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protracted drought and an economic depression, which had sent many of the colony's farmers and businessmen broke. He was omitted from the
Legislative Council nominations in 1843 on account of his infirmities and comparatively advanced years. (Without doubt, his poor state of health had been accentuated by the hedonistic lifestyle that he had led since his arrival in New South Wales.) Jamison died at Regentville House on 29 June 1844 and was buried in St Stephen's churchyard, Penrith. His grave survives but Regentville House does not: the two-storey Georgian mansion, erected during 1823–1824, burned down in 1869.
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Jamison fathered a number of illegitimate children by several mistresses. These mistresses included Mary
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Jamison established a cloth mill at
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method of extirpating the stumps of trees". He also won various awards for his wine and other agricultural produce, and took a keen scientific interest in the natural history of the Sydney region. He was a committed
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