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THE MYSTERY OF MRS MACQUARIE’S EARRINGS
A PRICELESS GIFT On September 26 1968, Australia’s Consul-General in New York, Sir Reginald Sholl, received a visit from an elderly gentleman offering to present the Australian government with a pair...
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AN HISTORIC PAINTING RETURNS HOME
THE EVANS PAINTING – AND A LITTLE MIRACLE Elizabeth Macquarie (nee Campbell) For many years I have been attempting to trace four unidentified sketches by Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of Lachlan...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE MACQUARIE MINIATURES
TASMANIAN TREASURES On September 17 1879 the much anticipated Sydney International Exhibition opened in the vast, purpose built Garden Palace. It was located at the south-western end of the Royal...
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THE MISSING GEORGE TOWN SKETCHES
The Lady Nelson On November 4 1811, Governor Lachlan Macquarie left Sydney aboard the Lady Nelson to carry out an inspection tour of Van Diemen’s Land. He was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth....
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THE FRIENDS OF ELIZABETH MACQUARIE – Part One
Elizabeth Macquarie (nee Campbell) On January 1st 1810, Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as Governor of New South Wales, replacing the deposed William Bligh. Macquarie had arrived in Port Jackson aboard...
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THE FRIENDS OF ELIZABETH MACQUARIE – A NEW WORLD
Elizabeth Macquarie (nee Campbell) At the end of PART ONE of this story, we left Miss Elizabeth Campbell fretting over her fiance Lachlan Macquarie’s lack of eagerness to return from army duties in...
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THE FRIENDS OF ELIZABETH MACQUARIE – PART III
THIS IS THE FINAL PART OF THE STORY OF MRS MACQUARIE AND HER FRIENDS. PART ONE CAN BE READ HERE AND PART TWO HERE. FINAL DAYS; FAITHFUL FRIENDS Elizabeth and Lachlan Macquarie returned to Scotland...
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ELIZABETH MACQUARIE AND DR JOHNSON
A WEDDING GIFT Elizabeth Macquarie (nee Campbell) On November 3 1807, 29 year old Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell married 46 year old Lieutenant Colonel...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE WISHING TREE
In Sydney’s Botanic Gardens there is a very special Norfolk Island pine known as The Wishing Tree. The tree in the 1970s (Trove) It is a replacement of the original, which was planted in the early days...
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LIEUT. JOHN WATTS; AIDE-DE-CAMP & ARCHITECT
Mention the term ’colonial architect’ in New South Wales and most people would respond with the name Francis Greenway. That is quite understandable, but let’s bring another deserving character out of...
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