Patrick Leslie
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Patrick Leslie JP |
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Patrick Leslie, 1877
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa |
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In office 19 November 1857 – 19 December 1857 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Sandeman |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
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Patrick Leslie 25 September 1815 Warthill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Died | 12 August 1881 (aged 65) Sydney, Australia |
| Resting place | St Thomas’ Anglican Church Cemetery |
| Nationality | Scottish Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Macarthur (m.1840 d.1894) |
| Relations | Hannibal Macarthur (father-in-law) |
| Occupation | Pioneer, Grazier, Politician |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
Patrick Leslie (25 September 1815 – 12 August 1881) was a Scottish settler in Australia. Leslie and his two brothers (Walter and George) were the first to settle on the Darling Downs, and he was the first person to buy land in Warwick.
Partick Leslie was born in Warthill, also known as Meikle Wartle in Aberdeenshire on 25 September 1815. He was the second son of William and Jane Leslie. His father was the 8th Laird of Folla and 9th Laird of Warthill, JP, DL, 27th in line of descent from the 1st Baron of Balquhain. The Leslies were members of the Church of Scotland.
In December 1834, Leslie left London as a passenger aboard the convict transport Emma Eugenia, arriving in Sydney in May 1835. By 1836 he was managing Collaroi, a property owned by his uncle, Walter Stevenson Davidson, in the Cassilis district of New South Wales. Later on he rented Dunheved farm at Penrith. Leslie was a poor manager however, and his activities drew criticism from his uncle, who was forced to sell the property to his relations, E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive, by 1840. Leslie was left deeply in debt to Davidson as a result of this episode. When his brothers Walter and George arrived in the colony, Patrick decided to look for new land to the north.
In 1840 Patrick Leslie started with stock from a New England station, then the most northerly settled district in New South Wales, and formed Toolburra and Canning Downs (at 28°13′35″S 152°03′57″E / 28.226419°S 152.065747°E), the first stations on the Condamine River, before the river had been identified as a tributary of the Darling River. Leslie met explorer Allan Cunningham at the home of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur in Parramatta. In 1840 Leslie, accompanied by a convict named Peter Murphy, followed in the footsteps of the explorer. On the return trip to Sydney he marked a trail by cutting into the trees. This became known as "Leslie’s marked tree line".
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