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Jan 31, 1762 Ulva, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jul 1824 (aged 62)
Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator
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About Lachlan Macquarie
- Major General Lachlan Macquarie, CB (; Scottish Gaelic: Lachann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland.
- Macquarie served as the fifth and last autocratic Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony.
- He is considered by historians to have had a crucial influence on the transition of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free settlement and therefore to have played a major role in the shaping of Australian society in the early nineteenth century.
- In 1816 Macquarie gave orders that led to the Appin Massacre of Gundungurra and Dharawal people.
