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	John Oxley
		Oxley was born in England in the early part of 1781.
		Oxley later became a Governor Brisbane appointed him to the Legislative council in 1824.
		He was unable to solve the riddle of the rivers, which appeared to lose themselves in marshes, but he added much valuable land to the known territory of his time.
	www.australianhistory.org /john-oxley.php (674 words)

	John Oxley's Sydney town house. - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Oxley was to use this house as both his office and Sydney residence for his remaining years as Surveyor-General.
		Oxley continued to use the house until his death in 1828, and there appears to be no evidence the house was ever altered during that time.
		Oxley's family now had to vacate the Sydney town house of at least eight years, and it was decided to auction the contents of the house.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-117040499.html (4873 words)

	John Oxley - 1802 - Surveyor - Explorer - Australian History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Oxley, or more fully John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was a naval officer, surveyor and explorer, was born in Yorkshire, England, and entered the navy as a midshipman in HMS Venerable in 1799.
		Oxley had very little experience of land surveying, but during his term of office he was responsible for the survey of newly occupied lands at Illawarra, the Hunter Valley, and the country west of the Blue Mountains.
		Oxley was also a pioneer of the Bowral district; in 1816 he had 500 head of cattle grazing there and obtained a land grant from Macquarie.
	www.australiahistory.com.au /1802-John_oxley.htm (620 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, AL
		John Oxley (1783 â“ 1828) was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation.
		John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was born in 1783 at Kirkham Abbey, near Westow in county Yorkshire, the eldest son of John and Isabella Oxley.
		The Oxley Highway in New South Wales, the Federal electorate of Oxley (Queensland), the New South Wales Electoral district of Oxley, the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and the suburbs of Oxley, Queensland and Oxley, Australian Capital Territory are named after Oxley.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=John_Oxley (965 words)

	OXLEY Family Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Oxley and his wife Olive lived in Dobbs County, NC on a plantation called Oxley's Grove.
		Another Oxley record I have is that of a John Oxley, cordwinder, purchasing land in 1717.
		John Oxley made bequests to his son George, son John, wife Olive, son-in-law Isaiah JOHNSON and his wife Mary, daughter Olive, son-in-law John PARROT [sic] and Elizabeth his wife, son-in-law John RAY and Rachel his wife, daughter Martha, son-in-law William FLEETWOOD, son-in-law James BAKER, granddaughter Susanna FLEETWOOD, and friend Joseph PARKER.
	home.earthlink.net /~ngmann/Anderson/oxley.html (345 words)

	Sydney Heritage Fleet - John Oxley Restoration
		John mentions a 22 mm Oerlikon gun was fitted to the stern for John Oxley’s wartime role as an inspection vessel.
		John reports that life was quiet for John Oxley and adds his time on her was largely incident free.
		John finished his service on John Oxley and was transferred to HMAS Maryborough in Alexandria with convey escort work between Colombo and Indian ports.
	www.australianheritagefleet.com.au /JO-history/Serjent.html (548 words)

	Sydney Heritage Fleet - John Oxley History
		John Oxley was built in 1927 by Bow McLachlan of Paisley in Scotland.
		John Oxley was taken over by the RAN during WW II for use as an examination vessel.
		John Oxley is especially valuable as she is a very conventional and typical ship of her time (straight stem, counter stem, raised forecastle, well deck, raised boat deck, machinery amidships, tall funnel and with accommodation aft).
	www.australianheritagefleet.com.au /JO-history/JO-history.html (1063 words)

	Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (1785? - 1828) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		OXLEY, JOHN JOSEPH WILLIAM MOLESWORTH (1785?-1828), surveyor-general and explorer, was born at Kirkham Abbey near Westow, Yorkshire, England, the eldest son of John Oxley and his wife Isabella, who was related to the Irish Viscount Molesworth.
		Oxley had to surrender these in 1810, but Governor Macquarie granted him 600 acres (243 ha) near Camden which he increased in 1815 to 1000 acres (405 ha) again.
		Oxley denied that he had been a partisan of Macarthur when Bligh was deposed, but his letters show that he was on very intimate terms with the rebel leader.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A020273b.htm (1830 words)

	John Oxley - easier version
		John Oxley was born in England in 1785.
		Oxley followed the Lachlan, surveying and mapping its course, until his way was blocked by swamps.
		Oxley came to the conclusion that "the interior of this vast country is a marsh and uninhabitable".
	www.davidreilly.com /australian_explorers/oxley/oxley_-_easier.htm (510 words)

