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Lachlan Macquarie was born on the island of Ulva off the coast of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, a chain of islands off the West Coast of Scotland.His father, Lachlan senior, worked as a carpenter and miller, and was a cousin of a Clan MacQuarrie chieftain.
Timeline of Australian history; ... Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie; ... Governor Macquarie gave directions for the layout of Hobart. There was a ...
21 December – Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland. 22 December – The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.
Timeline of Australian history; The following lists events that happened during 1819 in Australia. ... then under the governorship of Lachlan Macquarie, ...
1 January – Lachlan Macquarie sworn in as governor of New South Wales. [1] 8 January – The Derwent Star and Van Diemen's Land Intelligencer, Australia's second newspaper and the first in Van Diemen's Land, begins publication.
Timeline of Australian history; ... Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie; Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Major Thomas Davey; Events
29 October – Governor Macquarie lays foundation stone for first Catholic church in Australia, St Mary's. [1] The Female Factory, for women convicts, is separated from the Parramatta Gaol. Many women are selected as brides or for domestic service. [2] Parramatta Marist High School, Australia's first private school, founded by John Joseph ...
John Oxley charts the Lachlan River: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opened in Macquarie Place, Sydney. (The bank became Westpac in 1982). Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name "Australia" instead of "New Holland" 1818: Oxley charted the Macquarie River. 1824