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    Major General Lachlan Macquarie, CB (/məˈkwɒrɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lachlann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial...
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    on an expedition of exploration up the Lachlan River in May 1815. Now Macquarie wanted the Lachlan and Macquarie River explored thoroughly. Opening up...
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    success it was Governor Lachlan Macquarie who instructed him to find a passage to the west. On 13 November 1813 Governor Lachlan Macquarie sent Evans across...
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  • future university be named after Lachlan Macquarie, an important early governor of the colony of New South Wales. Macquarie University was formally established...
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  • Macquarie may refer to: Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of the British colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, Lachlan...
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    three of the first six Governors of New South Wales John Hunter, Lachlan Macquarie (often referred to as the father of Australia) and Thomas Brisbane...
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    claimed Macquarie Island for Britain and annexed it to the colony of New South Wales in 1810. The island was named for Colonel Lachlan Macquarie, Governor...
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    Evans in 1812, who named the river in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan Macquarie, who served as Governor of the Colony of New South Wales from 1810...
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    February 2019. Macquarie, Lachlan. "Journal No. 1: 15 December 1787 – 24 March 1792". Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Archive. Macquarie University. Archived...
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    Elizabeth Macquarie (née Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell; 1778–1835) was the second wife of Lachlan Macquarie, who served as Governor of New South Wales from...
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    divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lachlan Macquarie, who was Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821. The division...
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    river in 1815, naming it the Lachlan River after Lachlan Macquarie, the governor of the colony of New South Wales. The Lachlan River was substantially explored...
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    the 100-mile (160 km) road had been completed. Soon after Governor Lachlan Macquarie and a large accompanying party set out to view the country. The journey...
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    Sands system. In 1820, Macquarie set aside the water reserve in the east of the Sydney Common. Between 1827 and 1838, Lachlan Water Tunnel was built providing...
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    Lachlan Macquarie, brother of Lt. Colonel Charles MacQuarrie (see above) and Governor of New South Wales, and from whom Port Macquarie and Macquarie Island...
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    hand carved by convicts in 1810, for Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales. The peninsula itself...
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    crime of forgery. In New South Wales he worked for the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, as Australia's first government architect. He became widely known...
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    General Lachlan Macquarie, the fifth Colonial Governor of New South Wales. James Kelly wrote in his narrative First Discovery of Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour...
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    Designed by Francis Greenway the foundation stone of Fort Macquarie was laid by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on 17 December 1817. The stone used was from the nearby...
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    remained in control until the 1810 arrival from Britain of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, who took over as governor. William Bligh succeeded Philip Gidley...
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    Oxley named the location after the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie. Oxley noted that "the natives in the vicinity of the port appeared...
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  • Institute of Architects. Retrieved 21 January 2014. "News & media, The Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage". Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved...
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  • several people Lachlan Macleay (born 1931), American officer in the United States Air Force, trained as an astronaut Lachlan Macquarie (1762–1824), Scottish...
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  • Colony, and from 1810 to 1821, he was "great assistant" to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Wentworth led a campaign for the rights and recognition of emancipists...
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    Street. It is named in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. The precinct includes The Obelisk or Macquarie Obelisk, the Sirius anchor and gun/cannon...
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    and that the British Foreign Office had declared it to be a mutiny. Lachlan Macquarie had been appointed to replace him as governor. At this news Bligh...
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    Capital Territory, Australia. Macquarie was gazetted as a division on 22 June 1967 in recognition of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, a former Governor of New...
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  • miles (11 km) north of Parramatta in New South Wales. Established by Lachlan Macquarie in May 1811, it operated until 1826. It was housed in a two-storey...
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    Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It comprises the 1821 Matron's Quarters and Administration and Stores...
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    Retrieved 31 January 2022. "Macquarie University - Our building". Macquarie University. "Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Room". Macquarie University....
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