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Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
AT LIVERPOOL
1. A brick-built
Church with a Tower and of sufficient height to admit of a Gallery being
added, enclosed with a dwarf brick wall.
2. A Burial Ground of four acres at a little distance from the Church enclosed
with a paling
fence.
3. A brick-built Hospital with kitchen and other necessary out houses,
sufficiently roomy
to accommodate 30 patients, an extensive garden being attached thereto for the
use of
the sick, the whole of the premises being enclosed with a strong fence.
4. A weather boarded Provision Store and Granary two stories high.
5. A weather boarded Barrack two stories high for the accommodation of the
Military Detachment, stationed at Liverpool, with an extensive garden for the
use of the soldiers
enclosed with a paling fence.
6. A weather boarded School House with accommodation for the Schoolmaster, two
stories high, the upper story being made use of as a Court House for the meeting
of the Magistrates, having a garden for the use of the School-Master, the whole
of the premises
being enclosed with a strong fence.
7. A brick built Parsonage House, two stories high and stuccoed in imitation of
stone,
with kitchen and all other necessary out offices, having a garden and large
grazing
paddock attached thereto, the whole of these premises being enclosed with a
strong
paling fence.
8. A strong brick built Gaol with the necessary wards and cells, kitchen and
other out
houses, including accommodation for the Jailor, a lodge for the Watchmen, and a
court
for the prisoners to walk and take the air in, the whole being surrounded with a
strong
high brick wall. A garden is also attached and enclosed for the use of the
Jailor.
9. A strong weather boarded House, contiguous to the Gaol, and enclosed with a
strong
stockade, for the accommodation of the Gaol Gang and other convict laborers
employed
in the town by Government.
10. A brick-built Stable and Coach House for the use of the Governor and his
staff with a
large loft used as a Government Granary.
11. A wooden Wharf or Quay in the centre of the town, immediately in the rear of
the
Government Provision Store on the left bank of Georges River, to which vessels
of
50 Tons can come to load and unload at, which trade from Sydney to Liverpool by
way of Botany Bay into which Georges River empties itself.
12. A large allotment of six acres of ground in the centre of the town of
Liverpool
intended for a Public Market Place and Annual Fair, enclosed with a strong
fence.
Comment: The site of the town of Liverpool was a thick forest
in November, 1810, when Governor Macquarie marked it out.
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