Personal Writings
Letterbook entry: 8 January 1818
Text of a prepared speech by Lachlan Macquarie for a confrontation with the Reverend Samuel Marsden.
Journal to and from Newcastle.
Additional details of the voyage and activities of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie in Newcastle between 27 July - 9 August 1818 are available at:
Journeys in Time: 1818
Newspaper Accounts
Sydney Gazette: 3 January
Description of the annual Aboriginal Feast Day on 1 January
at Parramatta [deferred from 28 December 1817].
Sydney Gazette: 10 January
Government and General Orders for the celebration
of Queen Charlotte's birthday on 18 January 1818.
Sydney Gazette: 24 January
Government and General Orders for the official celebrations
commemorating the 30th anniversary of the landing
at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
Sydney Gazette: 31 January
Description of the first official celebration of Australia Day on 26 January.
Sydney Gazette: 13 June
Description of the Macquarie Tower and Lighthouse
at South Head, Sydney.
Sydney Gazette: 28 November
Public notification of the completion and activation of the Macquarie Tower and Lighthouse at South Head, Sydney.
Sydney Gazette: 26 December
Commendation by Macquarie of Captain James Wallis,
for his services as Commandant of the penal settlement
at Newcastle 1816-1818.
Sydney Gazette: 2 January 1819
Description of the annual Aboriginal Feast Day on 28 December 1818.
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