Brig constructed of ironbark and stringybark in Sydney. It capsized on the Hunter River in 1816 but was raised and continued carrying convicts and goods to Newcastle until 1825.
South-western suburb in the Macarthur region. It was named by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in honour of his wife Elizabeth's family estate in Scotland.
Frigate, naval storeship and later convict transport which brought the 73rd Regiment to New South Wales.
Built on the land granted to William Redfern by Governor Macquarie, Minto was a dairying and farming village for many decades, until post-World War II development began to encroach on Sydney's rural fringe. New suburban development in the 1980s led to an influx of young families, and Minto was transformed.
The Parramatta and Black Town Native Institutions existed from 1814 till 1829 as part of a campaign initially led by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and designed to inculcate European ideas of 'civilisation', commerce and Christianity into Aboriginal people and turn them into industrious workers.