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Major George Druitt (1773 – 9 June 1842) was a soldier and
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pioneer.
Mount Druitt Mount Druitt is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney regio ...
was named after him. Druitt became a professional soldier in 1794. As a member of 48th Regiment he sailed to
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in 1817 on the ''Matilda'', with 440 officers and men. While on his journey to
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, George met and formed a relationship with Margaret Lynch (his future wife) who had stowed away on the ship to be with one of the other soldiers. Once they arrived in Australia, George and Margaret lived together and had a daughter Judith in 1819, and two sons, George Joseph in 1820 and Edward in 1821. George and Margaret were married in 1825, eight years after they met. After they were married, they had four more children, Joseph in 1825, Margaret Jane in 1828, Jane Euphemia in 1829 and James Cottingham in 1837.


Works in the colony

Druitt oversaw the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges by convict labour around Sydney. He was granted land near what was to become
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. The area that was named Mount Druitt in his honour. The suburb which became
Strathfield South Strathfield South is a suburb, in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia in the state of New South Wales, 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Strathfield local government area. The area was historically part of ...
was also originally named Druitt Town in his honou

George died on 9 June 1842, aged 69, some four months after his wife.


See also

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History of New South Wales The history of New South Wales refers to the history of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the area's preceding Indigenous Australians, Indigenous and Crown colony, British colonial societies. The La ...


References


Sands Sydney Directory DRUITT TOWN Directory entries 1887-1891

Major George Druitt on BillionGraves
* Magann, H. (1997). They left their mark. Blacktown, NSW. * Nicolaidis, G. (1990). The Druitts of Mount Druitt. Blacktown City Council: Blacktown, NSW. * Blacktown City Council Library Service - Local History Section - Vertical File: Biography - Druitt, Major George.


External links


''Major George Druitt'' by Blacktown City Council

Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877
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- includes digitised correspondence and letters written by Druitt to the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Druitt, George 1770s births 1842 deaths Settlers of Australia Colony of New South Wales people 19th-century Australian public servants