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Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
PUBLIC ROADS
1. A turnpike road
from the town of Sydney to the town of Parramatta [15 miles].
2. A turnpike road from Parramatta to the town of Windsor [20 miles].
3. A turnpike road from Parramatta to Emu Ford on the right bank of the Nepean
River called the Great Western Road [20 miles].
4. A road (but not yet a turnpike one) from Parramatta to the town of Richmond,
branching off at Prospect from the Great Western Road [15 miles].
5. A road from the Richmond Road through Toongabbie and Seven Hills to the
Windsor Road [5 miles].
6. A turnpike road from Sydney to the town of Liverpool [20 miles].
7. A turnpike road to connect the Parramatta Road with the Liverpool Road [5
miles].
8. A road (but not made a turnpike one) from the town of Liverpool through Airds
to the Cataract River in the district of Appin [ 25 miles].
9. A road (but not yet made a turnpike one) from the town of Liverpool to the
Ford
on the Nepean River leading to the Cow Pastures.
10. A road (but not yet made a Turnpike one) from the town of Liverpool to
Bringelly on the right bank of the Nepean River [15 miles].
11. A road (but not yet made a turnpike one) to connect Appin Road and Cow
Pasture
Road [3 miles].
12. A road (but not yet made a turnpike one) from Emu Plains on the left bank of
the
Nepean River across the Blue Mountains to the town of Bathurst [101 miles].
13. A carriage and gun road from the town of Sydney to the Light House and
Signal
Post on the South Head of Port Jackson [7 miles].
14. A carriage and gun road from the town of Sydney to the nearest part of
Botany
Bay [8 miles].
Comment: Total amount of number of Miles of Public Carriage
Roads Constructed
was 276 miles. On all the public roads specified to be Turnpike ones, brick
Toll-Houses
(for the Toll-Keepers) and Turnpike Gates had been erected.
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