A Forger's Progress by Alasdair McGregor

Author:Alasdair McGregor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NewSouth
Published: 2014-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

Charles Pickering, Government House Stables. Premature and misplaced grandeur, a ‘palace for horses’ as the governor’s detractors described the building.

Photograph, 1871 (copy by Wesley Stacey, ca 1970), National Library of Australia

Major James Taylor, The Entrance of Port Jackson, and Part of the Town of Sydney. Macquarie’s ordered town. Of Greenway’s buildings, Fort Macquarie is clearly visible in the centre of Taylor’s depiction of Sydney, while his obelisk stands in Macquarie Place fronted by Government House and the residences of the colonial secretary, judge advocate and chief justice. The Government House stables are sited among dense foliage, and the Macquarie Tower is visible on the distant horizon.

Aquatint engraving, 1823, National Library of Australia

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