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Background
Project Partners
Objectives
Project Team
Copyright Statement
Disclaimer
Recommended Citation Style
Contact Us
Background
The Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (LEMA) Project is an
electronic gateway aimed at providing a new context for the historical
investigation of the lives and times of Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824), and his second
wife, Elizabeth Campbell (of Airds) (1778-1835).
LEMA builds upon earlier research initiatives at Macquarie
University Library that have been aimed at creating an interlocking
series of historical websites devoted to examining Lachlan Macquarie's travels,
experiences, and achievements in the period 1787-1824. These projects
include documentary transcripts, photographs, and research
findings associated with Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Russia, Denmark and Scotland:
Journeys in Time: 1809-1822
Seringapatam 1799
Under A Tropical Sun:
Lachlan Macquarie & the 73rd Regiment in Sri Lanka 1796-1821
Imperial Eyes 1807: Lachlan Macquarie in Iraq, Iran, Russia & Denmark
The Lachlan Macquarie Room
More recently the aim has been to make available a far wider selection of primary
sources materials written by the Macquaries; as well as to provide an
expanded range of historical background notes. Furthermore, documentary
coverage has been expanded to include the broader period from 1761 to
1835.
Most importantly, LEMA seeks to create a new framework for institutional
research partnerships to be formed between libraries, archival
repositories, and cultural heritage organisations, in Australia, United
Kingdom (and elsewhere) who have relevant holdings of Macquarie-related
source materials.
Project Partners
The Foundation Members of the LEMA Project are:
Macquarie University
Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) is named after the Scottish
soldier and administrator, Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824) who was the
fifth governor of the colony of NSW in the period January 1810 to
November 1821. The initiative and responsibility for the development and content of the LEMA Project has been undertaken by staff working in Macquarie University Library.
State Library of NSW
The State Library of NSW is the principal repository of manuscript and pictorial materials relating to the lives and times Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie. The bulk of these items are held in the collections of the Mitchell Library, one of the world's pre-eminent collections of Australian and Pacific history, and the Dixson Galleries.
See also: The Macquarie Era
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland has made available digital copies of hand-coloured plates by William Daniell (1769-1837) in his publication A Voyage Round Great Britain. This noted British artist travelled through Scotland between 1815-1823 recording his impressions of the landscape and people and he has left an invaluable record in relation to Mull, Ulva and Staffa in the time of the Macquaries.
See: Gallery: Scotland
State Records NSW
The State Records Authority of NSW is the principal repository of the official archives the State of New South Wales. Its holdings form a unique and invaluable record of the history of government in New South Wales from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 until today. For the LEMA Project it provides the bedrock of official documentation dealing with the actions of the Governor, the Colonial Secretary, the Principal Superintendant of Convicts, the Courts, Judiciary and Police, Customs as well as the extensive records relating to the convict administration of the various penal settlements.
One particularly useful online index is:
Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825.
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
In 1992, the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales presented a major exhibition at the Hyde Park Barracks entitled: The Age of Macquarie. The exhibition was curated by Dr. James Broadbent and Joy Hughes, who also edited a companion book of the same title. This publication is an indispensable guide to Lachlan Macquarie's governorship and administration and provides a representative impression of the colony of NSW during its dynamic period of development in the years 1810-1821. Amongst the items acquired by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and held in its collections are a violoncello alleged to have belonged to Elizabeth Macquarie and an 1805 campaign desk used during Macquarie's travels. These items, presented here for the first time as 'digital surrogates', now form an integral part of the LEMA Project.
See: Macquarie Artefacts
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia has made available images of a set of gold pendant earrings, inset with citrine stones, that were presented by Elizabeth Macquarie to her niece Mary Gregorson née Maclaine. The earrings are dated to c1820.
