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	Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Sites - Macquarie
		The original Macquarie Lighthouse, the first to be built in Australia, was designed and supervised by the renowned convict architect Francis Greenway and Captain John Gill.
		The stone used in Macquarie Lighthouse soon began to erode and 60 years later the tower was held together with iron bands.
		Macquarie Lighthouse, the head lighthouse keeper's quarters and semi-detached assistant keeper's quarters remain on South Head adjoining a public walkway.
	www.harbourtrust.gov.au /topics/sitesmacquarie.html (762 words)

	Planning Sydney Harbour Federation Trust The Plan Macquarie
		Macquarie Lighthouse, the head lighthouse keeper's quarters and semi-detached assistant keeper's quarters of the 1880s lightstation remain on 2.2 hectares on Sydney Harbour's southern headland adjoining a public coastal walkway.
		Macquarie Lighthouse, the first to be built in Australia, was designed and supervised by Francis Greenway and Captain John Gill.
		Macquarie Lightstation is located in the Local Government Area of Woollahra, which is subject to the provisions of Woollahra LEP 1995.
	www.harbourtrust.gov.au /topics/planmacquarie.html (1691 words)

	Historic Handover for Sydney Landmark Media Release 3 June 2000 Macquarie Lighthouse Backgrounder
		Macquarie was so pleased with the building design that he presented Greenway with his emancipation.
		The original Macquarie lighthouse was built from sandstone and by 1823 had begun to suffer the effects of the weather.
		Macquarie Lighthouse is listed on Australia's premier heritage list, the Register of the National Estate which is compiled by the Australian Heritage Commission.
	www.deh.gov.au /minister/env/2000/mr3jun00att.html (940 words)

	Lachlan Macquarie Summary
		Lachlan Macquarie was born in the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, a chain of islands off the West Coast of Scotland.
		Macquarie's policies, especially his championing of the emancipists and the lavish expenditure of government money on public works, aroused opposition both in the colony and in London, where the government still saw New South Wales as a place to dump convicts and not as a future dominion of the Empire.
		Macquarie was buried on the Isle of Mull in a remote mausoleum with his wife and son.
	www.bookrags.com /Lachlan_Macquarie (2444 words)

	Macquarie University Library - About Us - Library Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Macquarie University was established by the Macquarie University Act in 1964 and teaching began in 1967.
		The name "Macquarie" commemorates Major-General Lachlan Macquarie (1761 - 1824), Governor of the Colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, whose concept of the future of the colony led to the first considerable developments in education, commerce, inland exploration and settlement, architecture and public buildings and patronage of the arts.
		Macquarie University serves a large geographical area, and the Library, with a collection of over one million volumes, maps and audiovisual materials, and a brief to provide optimal access to information resources regardless of format or location, is by far the largest north of the Harbour.
	www.lib.mq.edu.au /about/mulf (1947 words)

	Macquarie Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Macquarie Lighthouse was the first, and is the longest serving, lighthouse site in Australia.
		The lighthouse is still fully operational and is under the control of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
		In 1883, the current Macquarie Lighthouse was opened.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macquarie_Lighthouse (321 words)

	The Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia's First Lighthouse
		The first lighthouse structure in Australia it was started in 1816 and completed in 1818 at the command of Governor Macquarie.
		Governor Macquarie was so pleased with the quality of the work the Greenway was producing that he granted him emancipation for his efforts.
		The construction of the current Macquarie Lighthouse was begun in 1881 and the light was first exhibited in 1883.
	www.lighthouse.net.au /lights/NSW/Macquarie/Macquarie.htm (994 words)

	Walkabout - Port Macquarie
		He noted the abundance of timber, the 'verdant hills' to the 'rear of the town which afford excellent rich pasturage for cattle' and recorded that the indigenous inhabitants had 'lately manifested a very hostile spirit...by frequently throwing spears at the men employed in procuring rosewood and cedar, a very useful man was killed'.
		Macquarie's idea was that the settlement would prove self-sustaining and, by 1824, convicts were employed in building, agriculture (mostly wheat, tobacco, cotton, vegetables and maize), boatbuilding, flsmithing, teaching, baking and clerical duties etc. Poultry, pigs, cows and horses were also slowly amassed.
		The lighthouse is the third-oldest in the country.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NSWPortMacquarie.shtml (3893 words)

	Port Macquarie travel guide - Wikitravel
		Port Macquarie [1] is an Australian coastal town on the New South Wales coast, approximately 400 km north of Sydney.
		The Lighthouse, which is located at the end of Lighthouse Road in the south, is an excellent place to spot them (and generally a great place to see views down the southern coast to Laurieton).
		Port Macquarie is a great place for beachside relaxation, or a family holiday, but a haven for nightlife, it is not.
	wikitravel.org /en/Port_Macquarie (2821 words)

