1 Jan 1810 - Macquarie became Governor of NSW
On this day in 1810 Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as the fifth Governor of New South Wales.
He and his wife Elizabeth had arrived in Port Jackson on 28 December 1809 after a seven month voyage from England. Macquarie's emancipist vision for the Colony led to social, architectural and economic reform and development.
Macquarie resigned on 1 December 1821 and died in London on 1 July 1824.
Source: Parliament of New South Wales, 1810 to 1821 – Governor Lachlan Macquarie
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