| A | B |
|---|
| Lachlan | Governor Macquaire's first name |
| 1761 | year Macquarie was born |
| 1824 | year Macquarie died |
| governor | position held by Macquarie in NSW |
| Scotland | country where Macquarie was born |
| Bligh | Governor of NSW before Macquarie |
| Dromedary | name of the ship that brought Macquarie to Sydney |
| Rum Rebellion | this ended the governorship of Bligh in NSW |
| Elizabeth Campbell | wife of Lachlan Macquarie |
| public works | convict labour was used to construct these |
| Richmond | one of the so called Macquarie towns |
| Hawkesbury | Macquarie wrote in his diary about touring this area |
| exclusives | these free settlers opposed Macquaries's use of encouraging emancipists |
| Greenway | a freed convict used by Macquarie to design many new buildings in Sydney |
| NSW Conservatorium of Music | originally built as stables |
| holey dollar | money created from Spanish coins |
| exploration | encouraged by Macquarie so more land could be used for farming |
| Hyde Park Barracks | designed by Francis Greenway |
| bank | created by Macquarie to improve the financial position of the colony of NSW |
| schools | Macquarie created many of these to improve the education of children in the colony |
