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Captain '''George Edward Nicholas Weston''' was a former officer of the [[East India Company]] who arrived in [[Australia]] in 1825 and was granted land in the Weston Creek area in 1831, previously held by James Martin, who had built a house, grazed sheep and cattle and cleared and planted {{convert|20|acre|m2}}. Technicalities hindered Martin's claim, and officials eventually preferred the wealthy, well-connected claim of Weston. Weston lived at Horsley, near [[Liverpool]] and was virtually an absent landlord, as the only interest he took in his property on the [[Molonglo River|Molonglo]] River, was to take out a mortgage in February 1833, and sell it in August 1834 to [[Francis Mowatt (politician)|Francis Mowatt]].<ref>Canberra Times, 27 May 1999; NCDC, ''Weston Creek-Canberra's New Home for 34,000 people'', Canberra 1970</ref><br />
The district of [[Weston Creek]] in the [[Australian Capital Territory]] is named after him.<br />
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In 1831 he was granted 10 square kilometres of land in the [[Canberra]] district at a place described as ''Yarrow-lumla Plains.''<ref>''Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales'', J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, p49 1985 {{ISBN|0-86417-049-1}}</ref><br />
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