![Nobby's Island and pier, Newcastle](/archive/images/exhibitions/2010/governor/lg/e045_s05_a928877.jpg)
Nobby's Island and pier, Newcastle, 23 January 1820
Unknown artist
Watercolour
Presented by Sir William Dixson, 1951
DG SVIB/10
Macquarie visited Newcastle briefly in 1811 and then again in 1821 to ascertain the resources and capabilities of the settlement and explore the Hunter River.