 |
Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
AT SYDNEY AND IN VICINITY OF SYDNEY
1. Large stone built Provision Store and Granary, four
stories high.
2. Stone built Provision Store, Granary and Office for Commissariat Department,
two stories
high.
3. Range of brick-built Barracks, two stories high, with tower verandahs for the
troops,
having accommodations for 1,000 soldiers, and for the full proportion of
commissioned
officers, with a large mess-room and necessary out offices for the latter, and a
large area
of ground for a parade, consisting of about twelve acres, with Store-Rooms,
Cook-Rooms,
School-Rooms, the whole of these premises being surrounded with a stone wall ten
feet
high.
4. Military Hospital, brick-built, two stories high, having upper and lower
verandahs, with
all the necessary out offices for the accommodation of 100 patients; the whole
being
enclosed with a stone wall or stockade.
5. A brick built Barrack for the accommodation of the Military Surgeon and one
Assistant Surgeon.
6. The Quarters of the Lieutenant Governor repaired, altered and improved, with
new
Out Offices added thereto, and enclosed with a brick wall immediately adjoining
the
Military Barrack.
7. A stone-built Colonial General Hospital, two stories high, with all the
requisite out
offices and quarters for six Medical Officers, with upper and lower verandahs
round all
the buildings, having sufficient accommodations for 300 patients, and garden
ground
for both the Medical Officers and sick with yards for air and exercise, the
whole of these
premises being enclosed with a stone wall nine feet high. These Buildings were
erected by contract.
8. A brick built Dwelling House and Offices, three stories high and stuccoed for
the
residence and accommodation of the Judge Advocate of the Territory with a garden
in front, enclosed with a dwarf brick wall and railing. Built by contract.
9. A brick-built Dwelling House and Offices, two stories high, for the residence
and accommodation of the Secretary to the Governor, with a public Office and
Record
Room, enclosed by a brick dwarf wall and railing. Built by contract.
10. A stone built Dwelling House and Offices, two stories high, for the
residence and accommodation of the Senior Assistant Chaplain at Sydney with a
kitchen garden,
and the premises enclosed with a brick wall.
11. A brick built main Guard House, situated in the centre of the town.
12. Another brick built Guard House for the Governor's Guard, immediately
adjoining
the Government House.
13. A brick-built Lumber Yard, situated nearly in the centre of the town,
containing
all the requisite workshops and covered in saw-pits for the mechanics and
artificers in
the immediate service of Government, with an arsenal for arms and rooms for
various
stores, and also offices for the Acting Chief Engineer and Principal
Superintendant of
Convicts, having an extensive area of ground for timber, and the whole premises
enclosed
with a stone wall twelve feet high.
14. The old Dock Yard, enlarged and improved with new building and repairing
Docks,
Wharfs, Quays, Sail Rooms, and all the requisite Workshops, including Boat
Houses, and
also Offices for the Master Builder and Master Attendant of the Colonial Marine,
the whole
of the premises being enclosed with a stone wall, twelve feet high.
15. A stone built Barrack, contiguous to the Dock Yard, for the Coxswain and
crews of the Government Boats, enclosed with a high stone wall.
16. A Public Quay or Wharf of stone, with a wooden Jetty, called “the King's
Wharf" on
the west side of Sydney Cove.
17. A brick-built one story House as an office for the Wharfinger, immediately
adjoining
the King's Wharf.
18. A Careening or Heaving Down Place for ships and vessels on the east side of
Sydney
Cove, with ring bolts, and where the rocks form a natural Wharf.
19. A stone-built Watch-House for the residence of a Constable to guard and
protect the
Heaving Down Place.
20. The old Gaol new roofed, repaired and improved, with new rooms for the
debtors, female prisoners, and the Gaol Gang, and a yard in the rear of the Gaol;
the whole of the premises
being enclosed with a stone wall, fourteen feet high.
21. A brick built Barrack stuccoed for the Governor's Guard of Light Horse with
stabling for sixteen horses and a garden enclosed with a stone dwarf wall.