	Macquarie University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Macquarie University was formally established in 1964 with the passage of the Macquarie University Act 1964 by the New South Wales Government, the university first opening to students in 1967.
		Macquarie University founded the Macquarie Trio musical ensemble, described as one of "Australia's top chamber music ensembles", in 1992, but the group was disbanded in August 2006.
		Macquarie University was the only university to offer an actuarial studies program in New South Wales for many years until the University of New South Wales began their program in 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macquarie_University (2038 words)

	Port Macquarie-Hastings Council - Tacking Point Lighthouse
		The lighthouse was built in 1879 by Shepherd and Morley and was designed by James Barnet.
		The lighthouse was a fixed white light exhibited from a brick tower and was replaced by an automatic group of flashing lights.
		Next to the lighthouse are the remains of the lighthouse keeper's cottage.
	www.hastings.nsw.gov.au /www/html/1062-tacking-point-lighthouse.asp (137 words)

	Links: Lighthouses and Lightships
		Publicly Accessible Lighthouses, a listing of some 250 lighthouses in the United States which are accessible to the general public.
		Chesapeake Lights is devoted to the lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay and its Eastern shore.
		Lighthouses in the State of Maine's from the Department of Tourism.
	www.bruzelius.info /Nautica/Links/Lighthouses.html (331 words)

	Port Macquarie New South Wales Travel Guide Australia
		Port Macquarie is located approximately mid-way between Sydney and Brisbane at the mouth of the Hastings River.
		Port Macquarie is at the junction of the Pacific and Oxley Highways, a major link to the rich provincial centres of Tamworth and Armidale.
		The Port Macquaries Historic Courthouse built in 1868 located on the corner of Clarence and Hay Streets, is typical of the era with a high pitched roof and long sweeping verandah.
	www.time2travel.com /au/nsw/macquarie (510 words)

	Seascape Navigator - Macquarie Lightstation — Sydney Harbour’s Guiding Light
		The original Macquarie Lighthouse, the first to be built in Australia, was completed in 1818.
		Macquarie Lighthouse is on Sydney’s South Head adjoining a public walkway.
		The lighthouse is still used for its initially intended purpose — as a guiding light showing the way to the entrance of Sydney Harbour.
	www.maritimeworld.net /sn.asp?PageNumber=204 (225 words)

	Historic Handover for Sydney Landmark Media Release 3 June 2000
		Environment and Heritage Minister Robert Hill said the historic Macquarie Lighthouse and Snapper Island would be returned to the community as part of new Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
		"Macquarie Lighthouse was the first lighthouse to be built in Australia and represents the longest continuously running site of a navigational beacon in Australia.
		"Macquarie Lighthouse and Snapper Island will be transferred from the Department of Finance and Administration to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust which also has responsibility for Middle Head, Cockatoo Island, Woolwich, Georges Heights and North Head.
	www.deh.gov.au /minister/env/2000/mr3jun00.html (381 words)

	Hornby Lighthouse
		This is Hornby Lighthouse, on the South Head of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour).
		This lighthouse is on south head, near Watson's Bay, and within the Sydney Harbour National Park.
		Macquarie Lighthouse is also nearby, and easy to get to by road.
	www.zeta.org.au /~julian/gallery/hornby.html (448 words)

	Macquarie University - Undergraduate Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Admission for local applicants to Macquarie University is based on academic merit.
		Macquarie University also provides a direct applications to certain programs in languages, honours and postgraduate study.
		Admission to Macquarie University via the UAC is based on academic merit.
	www.reg.mq.edu.au /Undergrad/admissions/prospectivestudents/index.htm (439 words)

	Macquarie Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		On 13 July 1816, Governor Lachlan Macquarie laid the foundation stone of the new lighthouse.
		The lighthouse was to be the first of many significant works by the convict architect Francis Greenway.
		In the end, Governor Lachlan Macquarie was chosen ahead of suggestions which included WC Wentworth and Sir Henry Parkes.
	www.mq.edu.au /AboutMQU/lighthou.htm (401 words)

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		Nestled in the valley behind Port Macquarie’s Lighthouse Beach, Bermuda Breezes is the ideal setting to enjoy a relaxed country atmosphere less than 800 metres from an endless stretch of surf and sand only 6 km from the heart of Port Macquarie.
		As the evening sun sets over the pony paddock, the raucous call of the kookaburra can be heard and you may catch a glimpse of koalas emerging from the surrounding nature reserve to feed on the resorts eucalypts.
		Port Macquarie being the koala capital of Australia.
	www.bermudabreezes.com (338 words)

	Macquarie Lighthouse - Sydney, New South Wales @ US-Lighthouses.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		There has been a marker at this point since 1791 and a lighthouse as early as 1818.
		The lighthouse that was built in 1818 began to deteriorate and had to be replaced.
		By 1883, the new lighthouse was finished which is the one that stands today.
	www.us-lighthouses.com /displaypage.php?LightID=256 (126 words)

