Stephen Lawn (1836-1917)

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Reference numberPRLPC-P1555/1

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TitleStephen Lawn (1836-1917)DescriptionHe was a farmer, blacksmith and wheelwright for the North Pine area. Lawn migrated to Queensland from Helmsley, Yorkshire, England, in 1862 and selected land north of the North Pine River in partnership with John Atkinson Thompson. As Lawn was a blacksmith by trade he put up a small smithy so that he could supplement his income from farming by obtaining work from other settlers. The extra traffic brought about by the Gympie goldrush provided sufficient business for him to concentrate on blacksmithing full time. In 1873 he bought better land south of the river and moved his business to the new site located near today's Lawnton Tavern. As some of his land was acquired for the construction of the North Coast Railway in 1887, the Lawnton Railway Station and the surrounding district were named in his honour.CollectorEwart, Mervyn (Merv)Record typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourSepia

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CollectionPine Rivers Library Photographic Collection

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PlaceLawnton (Qld.)PersonEwart, Mervyn (Merv)Subject (keywords)portraitspioneersblacksmiths (people)farmersmen

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Stephen Lawn (1836-1917)