Lachlan Macquarie
Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator (1762-1824) · Australia · Historical Figures · Died at 62
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Something wrong?Major-General Lachlan Macquarie was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie served as the fifth Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and had a leading role in the social, economic, and architectural development of the colony.
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The Siege of Srirangapatna, 1799
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Hyde Park Barracks
Bungaree depicted with the gorget given to him by Macquarie
Drawing of the skull of Cannabaygal, killed at Appin
Macquarie Mausoleum on the Isle of Mull in western Scotland
Lachlan Macquarie monument at Hyde Park, SydneyAwards
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Major-General Lachlan Macquarie was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie served as the fifth Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and had a leading role in the social, economic, and architectural development of the colony. He is considered by historians to have had a crucial influence on the transition of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free settlement and therefore to have played a major role in the shaping of Australian society in the early nineteenth century.
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