Author: Ellis, M. H.
Title: Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures and Times.
Description: Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1958. 3rd ed. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, colour portrait frontispiece, endpaper map, minor edgewear, bookplate prelim page, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 614 pp. Third edition (1958). Biography by M. H. Ellis 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 first highways and paved streets, as well as fine architecture and official patronage of the arts and literature. (Originally published in 1947. The black bookplate is for Brian McGrath, shows a man fishing, and is designed by Alison Forbes.). ISBN: 001462

Keywords: australian biography, australian history, australian government, politics, scottish-australians, new south wales (nsw), sydney 001462


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