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Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton (1800-1840) was a pioneer explorer and surveyor in Australia.
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In 1839, Stapylton was one of the three surveyors (the other two being
Robert Dixon and
James Warner ) sent by
New South Wales Governor
George Gipps to the
Moreton Bay penal colony , arriving on the Sarah Jane .
[2] Their first task was to make a coastal survey of
Moreton Bay and then to survey
Brisbane and the surrounding districts in preparation for the closure of the penal colony and the opening of the area for free settlement in 1842.
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He was killed on 31 May 1840 by Aboriginal people while surveying, 14 miles (23 km) east of
Mount Lindesay .
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Legacy
The locality of
Stapylton in the
City of Gold Coast is named after him.
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Robert Dixon , Stapylton and
James Warner are commemorated on a plaque at the Land Centre,
Woolloongabba in Brisbane (
27°29′05″S 153°02′07″E / 27.4848°S 153.0353°E / -27.4848; 153.0353 (First Surveyors in Queensland plaque ) ). The plaque was placed by the Queensland Division of the Australian Institute of Surveyors and unveiled on 7 May 1989 by the
Surveyor-General of Queensland K. J. Davies and the
Surveyor-General of New South Wales D. M. Grant.
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References
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c Cranfield, Louis R. (1967),
"Stapylton, Granville William Chetwynd (1800–1840)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
archived from the original on 16 November 2019, retrieved 24 June 2020
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"LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS" .
Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser . Queensland, Australia. 16 September 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via Trove.
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"Death of an Old Colonist" .
The Queenslander . Queensland, Australia. 9 May 1891. p. 872. Retrieved 24 June 2020 – via Trove.
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"Murder of Mr. Stapylton by the Blacks at Moreton Bay" .
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . New South Wales, Australia. 29 August 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via Trove.
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"Stapylton – locality in City of Gold Coast (entry 46100)" . Queensland Place Names .
Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 June 2020 .
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"First Surveyors in Queensland" . Monument Australia .
Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020 .
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