lachlan River ⓘ exploration of the Macquarie River ⓘ exploration of the Tweed River region ⓘ
occupation	explorer ⓘ hydrographer ⓘ naval officer ⓘ surveyor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBurial	St Thomas' Anglican Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kirkham, near Camden, New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Surveyor-General of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1812 ⓘ

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Oxley Highway → namedAfter → John Oxley ⓘ

Oxley → hasNotableBearer → John Oxley ⓘ

Oxley → namedAfter → John Oxley ⓘ

subject surface form: Oxley (New South Wales state electoral district)