A forger's progress : the life of Francis Greenway /
A forger and convicted felon, Francis Greenway was transported to Sydney in 1814. Only a decade later, his dreams of a city superior in architectural beauty to London began to be realized as he designed Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, the Supreme Court, St Luke's Church in Liverpool,...
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Sydney, N.S.W. :
NewSouth Publishing,
2014
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION:A FORGER'S PROGRESS; 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, 1816-2014 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; Picture section; 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 MARKET HOUSE, 1819-22; 21 FRAGMENTS OF A PLAN: ST JAMES' AND THE SUPREME COURT, 1819-27.
- 22 a 'vile conspiracy': the parramatta female factory, 1818-2123 ' ... for the sake of a numerous family'; 24 from george street to the 'cityof the world'; measurements and currency; buildings mentioned in the text; notes; bibliography; acknowledgments; index.