	School - History - John Oxley
		The story of John Oxley's discoveries in the Moreton Bay region begins on 15 April 1823 when three ticket-of-leave convicts, John Finnegan, Thomas Pamphlett and Richard Parsons, were shipwrecked off the coast of Moreton Island.
		Lieutenant John Oxley, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, was engaged on an exploring expedition in H.M. Cutter Mermaid on 29 November 1823 when he rescued Pamphlett close to Point Skirmish on Bribie Island.
		Oxley had been instructed by the Governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane, to assess Moreton Bay, Port Curtis and Port Bowen as potential sites for convict settlements.
	pineriversshs.eq.edu.au /pages/school/history/John_Oxley.htm (0 words)

	USATODAY.com - Change of strategy pays off for Monarchos owner (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Oxley, an avid polo player, and Ward, a native Kentuckian and third-generation trainer, reached the winner's circle Saturday at Churchill Downs with Monarchos, a gray colt named for the Byzantine era Greek ruler Georgios Monarchos.
		John Velasquez' claim that Monarchos interfered at the quarter pole was rejected by the stewards.
		Oxley plans to donate $8,120, or 1%, of the purse to the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, which raises money to study the health and safety of horses.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/2001derby/2001-05-05-oxley.htm (598 words)

	John Oxley
		John Oxley (1785?-1828) was a naval officer, surveyor and explorer and was born in England.
		Oxley believed that the interior was marshland and unsuitable for settlement.
		Oxley chose Redcliffe Point as the first site as there was plenty of fresh water, fertile soil and plenty of timber for building.
	www.davidreilly.com /australian_explorers/oxley/john1.htm (611 words)

	John Oxley
		John Oxley was born in England and sailed to Australia as a surveyor with the Royal Navy in 1801.
		In 1818, Oxley (again with George Evans as second in command) led another expedition to trace the course of the Macquarie River.
		Oxley led his men north-east and explored the Castlereagh River (George Evans had discovered a portion of the Lachlan River west of Bathurst in 1815) and the fertile lands of the Liverpool Plains.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/oxley.htm (388 words)

	subter » News
		John Oxley fights for your right to be unhealthy.
		David Bird examines the roles of both the President and the Congress with regards to the American war in Iraq and who should have the final say with regards to the conflict.
		John Oxley explores just that question and casts a little light onto the dictator that the world seems to have overlooked.
	www.subter.com /is/?cat=3 (396 words)

	John Oxley - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		John Oxley - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Oxley, John (1785?-1828), British explorer and surveyor general who played an important part in opening eastern Australia to European settlement....
		John the Evangelist (?-ad 101), in the New Testament, one of the 12 apostles, son of Zebedee and younger brother of Saint James the Great.
	encarta.msn.com /John_Oxley.html (104 words)

	John Oxley at AllExperts
		Oxley joined the navy and travelled to Australia on the Buffalo, arriving in October in 1802 and carried out coastal surveying including at Western Port in 1804-05.
		The Oxley Highway in New South Wales, the Federal electorate of Oxley (Queensland), the New South Wales Electoral district of Oxley, the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and the suburbs of Oxley in Brisbane and Canberra are named after Oxley.
		The John Oxley Library, part of the State Library of Queensland, is dedicated to preserving and making available Queensland's documentary history.
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/john_oxley.htm (592 words)

	Descendants of John Oxley
		William Oxley was baptized on 7 December 1760 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.
		John Oxley was baptized on 1 August 1767 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.
		John Oxley was baptized on 27 December 1784 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.
	website.lineone.net /~stevejgarton/oxley/D1.htm (2107 words)

	The Oxley Family
		John became quite a polo enthusiast and player, and was responsible for the polo fields within Mohawk Park being established.
		Oxley was a native Oklahoman born in Bromide, Oklahoma in 1909.
		Thus, Mary K. Oxley Nature Center was launched by a man of varied interests and abilities, and more importantly an obvious desire to leave a legacy not built by man, but rather preserved by his recognition of the world he shared with nature.
	www.oxleynaturecenter.org /oxleyfamily.htm (0 words)

	Australian Explorers: John Oxley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Oxley, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, set out in 1817 to discover the course of the Lachlan River.
		Oxley decided to turn back and, leaving the Lachlan, crossed the Bogan River and followed the upper waters of the Macquarie back to Bathurst.
		Considering this to be the termination of the river, he marched eastward and reached Port Macquarie, having discovered the Castlereagh and Peel Rivers and the rich and fertile Liverpool Plains.
	www.ozedweb.com /history/h_oz_e_oxley.htm (149 words)

	Sarbane Oxley \| SarbOx \| Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 \| Sarbanes Act
		The Sarbane Oxley Act of 2002 is a United States federal law and commonly called SOX or SarbOx.
		Named after sponsors Senator Paul Sarbanes (Democrat of Maryland) and Representative Michael G. Oxley (Republican of Ohio), the Act was approved by the House by a vote of 423-3 and by the Senate 99-0.
		The Fair Act - Is this Colorado's Version of the Sarbanes Oxley...
	www.sarbanes-oxleyfacts.com (524 words)

