Sir Lachlan Macquarie
Sir Lachlan Macquarie
The Macquarie Mausoleum at Gruline on the Isle of Mull has the following inscription:
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MAJOR GENERAL LACHLAN MACQUARIE OF JARVISFIELD WHO WAS BORN 31ST JANUARY, 1761 AND DIED AT LONDON ON THE 1ST JULY, 1824 THE FATHER OF AUSTRALIA |
In their biography of Macquarie, Harry Dillon and Peter Butler add the following valediction in respect of the last line of the inscription ‘This is an apt title for a man whose unique contribution to Australia’s development deserves the highest recognition’ (Macqaurie: From Colony to Country, Random House, Australia, 2010).
Macquarie was not a visitor to Mull as such since he was born at Ormsaig on the Isle of Ulva.