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Macleay River timber cutters - Work station

Placename: Macleay River timber cutters - Work station
Layer: Convict Landscapes - Australia and Norfolk Island
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Type: Other

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Latitude: -31.089416
Longitude: 152.831638
Start Date: 1827
End Date: 1830

Description

In October 1827, faced with increased demands for timber for publlic building construction in Sydney, Port Macqaurie Commandant Major Innes sent cedar cutters to the Macleay (New) River. Location of the camp(s) is unknown. However, cost and difficulty of transport meant that the operation was n ot seen as successful. (MacLachlan 1988: 149). No known location of camp although the undated early plan shows an encampment on the south side opposite what is now Kempsey.

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