Lachlan Macquarie should have the honour of being called the "founder of the colony in N.S.W".
- Date: July 13, 2004
- Level: Junior High, 9th grade
- Grade: A-
- Length: 4 pages (889 words)
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lachlan macquarie, farmers, leadership skills, information points, good communicator, privelage, ...highlanders, convicts, foresight, honour, crops, attributes, destruction, australia
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There are many people who could be called the "second founder of the colony in N.S.W" to see who should be given the privelage of having this name we must find out what characteristics the second founder should require. In this essay the second founder requires these attributes leadership skills, foresight, good communicator, and decisive. This essay's information points towards that Lachlan Macquarie should have the honour of being called the "founder of the colony in N.S.W".
As soon as Macquarie came to govern Australia in 1810 he exterminated the N.S.W. corps (rum corps) because he brought his own highlanders. This ended the rum corps destruction of the farmers. The farmers were now allowed to sell their crops to the other ...
... convicts. Bigge's report delivered nasty comments about everything Macquarie did to improve the colony. This brought Macquarie's resignation in 1821 because Macquarie thought everything that he did was not appreciated. Macquarie wrote a report showing everything he did including this.
March 1810
October 1821
Population
11 590
38 778
Horned cattle
12 442
102 939
Sheep
25 888
290 158
Hogs
9 554
33 906
Horses
1 134
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