For further information contact

Peter Cox: Program
peter.cox21@intas.net.au

Des Wootton: Website
woottondes@yahoo.com.au

Sponsors

Tasmanian Archives & Heritage Office

George Town & District Historical Society

Hobart Town (1804) First Settlers Association

Bligh Museum of Pacific Discovery

Lady Nelson

St Davids Cathedral

National Trust Runnymede

Granton Group

New Norfolk Information Centre

Sandy Bay Historical Society

Parks & Wildlife Service

Anglesea Barracks

Heritage Highway Tourism

Shene

St Peters Oatlands

Tasmanian Wool Centre

Norfolk Plains Heritage Centre

Deviot Group

West Tamar Historical Society

George Town Council

Low Head Pilot Station Support Group

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Heritage Protection Society (Tasmania)
 

Welcome to the Home Page

of the

Macquarie 2011 Committee.

 Macquarie Two Hundred Year Celebrations

In November and December 1811 Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his wife Elizabeth visited Van Diemen’s Land, the southern most part of the territory under his control as Governor of New South Wales

His visit laid the foundations for the development of Tasmania.

Among the most notable achievements of Macquarie’s visit were

• The establishment of the Mt Nelson Signal Station.
• The establishment of Anglesea Barracks.
• The street plan for central Hobart and the naming of the streets.
• The foundation of New Norfolk and George Town.
• The settlement of the Norfolk Plains.

In November and December 2011 Tasmania commemorates the 200^th anniversary of this visit, with celebrations from Adventure Bay to Low Head.

Events have been planned at

Adventure Bay

Lauderdale

Hobart

Mt Nelson

New Norfolk

Granton

Pontville

Melton Mowbray

Oatlands

Ross

Nile

Longford

Launceston

Tamar Island

Deviot

York Town

George Town

Low Head

Use this website to find out more about Lachlan Macquarie and the planned bi-centenary events.