Governor Macquarie's Contribution
to the Colony
Soon after he arrived, Governor Macquarie started a very large program of building. During the time he was governor (1810–1821) he had 265 new buildings constructed. Macquarie built barracks, forts, courthouses, churches, hospitals and schools, as well as roads and bridges to allow people to move around the colony more easily.
Francis Greenway played a very important part in helping Governor Macquarie to get all those buildings built. Francis Greenway arrived in Sydney in 1814 as a convict. He had been found guilty of forgery by the courts in England, and had been sentenced to 14 years transportation. However, Greenway was also an architect. Governor Macquarie needed an architect. Very soon after he arrived in Sydney, Greenway was given a ticket of leave, and started drawing plans for the buildings Governor Macquarie wanted built. |
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