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Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
AT PARRAMATTA
1. The old Church
repaired, new roofed, lengthened and greatly improved, inside and out,
new Chancel and Spire being added thereto, the outer walls stuccoed in imitation
of stone,
and the church yard enclosed with a paling fence.
2. The old Burial Ground enlarged and enclosed with a bank and ditch.
3. A Parsonage House, built of brick and two stories high, with suitable
offices,
garden and large grazing paddock, all enclosed with a paling fence for the
residence
of the Principal Chaplain of the Colony.
4. A brick built House of three stories high, with wings and all the necessary
out
offices for the accommodation and residence of 100 female orphans and for the
Master
and Matron of the Institution, having an extensive garden and orchard, and a
grazing
park or paddock for cattle attached thereto, the whole of the premises being
enclosed
with a fence.
5. A Hospital built of brick, two stories high, with an upper and lower verandah
all
round, with all the necessary out offices for the residence and occupation of
100
patients, with ground for garden and for the patients to take air and exercise
in, the
whole of the premises being enclosed with a high strong stockade.
6 The Old Gaol completely repaired, new roofed, and the Wards flagged and much
improved, the wall round the Gaol being also considerably raised.
7. A new Barrack built of brick, two stories high, for the accommodation of 100
soldiers; with two wings, also built of brick, each one story high, and with
Verandahs
for the accommodation of the full proportion of Commissioned Officers; having
likewise all the necessary out offices for officers and men, together with a
Guard House
and Store House, the whole of the ground, consisting of about eight acres, being
enclosed
by a brick wall in front and stockade on the other three sides.
8. A brick built Barrack of two stories high for the residence and accommodation
of 150 male convicts, with mess rooms and all the necessary out offices ;
including
House for the Superintendant attached thereto, the whole of the premises being
enclosed with a high brick wall, and having also a garden immediately adjoining
the wall for the use of the convicts.
9. A new brick built Lumber Yard, with all descriptions of work-shops and
covered in saw pits, for the different artificers and mechanics in the employ of
Government, including stables for the working horses and bullocks, hay-lofts,
and
store rooms for store and grain, and also offices for the Superintendant and his
clerks,
the whole of these premises being contiguous to the Convict Barracks and
enclosed
with a high brick wall.
10. A stone built Barrack and Factory [Parramatta Female Factory], three stories
high, with wings of one story each for the accommodation and residence of 300
female convicts, with all the requisite out offices, including carding, weaving
and
loom rooms, work-shops, stores for wool and flax; quarters for the
Superintendant
and also a large kitchen garden for the use of the female convicts, and
bleaching
ground for bleaching the cloth and linen manufactured; the whole of the
buildings
and said grounds, consisting of about four acres, being enclosed with a high
stone
wall and moat or wet ditch. This important and highly useful as well as
necessary
building was erected by contract.
11. The old Government House repaired, enlarged and much improved by making
it a double house and adding wings to it, so as to afford sufficient
accommodation
for the Governor, his family and staff.
12. A new Stable and Coach House built of brick for the use of the Governor and
his staff, detached at a little distance from the Mansion House.
13. A Government Garden and Orchard, contiguous to the Mansion House, enclosed
with a paling fence, and also a brick house for the use of the Gardener.
14. An old farm house, converted into a Dairy [Parramatta Dairy in Parramatta
Park] and repaired as such.
15. The Government Domain at Parramatta [now called Parramatta Park], consisting
of about 500 acres of ground, partially cleared of the old dead timber and
stumps,
the whole being surrounded either by the Parramatta River or a strong fence,
that
part of the grounds immediately in front of the Government House being enclosed
with a stone wall with front and rear gates and a small Lodge at each.
16. A large Reservoir of fresh water on the Parramatta River, dammed up by a
strong mound for the use of the inhabitants of the town, which is extremely
useful in
times of droughts, which frequently occur there.
17. A brick Watch House for the Police.
18. All the old streets repaired and remade, and several new ones opened and
constructed.
19. A public Market Place, with store for grain and pens for cattle, enclosed
with
a high paling fence in the centre of the town, consisting of three acres of
ground.
20. Two separate Paddocks consisting of 50 acres each in the immediate vicinity
of the town for the refreshing of the Government working oxen, cleared of the
standing timber and enclosed with a strong fence.
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