22. A public "Market Place" in the centre of the town with all the necessary
booths, shops and pens, and stores for grain, the area consisting of about four
acres of ground, and the whole
being enclosed with a strong paling fence.
23. Two stone built Quays or Wharfs in “Cockle Bay" and contiguous to the public
Market
Place for the accommodation of vessels and boats coming with supplies for the
market.
A street between these Wharfs and the public Market Place having been long since
constructed.
24. Six district brick built Watch Houses conveniently situated for Watchmen to
maintain
the Police of the town.
25. Two stone arched Bridges constructed across the springs to connect the east
and west
sides of the town of Sydney together.
26. A new Burial Ground at the southern extremity of the town, consisting of
four acres of
ground surrounded with a brick wall, it having been found necessary to condemn
the
old one in the centre of the town, which last however is now enclosed with a
brick wall
to preserve the graves.
27 A large Barrack for male convicts in "Hyde Park" built of brick, three
stories high, and sufficiently roomy to accommodate 800 convicts with all the
necessary out offices of
kitchens, mess rooms, wash houses, washing-yard, including quarters for the
Deputy Superintendent of Convicts, Overseers and other attendants, the whole
building and
washing yard being enclosed by a stone wall fourteen feet in height.
28. Another Barrack (called the Carters' Barracks) for 200 male convicts at the
"Brick Fields",
and also stables for the whole of the Government working horses and bullocks,
with a
garden for the use of the convicts.
29. Another Barrack for 100 convict boys with mess rooms and kitchens,
contiguous to
the other aforementioned Barrack at the “Brick Fields”, but separated by a high
party-
wall with workshops for the employment of the boys inhabiting the latter
Barracks,
the whole range of these buildings being enclosed with a strong brick wall of
twelve
feet high.
30. Another Barrack for 100 convicts men and boys at “Grose Farm", two miles
from
Sydney, employed there in agriculture on Government account. This farm, which
now
belongs to Government and which consists of two hundred acres of land, is
completely
enclosed with a strong five rail fence, and is extremely useful for furnishing
grain and
grass for the Government working horses and oxen.
31. Four Watch-Houses for the protection of “Grose Farm”, and that part of the
Parramatta
Road leading from Sydney.
32. A Toll House and Toll Gate at the southern extremity of the town on the
public road,
leading from Sydney to Parramatta.
33. A two story high brick built House and Offices for the residence of the
Judge of the
Supreme Court, with a garden in front enclosed with a dwarf wall.
34. A House and
Offices, purchased for the Junior Assistant Chaplain at Sydney, built of cut
free stone with a Garden attached, the premises being en-closed with a paling
fence.
35. A new Church in “Hyde Park” built of brick, with room for a congregation of
1500
persons.
36. A charity School-House, brick built and two stories high, composed of two
separate
parts, divided off by a partition wall, sufficiently roomy to accommodate 400
male and
200 female scholars with suitable Apartments for a schoolmaster and school
mistress,
the whole being surrounded by a high stone wall.
37. An Asylum for 100 infirm aged, blind and lame, poor persons with kitchen and
other necessary offices, including a garden and recreation ground, the whole
premises being
enclosed by a brick wall. This Building is situated at the southern extremity of
the town.
38. The old Church at Sydney repaired and greatly improved inside and out, with
new
galleries and pews to afford additional accommodation for the congregation.
39. The former Female Orphan School-House now converted into a Male Orphan
School
House repaired, enlarged and greatly improved with a garden attached to it, the
whole
premises being enclosed with a high stone wall.
40. A square stone built Fort, with four circular Bastions and a bomb proof
Powder
Magazine, mounting 15 guns on "Bennelong’s Point" for the protection of the
shipping
in Sydney Cove.
41. A large stone built bomb-proof Powder Magazine at "Fort Phillip' enclosed
with a high
stone wall.
42 A new stone built Guard-House at Dawes Battery, and the Battery itself
greatly
improved.
43. A Slaughter House on Dawes Point on the edge of the water for slaughtering
all the
cattle intended for the Public Stores.
