A forgers progress : the life of Francie Greenway / Alasdair McGregor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGregor, Alasdair, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architects--Australia--New South Wales--Biography.

Architects.

Architecture, Colonial--Australia--New South Wales.

Architecture, Colonial.

Greenway, Francis Howard, 1777-1837.

Greenway, Francis Howard.

Australia.

New South Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : Newsouth, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless. Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve, Francis Greenway was transported to New South Wales in 1814. Within a single eventful decade, Greenway's and Governor Lachlan Macquarie's transformation of Sydney from a ramshackle convict garrison into an elegant city was well under way with buildings like the Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, Supreme Court and Windsor courthouse. Award-winning author Alasdair McGregor - in the fir

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Earthly Reward: 800 Acres and 16 Cows; 2. FH Grinway Comes to London; 3. A 'Ruinous Architectural Triumph'; 4. A Curious and Noteworthy Crime; 5. Bristol Newgate: 'White Without and Foul Within ...'; 6.The Blighted Voyage of the General Hewett; 7. A State Of 'Infantile Imbecility'; 8. To Copy A Courthouse; 9. FH Greenway, 84 George Street; 10. Three Shillings a Day and a Government Horse; 11. Bright Prospect: The Macquarie Tower, 1816-20; 12. Pain and Humiliation: The Barrack Square Incident; 13. A Mansion for the Viceroy: Government House, 1816-20

14. Transportation: 'An Object of Considerable Terror'15. A 'Palace for Horses': The Government House Stables, 1817-21; 16. Follies, Fountains and Fugacious Toys, 1818-20; 17. '... A Neat Handsome Fort ': Colonial Defences, 1816-21; 18. '... An Idea of Grandeur': The Hyde Park Barracks, 1816-19; 19. Walls of Spite: St Matthew's and St Luke's, 1817-24; 20. Feeding Body and Soul: St Andrew's and The Markethouse, 1819-22; 21. Fragments of A Plan: St James' and The Supreme Court, 1819-27; 22. A 'Vile Conspiracy': The Parramatta Female Factory, 1818-21; 23. '... For The Sake of a Numerous Family'

24. From George Street to the 'City of the World'Measurements and Currency; Buildings mentioned in the text; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; ndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2014).

ISBN:

9781742241821

1742241824

9781742247021

1742247024

OCLC:

879593535