traditional way of life. The Georgian-influenced grid-type town plans, of Bungendore, Queanbeyan, and Braidwood, are Larmer's work. He is commemorated in the various 'Larmer' street names, in places in New South Wales such as Broulee, Bungendore, Howlong, Jugiong, Majors Creek, Narraweena, Nerrandera, and Sanctuary Point. The road to Jervis Bay that he surveyed in 1840, The Wool Road, was a failure and rapidly fell into disuse, until it was realigned and rerouted to Nowra in 1856; much of the modern Braidwood Road still follows Larmer's survey. His hotel building in Braidwood is now used as the Braidwood Museum. Family James Larmer married, Martha Stoyles, widow of the licensee of the Royal Hotel, Braidwood, in 1861. They had two daughters, as well as the five daughters and three sons of Martha's first marriage. His younger brother, William Larmer, migrated to Australia in 1853. William was an early pharmacist in Sydney, president of the Pharmaceutical Society, and member of the Pharmacy Board of New South Wales, who after 1865 also became involved in homeopathy. Larmer's nephew, W.E. Larmer, was also a surveyor in New South Wales from 1854, leading on occasion to confusion about the two surveyors. He is responsible for laying out the town plan of Majors Creek and for surveying the route of a road linking the Braidwood district to Goulburn (modern-day Goulburn Road) Death James Larmer died on 5 June 1886, aged 77 years. At the time of his death, Larmer was believed to be the last surviving member of Mitchell's second expedition. His grave lies in the Braidwood cemetery. His wife Martha died in 1899. References External links St George's Basin - James Larmer - Colonial Surveyor - Some Aspects of His Life and Career State Library of New South Wales - “James Larmer’s Vocabulary of Native Names” (1853) Braidwood Museum - the former Royal Hotel, Braidwood 1886 deaths English surveyors English emigrants to Australia Explorers of Australia People from Reigate 1800s births Australian surveyors