Lachlan Macquarie - Places Named After Macquarie

Places Named After Macquarie

Many places in Australia have been named in Macquarie's honour (some of these were named by Macquarie himself). They include:

At the time of his governorship or shortly thereafter:

• Macquarie Island between Tasmania and Antarctica the subsequent tectonic plate Macquarie Ridge and junction which align northwards from the island are also named after Macquarie.
• Lake Macquarie on the coast of New South Wales between Sydney and Newcastle renamed after Macquarie in 1826
• Macquarie River a significant inland river in New South Wales which passes Bathurst, Wellington, Dubbo and Warren before entering the Macquarie Marshes and the Barwon River
• Mount Macquarie, highest point in the Blayney Shire at 1100 metres above sea level. For a time it was named Mount Lachlan
• Lachlan River, another significant river in New South Wales
• Port Macquarie, a city at the mouth of the Hastings River on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales
• Macquarie Pass, a route traversing the escarpment between the Illawarra district and the Southern Highlands district of New South Wales
• Macquarie Rivulet, a river 23 kilometres long which rises near Robertson, New South Wales and drains into Lake Illawarra
• Around Sydney:
  • Macquarie Street, one of the principal streets of downtown Sydney, home of the New South Wales Parliament
  • Macquarie Place a small park in the Sydney CBD
  • Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia's first and longest operating navigational light
  • The former Fort Macquarie on Bennelong Point
  • Macquarie Fields, now a suburb of Sydney but named by surveyor Evans after the governor
• In Tasmania:
  • Macquarie Street, one of the principal streets of Hobart
  • Macquarie Street, one of the principal streets of the historic town of Evandale, a town he founded in 1811
  • Macquarie Harbour, on the west coast
  • Macquarie River
• In New South Wales,
  • Macquarie Hill, formerly known as Mount Macquarie, in Wingecarribee Shire, Southern Highlands, New South Wales
  • Macquarie Pier, built in 1818 on the Hunter River for the port of Newcastle, a breakwater linking Coal Island, now known as Nobby's Head, to the mainland at South Head (now Fort Scratchley)
  • The Macquarie Arms Hotel at Windsor, New South Wales built in 1815. It ceased operating in 1840, but reopened in 1874 and has been used continuously as a hotel ever since. Windsor also contains a Macquarie Street.
  • Lachlan Macquarie Ward, Parramatta, New South Wales

Many years after his governorship:

• Macquarie Park and Macquarie Links, suburbs of Sydney.
• Macquarie Shopping Centre, North Ryde
• Macquarie, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
• Lachlan Street, Macquarie, Canberra, Australia
• Division of Macquarie, one of the first 75 Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives created for the Australian Parliament in 1901.

Institutions named after Macquarie:

• Macquarie Hospital, Sydney
• Macquarie University, Sydney
• Macquarie Bank, an investment bank founded in 1970