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Tag Archives: Roadbuilder
Australia’s oldest bridge revisited
Sometimes a friendly email brings unexpected genealogy bonuses. My Delaney (and Simpson) cousins are generous with their information about our ancestors, and one of the people who helped my mother and me with researching our book, A Rebel Hand: Nicholas … Continue reading
At the heart of Sydney
‘One of the most historically significant urban spaces in Sydney and Australia’. That’s how another of Nicholas Delaney’s building projects has been described by New South Wales’s Office of Environment and Heritage. It’s Macquarie Place. Just over a fortnight after … Continue reading
Posted in Macquarie, Roadbuilder
Tagged Australia, Convict, Greenway, Macquarie, Macquarie Place, Nicholas Delaney, Roadbuilder
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Making roads for Macquarie
Staying in New South Wales for this post, I’ll be looking at Nicholas Delaney’s road building for Governor Lachlan Macquarie. There are no records to show exactly when Nicholas began working on the roads of the new colony. He had … Continue reading
Posted in Macquarie, Roadbuilder
Tagged #Garden200, 1816, 2016, Convict, Domain, Free pardon, Macquarie, Mrs Macquarie, Nicholas Delaney, Roadbuilder, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Western Highway
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