 However, in the 1820s, under Governor Brisbane, Blaxland obtained good land in the Nepean (800 acres called "Grove Farm" where he had built a weir and brewery where barley and English soft wheat were grown at what became Wallacia) and Hunter Regions as a result of discovering a route to the area.His grant was in the area now known as Broke and by 1830 he had established a mill in the nearby area of Fordwich.Over the years he was successful as a stock owner.