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Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
AT CASTLE HILL
1. The old
Government Barn, new roofed and repaired and converted into a Lunatic
Asylum being properly fitted up as such for the accommodation of 30 patients
with
a court for the lunatics to walk in, surrounded by a Stockade.
2. A weather boarded House for the residence of the Superintendant and his
family
with a good enclosed garden.
Comment: Castle Hill is situated seven miles from Parramatta.
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