ELIZABETH MACQUARIE AND DR JOHNSON

On May 3, 2017   /   History   /   22 Comments
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ELIZABETH MACQUARIE AND DR JOHNSON

                                           A WEDDING GIFT On November 3 1807, 29 year old Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell married 46 year old Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Macquarie at Holsworthy, in the English county of Devon. Their wedding marked the end of a long separation. Macquarie had just returned from military service in India,

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THE TROUBLED LIFE OF CHARLES MACQUARIE

On January 10, 2016   /   History   /   6 Comments
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THE TROUBLED LIFE OF CHARLES MACQUARIE

In July 1818 Governor Lachlan Macquarie made an inspection tour of the Paterson River in the Lower Hunter region of New South Wales.  On July 30 his diary records, ‘We then proceeded to view the rest of the Farms on both sides of the River—finding the soil

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