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Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
AT CAWDOR
1. A brick built
House for the residence and accommodation of the Superintendant and
Principal Overseer of Government Stock in the Cow Pastures, reserving two rooms
for
the occasional accommodation of the Governor, with kitchen and other necessary
out
offices, together with a kitchen garden, well enclosed.
2. A weather boarded House for the accommodation of the subordinate Overseers
and
Stockmen.
3. Four large paddocks of 100 acres each enclosed with a strong fence for the
grazing
of the tame cattle and taming of the wild cattle, and cleared of the standing
and dead
timber.
4. A Tanning House and Tan Yard for tanning the hides of the wild bulls for the
use of Government.
5. Several other Paddocks and Stock-Yards enclosed for the Government horses,
horned cattle, and sheep, grazing in other parts of the Government Grounds in
the
Cow Pastures.
Comment: Cawdor was the principal run or grazing ground for the
Government
horned cattle and sheep in the Cow Pastures on the western side of the Nepean
River,
consisting of about fifteen thousand acres of land.
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