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Wealth for Toil – Australia Day challenge for 2012
I’ve been scratching my head over this blog post. Shelley from Twigs of Yore has challenged us to write about the work one of our ancestors did and I’ve decided to stick with Nicholas Delaney because I’ve got so much … Continue reading
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
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Tagged #Garden200, 1816, 2016, Convict, Domain, Free pardon, Macquarie, Mrs Macquarie, Nicholas Delaney, Roadbuilder, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Western Highway
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