Author(s): LACHLAN MACQUARIE

Australia | Secondhand

The journals of the Scottish soldier Lachlan Macquarie who was the innovative governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. His innovations included the first organized finance and commerce, the first inland exploration and settlement, the first highways and paved streets, as well as fine architecture and official patronage of the arts and literature. The text is printed from the original manuscripts in the Mitchell Library. The illustrations are reproduced from the paintings in the Mitchell Library and Galleries and in the Dixon Library and Galleries. 
 Includes fold-our maps.

A selection of journal entries written by Lachlan Macquarie, former governor of New South Wales, as well as a brief history of him and an outline of his tours in NSW. Included inside are photographs and illustrations, as well as a fold out map in the front of the book.