Macquarie Towns and Sydney Development Flashcards
1
Q
What were the 5 towns Macquarie developed between 1810 and 11 called?
A
Castlereagh Richmond Windsor Pitt Town Wilberforce
2
Q
What were the colony’s profits used for?
A
Developing infrastructure
3
Q
What 4 types of buildings were built?
Who’s skills were utilised to do this?
A
Churches, schools, roads, and barracks.
Convict Francis Greenway -> was an architect.
4
Q
What was built in the centre of Sydney?
What was this called
A
Hospital at no expense to colony: paid workers in liquor.
Rum Hospital.
5
Q
What did the building programme provide for emancipists and convicts?
A
Employment and income.
6
Q
What did this help the economy through
A
Drought, economic depression, floods, and catepillar plagues.
7
Q
What developed farming and wool industry in the 1820s?
A
Road over Blue Mountains.
