Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie b. 13 June 1778

Also known as Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell, Elizabeth Macquarie
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial first lady: female designer of gardens and architecture whose paintings and sketches influenced major works in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. She advocated for the poor but paid the artists she employed little.

Citations

  • Barnard, M. (1966), 'Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. Pike, D., vol.2, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Ellis, M. H. (1952), 'Lachlan Macquarie’, 2nd edn, Sydney, NSW.

  • Kerr, J.; & Broadbent, J. (1980), 'Gothick Taste in the Colony of New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Lycett, J. (1824), 'Views in Australia’, London, England, UK.

  • (24 January 1821), 'Evidence of E. Cureton’, Bigge Report, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Transcript.

  • Broadbent, J. (1985), 'Domestic Architecture in New South Wales 1788 to 1843’, PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

  • 'Macquarie Family Letters’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, manuscript.

  • 'Watts Papers’, Mitchell Library, Sydney, manuscript.

  • Gyfford, E. (1807), 'Designs for Elegant Cottages’, London, England, UK.

  • 'Wentworth Papers’, Mitchell Library, Sydney, manuscript.

  • 'Piper Papers’, Mitchell Library, Sydney, manuscript.

  • 'Antill Papers’, Mitchell Library, Sydney, manuscript.

  • Kerr, J. S. (1988), 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind’, National Trust (NSW) catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • Boswell, 'Life of Johnson’, Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870