The importance of Lachlan Macquarie Flashcards
Who could convicts work for?
The government, or they were assigned to private landowners.
What does the term ‘Emancipists’ refer to?
Convicts who’d completed their sentence.
Macquarie wanted colonial redemption, in which policies is this evident?
- He offered 30 acre land grants to emancipicts who didn’t want to return to Britain, and instead wanted to continue living in Australia.
- He was known for issuing early pardons
- tickets to leave, which were documents allowing convicts to hire themselves out or be self-employed, as long a they remained in specified areas and, if possible, attended church every Sunday.
Who is an example of Macquarie’s aims of colonial redemption through offering land grants?
Samuel Terry stole 400 pairs of stockings. In 1807, he was released and became an innkeeper and money lender in Sydney. By 1820, he owned 19,000 acres of land.
What were Hyde Parks Barracks?
They housed 600 convicts, under surveillance, and it was a centre of skilled labour, including ex-artisans and craftsman. These were all labourers that could be used to Macquarie’s public work schemes.
By 1822, how many public work schemes has Macquarie sponsored?
200+
From 1794, why were settlements on agricultural land important?
As the colonies main independent food supply.
