caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name
ca. 1840s -- watercolour on ivory miniature 16 june 1850 prospect , nsw middlesex , england 02 june 1774 crossing the blue mountains portrait of william lawson.jpg william lawson -lrb- explorer -rrb-
 william lawson
william lawson -lrb- explorer -rrb-

william lawson -lrb- 2 june 1774 -- 16 june 1850 -rrb- was a explorer of new south wales , australia who co-discovered a passage inland through the blue mountains from sydney .
he was later a land owner , grazier , and elected official . .