National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia (NMA) holds within its collection a sword belonging to Lachlan Macquarie and dated c.1807. This highly significant and important artefact provides a unique connection between the military career of Macquarie and his associations with the 73rd Regiment of Foot. The digital photographs made available by the NMA to the LEMA Project are an invaluable resource and interpretative tool.
Additional Partners include:
University of Oslo, Norway
The Kulturhistorisk Museum at the University of Oslo, Norway has kindly made available a selection of eight (8) hand-coloured plates of Bombay in the 1790's held in the Peter Anker Collection.
See: Gallery: India
Professor Barry Weaver, University of Oklahoma, has kindly made available (from his The St. Helena Virtual Library and Archive website) hand-coloured plates and text from an original copy of G.H. Bellasis Views of St Helena. London: John Tyler, 1815.
See: Gallery: St Helena
Project Team
LEMA Project Manager & Researcher
Mr. Robin Walsh
Honorary Associate
School of Modern History
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
Email: robinpwalsh@gmail.com
Web Designer
Ms Kate Orman
Objectives
The aims of the LEMA Project are both ambitious and broadly
based:
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to create an extensive corpus of electronic transcripts of original source
materials written by Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie in the period
1761-1835
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to improve public awareness and increase scholarly access to the full range
of writings by the Macquaries
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to commemorate important milestones in the lives of the Macquaries and
their associations with people, places, and events in Australia, Asia,
Africa, Britain, Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and the Americas
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to promote tangible historical links between Macquarie University and its
namesake, Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824)
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to develop editorial techniques and guidelines applicable for the digital
archiving and transcription of original source materials
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to promote a holistic and well-rounded assessment of the Macquaries in
their social and historical context
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to enhance the historical understanding of the military, mercantile, and
colonial activities of imperial Britain in the late C18th and early
C19th in Asia, Africa , Australia Europe and the Americas
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to create a scholarly framework for the future investigation and
publication of Macquarie-related historical interpretations
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to develop a range of joint initiatives and projects with other
institutions, organisations, government agencies, historical societies,
and corporations who have links with the Macquaries
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to apply digital technologies to the promotion and facilitation of
historical research
Copyright Statement
The Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (LEMA) contains a variety of
copyright material that has been developed at Macquarie University Library in
partnership with the State Library of New South Wales, State Records NSW, the Historic Houses Trust of NSW, and the National Library of Scotland. Except for text and images that are unambiguously and unarguably in the public domain, any material created by Macquarie University Library (and so indicated) may be copied, provided that it is not altered or adapted and that the source is acknowledged. Macquarie University reserves the right to revoke that permission at any time. Permission is not given for any commercial use or sale of this material.
No other material anywhere on the LEMA website may be copied (except as legally
allowed for private use and study) or further disseminated without the express
and written permission of the legal holder of that copyright.
Disclaimer
While Macquarie University Library has attempted to make the
information on this website as accurate as possible, all content is for personal
and/or educational use only, and is provided in good faith without any express or
implied warranty. There is no guarantee given as to the accuracy or currency of
any individual item or items. Persons accessing the website who require
confirmation of any information should contact the site webmaster. Macquarie
University does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by
the use of the information contained on the LEMA website. All use is at the risk
of the user.
Macquarie University Library has provided hypertext links to a number of other
websites as a service to researchers and students. This service does not imply
that the University endorses those sites or the material on them in any way.
Furthermore, the University is not responsible for the use of a hypertext link
for which a commercial charge applies. Individual users are responsible for any
charges that their use may incur.
Copyright © Macquarie University
Copyright © State Library of New South Wales
Copyright © National Library of Scotland
Copyright © Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Copyright © State Records NSW
Copyright © National Library of Australia
Copyright © National Museum of Australia
Recommended Citation Style
The Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive.
www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/lema
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Contact Us
Questions, corrections and suggestions regarding the content of this website are most welcome. Please contact:
LEMA Project Manager & Researcher
Mr. Robin Walsh
Honorary Associate
School of Modern History
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
Email: robinpwalsh@gmail.com
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