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Forgers Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway
Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless. Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve, Francis Greenway was transported to New South Wales in 1814. Within a single eventfu...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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NewSouth
, 2014
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | EBL-Schweitzer
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| Online Access: | Volltext |
| Summary: | Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless. Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve, Francis Greenway was transported to New South Wales in 1814. Within a single eventful decade, Greenway's and Governor Lachlan Macquarie's transformation of Sydney from a ramshackle convict garrison into an elegant city was well under way with buildings like the Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, Supreme Court and Windsor courthouse. Award-winning author Alasdair McGregor - in the fir |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (425 p.)) |
| ISBN: | 9781742247021 |
