Macquarie Place Obelisk

This photograph shows the obelisk in Macquarie Place, erected by the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie in 1818. On a base of the obelisk reads an inscription, This obelisk was erected in Macquarie Place A.D.ISIS. To record that all the public roads leading to the interior of the colony are measured from it, L. Macquarie Esq

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1818 Cazneaux Erected Lachlan Macquarie Measured Obelisk

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