Thursday 4 December 2014

Hyde Park, Governor Lachlan Macquarie

This bronze sculpture of Governor Lachlan Macquarie stands on the edge of Hyde Park along St James Road, facing towards Macquarie Street which was named in his honour. It was created by Terrance Plowright and unveiled in 2013, to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the founding of Sydney.

14 comments:

  1. Macquarie seemed to be a very humane bloke, I think. Too military and too religious for some, but well motivated to restore dignity to convicts as soon as they got their ticket of leave.

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  2. Interesting character. The fashion of his outfit is very military...big boots! ;-)

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  3. I'm ashamed to say that I'd never heard of Macquarie before but I clicked on your link and learned a lot! Thanks for posting!

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  4. It's quite an eye catching statue! I like the details.

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  5. A Hyde Park also in Sydney :) me like! Arianna

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  6. This nice statue is very new. I'll just have to come back to Sydney to see it.

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  7. His body language says "Behold the expanse that is the western side of the Blue Mountains".

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  8. I like it! Not as stiff as some statues.

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