	A little light reading - Books - www.smh.com.au
		When he landed a job as a lighthouse keeper, Peter Hill was a 19-year-old hippie with long hair and a great set of Captain Beefheart records.
		Lighthouse tradition dictated that the person finishing his shift at 2am had to prepare tea and biscuits, wake the man who was taking over, and sit up talking to him for half an hour, to ease the transition into wakefulness.
		Most intriguing of all were those about Lachlan Fairbairn, the area's famous lighthouse keeper, who discarded his clothes when he arrived at a new lighthouse and didn't put them back on until he left.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/06/13/1087065029794.html (1085 words)

	Mid-North Coast
		Although a manufacturing city in the past, it is slowly becoming more of a tourist destination with it's set of beaches and the nearby wineries.
		Port Macquarie is a major tourist centre, and I found it to be one of the most interesting and pleasant places of the whole trip.
		At Tacking Point there is a cute little lighthouse, and from there views over the rocks and beaches.
	www.2pi.info /travel/qld05/MidNorthCoast.html (509 words)

	Glass negative, half plate, 'Macquarie Lighthouse South Head, Sydney.', Kerry and Co, Sydney, c. 1884-1917 - Powerhouse ...
		The lighthouse tower is flanked by two domes projecting from the roof of the building.
		A man and two women can be seen posing in front of the lighthouse on a grassed area.
		A roadway leading to the lighthouse is depicted on the left side of the image.
	www.powerhousemuseum.com /tyrrell/show.php?id=269 (244 words)

	FamilyHistoryArticles.com
		Robert was the 1st Lighthouse-Keeper of Macquarie Lighthouse at Watsons Bay, which was first illuminated on 30th November 1818.
		The offence was not viewed severly for long, for when the South Head Lighthouse was finished Watson was installed as its first superintendent in November 1818, on the same salary that he had received as harbourmaster (50 pounds).
		L.M. (Lachlan Macquarie) Sydney 30 October 1821 When Rebecca's husband Robert died in 1822 she was pregnant with their daughter Sarah, who was born six weeks later.
	www.familyhistoryarticles.com /ezineready.php?id=6 (5157 words)

	Francis Greenway
		In his mid-30s he was found guilty of forging a financial document and sentenced to death (later commuted to 14 years transportation).
		He arrived in Sydney as a "gentleman convict" in 1814 and immediately impressed Governor Macquarie, who allowed him to set up Australia's first private architecture practice, which was in George Street.
		He was granted a full pardon in 1818 after completion of the Macquarie Lighthouse, and went on to design many of Sydney's buildings including the Female Factory in Parramatta, the District Courts, St James Church, Queen's Square and the brilliant St Matthews at Windsor.
	members.tripod.com /virtaus4/volume6/misc/francis_greenway.htm (294 words)

	Cottage for sale - National - www.smh.com.au
		It's old, exposed and it has no view, but the three-bedroom cottage just south of the landmark Macquarie Lighthouse on the coastal cliffs near The Gap can be yours for just $1.95 million.
		It is the location that allows the Macquarie Street neurosurgeon John Matheson to set that price for what remains of his 125-year lease over the historic head lighthouse keeper's cottage.
		The original lighthouse, replaced in 1881 after its sandstone walls began to crumble, was designed by the architect Francis Greenway, who also designed the cottage.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/06/29/1088487967570.html?from=moreStories (571 words)

	About Macquarie University ~ Naming of the University
		Liberality of Opportunity: A History of Macquarie University 1964-1989, Bruce Mansfield and Mark Hutchinson, Macquarie University in association with Hale and Iremonger (1992).
		Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Governor Phillip ordered a flagstaff be erected to signal the approach of supply ships bound for Sydney Cove.
		The arms of the University shall be on a field vert, the Macquarie lighthouse tower, masoned proper, in chief the star Sirius, or.
	www.mq.edu.au /about/naming.html (453 words)

	Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The current flag of Macquarie University is a stylized heraldic banner: "On a field vert, the Macquarie lighthouse tower, masoned proper, in chief the star Sirius, or." The Macquarie Lighthouse was Australia's first lighthouse, its foundation stone laid by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in July 13, 1816.
		The current lighthouse is a replica of the original, built in 1883.
		The former flag was a white-green-white vertical tricolour, with the same emblem at the centre.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/au_macu.html (85 words)

	Lighthouse Beach Holiday Village at Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast Australia
		Lighthouse Beach Holiday Village at Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast Australia
		Away from the hustle and bustle of the busy township, you'll enjoy golden sands, sparkling surf and tropical bushland - green, blue and gold as far as the eye can see.
		And if you crave a touch of town life, the clubs, restaurants and attractions of Port Macquarie are only 10 minutes away.
	www.lighthousebeachholidayvillage.com.au (120 words)

	Australian Lighthouses: Macquarie Lighthouse, Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
		The Macquarie Lighthouse is located at South Head in Sydney.
		Cape Leeuwin lighthouse was first lit on 1 December 1896.
		Cape Naturaliste lighthouse was first lit in 1904.
	www.internet-marketing-australia.com /lighthouses.php (230 words)

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