Category: Governor Macquarie

The Cowpastures Project
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The Cowpastures Project

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The Cowpastures was one of the earliest sites of European settlement in Australia

Macquarie Place: an overlooked city space of monumental importance
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Macquarie Place: an overlooked city space of monumental importance

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Macquarie Place is Sydney's oldest public square, established by Governor Macquarie over 200 years ago. Once a colonial elite space, it has transformed alongside the city into a hub for modern finance. The park features monuments and relics, symbolizing its historical significance and ongoing evolution amid urban change.

Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District
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Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District

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Local historian and photographer Jeff McGill takes a fresh look at the history of Campbelltown in a new book

The Cowpastures, just like an English landscape
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The Cowpastures, just like an English landscape

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The Cowpastures district of colonial New South Wales was just like an English landscape for some early settlers.

Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens
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Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens

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The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, cover 29 hectares of gardens and 51 hectares of surrounding parkland. Established in 1816, it is the oldest colonial botanic garden in Australia, attracting 4 million visitors annually. With historical significance dating back to 1788, the Gardens reflect changing landscape styles and serve as a popular public space.

Beulah and Sydney’s Urban Sprawl
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Beulah and Sydney’s Urban Sprawl

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Beulah estate, Sydney's urban sprawl and the Appin Road

Was Governor Lachlan Macquarie a terrorist?
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Was Governor Lachlan Macquarie a terrorist?

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In The Guardian Australia online this week there has appeared an article that asks the question: 'Was Governor Lachlan Macquarie a terrorist?' Paul Daley writes: Macquarie is the Australian leader who used terrorism and slaughter to quell hostile Indigenous resistance to invasion and dispossession. The colonial frontier was a violent location and many people suffered… Continue reading Was Governor Lachlan Macquarie a terrorist?

Governor Macquarie tours Cow Pastures and Illawarra 1822
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Governor Macquarie tours Cow Pastures and Illawarra 1822

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Governor Macquarie (SLNSW) Lachlan Macquarie on tour Governor Lachlan Macquarie, accompanied by Mrs Macquarie,  made his final visit to the Cowpastures and the Campbelltown area in January 1822. He inspected the area around Cawdor, Camden Park, Brownlow Hill, and Macquarie Grove. Macquarie also descended into the Illawarra and travelled through the area around Tom Thumb… Continue reading Governor Macquarie tours Cow Pastures and Illawarra 1822

Viewing the Cowpastures landscape
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Viewing the Cowpastures landscape

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The early colonists of the Sydney area viewed the landscape from a number of different perspectives according to historian Grace Karskins in her book The Colony a History of Early Sydney (2009) and this also applied to the Cowpastures.

Macquarie returns to the Cowpastures
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Macquarie returns to the Cowpastures

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Governor Macquarie returned for his third visit to the Cowpastures in 1820. Macquarie and his party set out from Parramatta Monday 16 October 1820 and journeyed through the Cowpasture in southern New South Wales. They returned to the Cowpasture on 3 November 1820. Read for yourself Governor Macquarie’s journal of the trip. Extracts from the… Continue reading Macquarie returns to the Cowpastures