Celebrate the 7th Liverpool's Foundation from 1810: Featuring Mrs M (Elizabeth Macquarie)
Event description
CELEBRATE THE 7TH
LIVERPOOL’S FOUNDATION FROM 1810 FEATURING MRS M (ELIZABETH MACQAURIE)
Join us to mark 215 years since Governor Lachlan Macquarie declared a new town
“…fit for the purpose… and named it Liverpool”
Listen to professional storyteller Jo Henwood as she brings to life Macquarie’s Journal as the Governor’s wife Mrs M (Elizabeth Macquarie) narrating the morning and following days of Liverpool’s foundation.
The program is presented within our new exhibition ‘Fit for the Purpose - Building Liverpool, beyond the colony’
Followed by tea and a slice of cake.
Image credit
Elizabeth Macquarie c.1819
Courtesy Mitchell Library State Library of New South Wales Collection
Governor Lachlan Macquarie c.1822
Artist Richard Read
Courtesy Mitchell Library State Library of New South Wales Collection
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