	John Oxley and Alan Morton's Archaeological Buzz-Word Generator // sweeting.org
		Oxley and Morton's revolutionary Archaeological Buzz-Word Generator, which shook the world of theoretical archaeology to its very roots when first unleashed in 1984, is back.
		Please e-mail John with your works inspired by the Archaeological Buzz-Word Generator at john.oxley@york.gov.uk so that we can assemble a volume guaranteed to earn us professorships from several major academic institutions.
		John Oxley is 98 and now seeking employment.
	www.sweeting.org /mark/buzzGen.php (0 words)

	John Oxley News - NTRA
		John Oxley's multiple graded stakes winner Strong Contender, scratched as the second choice the morning of Saturday's Donn Handicap (gr.
		John Oxley's Strong Contender, thanks to what trainer John Ward terms "unfortunate circumstances," has but one pressure-packed race left for a potential trip to the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum!
		John Oxley's undefeated 3-year-old Strong Contender worked five furlongs in :59 4/5 at Gulfstream Park on Wednesday morning in his final major tune-up prior to his probable start in the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr.
	www.ntra.com /content_more.aspx?type=related&relatedid=7077 (651 words)

	John Oxley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Oxley, as Surveyor-General, was instructed by Governor Brisbane to assess Port Curtis, Moreton Bay, and Port Bowen as sites for convict settlements.
		At each place they went ashore Oxley examined the soil and the timber and at some places collected specimens of rock and wood.
		As a result of Oxley's recommendations, it was decided to establish a settlement at Moreton Bay.
	www.home.gil.com.au /~tmacey/history/oxley.html (176 words)

	Australian Explorers: John Oxley
		John Oxley, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, set out in 1817 to discover the course of the Lachlan River.
		Oxley decided to turn back and, leaving the Lachlan, crossed the Bogan River and followed the upper waters of the Macquarie back to Bathurst.
		Considering this to be the termination of the river, he marched eastward and reached Port Macquarie, having discovered the Castlereagh and Peel Rivers and the rich and fertile Liverpool Plains.
	www.teachers.ash.org.au /mrlaneis/ozedweb_h_oz_e_oxley.htm (0 words)

	John Oxley Motors - Port Macquarie ..a good deal better.
		John Oxley Motors - Port Macquarie..a good deal better.
		We at John Oxley Motors welcome the opportunity to provide you with information to assist with the purchase of a new or used vehicle.
		While we apprecitate you will want to touch and feel your new car, this web site will provide some preliminary information on the products and services we offer.
	www.johnoxley.com.au /index.htm (143 words)

	The Database of Intentions - John Battelle's Searchblog
		And just an FYI to John: people use search engines in a lot of different ways that could easily confound your goals (without ever giving evidence of the inaccuracy of your results).
		John, I recently read your book 'The Search' and I found it very powerful and intersting.
		It is the job of a court of that country to decide what is legally right or wrong.
	battellemedia.com /archives/000063.php (3378 words)

	John Zorn Homepage
		John Zorn will be in residence at the Barbican arts centre in London on June 17th and 18th.
		Zorn brings together world class artists including Bill Laswell, George Lewis, Milford Graves, Tony Oxley, Gavin Bryars and Zorn himself to pay tribute to Derek Bailey, a master improviser.
		John Zorn's Theatre of Musical Optics Essay by Zorn on his early music experiments.
	members.tripod.com /~JFGraves/zorn-index.html (324 words)

	Friends of Oxley
		We are a non-profit group whose purpose is to support the activities of Oxley Nature Center and the Redbud Valley Nature Preserve.
		In 1979, through a challenge grant from the Mabee Foundation and another major gift from John and Mary Oxley, funding was provided for the construction of the Oxley-Yetter Interpretive Building.
		It is important to know that this special place was the result of citizen action and involvement with the City government to push for, fund and build a worthwhile facility that the City would not have done on its own.
	www.oxleynaturecenter.org /friends.htm (0 words)

	sacha chua :: tech evangelist, connector, geek :: 2006.11.02
		I had hot chocolate and a terrific conversation with John Oxley, director of community evangelism at Microsoft Canada.
		John said that they're moving more towards thinking of relationships, which is one of the things I've gotten really interested in.
		What company I do it with depends on a number of factors: the specifics of the career, how I feel about the company's solutions, the connections I have, the testimonials of other people within the organization...
	sachachua.com /notebook/wiki/2006.11.02.php (2176 words)

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