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Journal to and from Van Diemen’s Land to Sydney in N.S. Wales

Journal to and from Van Diemen’s Land to Sydney in N.S. Wales, 6 November 1811 – 6 January 1812
Lachlan Macquarie
Manuscript
Purchased from Viscountess Strathallan, 1914
ML A 777

‘I rode to a very pretty Point of Land on the west side of Newtown Bay, which commands a most extensive fine prospect down the River to Hobart Town -- and which I have named “Macquarie Point”. ---I returned home to Dinner and we had our usual Party.’ (26 November 1811)