Let's call it Macquarie

Rum, Rebels & Ratbags by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jun 23, 20150:39:59Society & Culture

Lachlan Macquarie was a hard drinking, penny pinching Scottish army officer with syphilis and an impressive history of financial fraud. Yet he became the colony’s most successful governor, erecting new towns and building...

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