44. The Government House repaired and improved with some few additional
indispensable
rooms for public entertainment.
45. A Government Garden made on "Farm Cove" consisting of five acres of ground,
enclosed partly by a stone wall and partly by a high paling fence, with a brick
house
for the accommodation of the Chief Gardener.
46. The Government Domain enclosed with a stone wall, dividing it from the town
across
the neck of land between "Sydney Cove" and Woolloomooloo Bay.
47. A road round the inside of the Government Domain always open for the
recreation
of the inhabitants on foot.
48. A Causeway along the head of Sydney Cove, leading to the careening place and
to the Government Domain and new Fort on Bennelong's Point.
49. A private Landing Place for the Governor on Bennelong's Point.
50. A public stone Wharf or Quay on the east side of Sydney Cove, adjoining the
Government Domain to replace the old wooden Government Wharf there which was
totally decayed.
51. Allotment of about two acres of ground, nearly in the centre of the town
named
"Macquarie Place", enclosed with a dwarf wall and wooden railing planted with
shrubbery,
and having a Stone Obelisk, erected in the centre of it, to measure the
distances in miles
from to the different settlements in the interior of the Colony.
52. A stone Fountain erected over a spring in "Macquarie Place" for supplying
that part
of the town with water.
53. A square brick building, stuccoed, containing Coach House and Stables, with
Apartments
for servants for the use of the Governor and his staff.
54. A large allotment of twelve acres of ground in "Hyde Park", and contiguous
to the large Convict Barrack enclosed with a high brick wall as a Garden for the
use of the Convicts.
55. A large and suitable allotment of ground (about 15 acres) on the south side
of Port
Jackson Harbour, two miles from Sydney, marked out some time since for a
colonial
"Botanical Garden" (at the recommendation of the Government Botanist).
56. An allotment of ground (about six acres) at the southern extremity of the
town,
enclosed with a strong high paling fence as a Garden for the use of the troops,
stationed
at Sydney, with a House for the accommodation of the Gardener.
57. A new brick-built Market House in the Market Place.
58. A Paddock of 20 acres of ground at the southern extremity of the town,
enclosed with a
high strong fence, for grazing and refreshing sick horses and draught cattle,
belonging to Government, with Houses for the residence of the Overseers,
contiguous thereto.
59. The foundation of an intended Church on a large scale in the centre of the
town (at the junction of "George Street" and " Bathurst Street"), the further
progress of which was stopped
at the desire of the Commissioner of Enquiry (John Thomas Bigge).
60. A cut-stone circular Tower and Light House on the South Head of Port
Jackson, enclosed
with stone dwarf wall and railing, having separate contiguous Barracks for the
residence
of the Keeper and Guard, stationed there.
61. A regular Telegraph stationed at the South Head to convey signals to the
town.
62. A Dwelling House of two stories and Offices for the residence of the
Superintendant of
Police, with a Police Office attached thereto, built of brick and situated in
nearly the centre
of the town.
63. The Barrack of the Acting Chief Engineer, repaired and improved, with the
necessary
offices added thereto and a garden, the whole premises being enclosed with a
high paling
fence.
64. The Barrack of the Barrack Master, repaired and improved, with new
additional offices,
the premises being enclosed with a high paling fence.
65. The whole of the old streets in the town of Sydney enlarged and greatly
improved,
being remade with stone and gravel and sufficiently raised in the centre to
carry off the
water to the drains and sewers, there being foot paths on both sides of the
streets.
66. Three separate paddocks in the immediate vicinity of Sydney, each containing
about
50 acres of ground, enclosed with a fence for raising maize, crops and english
grasses,
for the use of the Government working horses and oxen.
67. A new brick built Court House, two stories high, with all the requisite
Apartments and Offices attached thereto and under the same roof, in rapid
progress and will very soon be completed.
Back to Index of Resource Materials
History Services NSW will consider undertaking further searches of its databases to accommodate any special research requests. Please email your request.
Kevin McGuinness
© HISTORY SERVICES NSW