A Forger's Progress
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A Forger's Progress

The Life of Francis Greenway

  1. 426 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

A Forger's Progress

The Life of Francis Greenway

About this book

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, and the Windsor courthouse. In this first biography of Greenway since 1953, award-winning author Alasdair McGregor scrutinizes the character and creative output of a man beset by contradictions and demons. He profiles Greenway's landmark buildings, his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction.

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Information

Publisher
NewSouth
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781742247021
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION:A FORGER’S PROGRESS
  7. 1 EARTHLY REWARD:800 ACRES AND 16 COWS
  8. 2 FH GRINWAY COMES TO LONDON
  9. 3 A ‘RUINOUS ARCHITECTURAL TRIUMPH’
  10. 4 A CURIOUS AND NOTEWORTHY CRIME
  11. 5 BRISTOL NEWGATE: ‘WHITE WITHOUT AND FOUL WITHIN …’
  12. 6 THE BLIGHTED VOYAGE OF THE GENERAL HEWETT
  13. 7 A STATE OF ‘INFANTILE IMBECILITY’
  14. 8 TO COPY A COURTHOUSE
  15. 9 FH GREENWAY, 84 GEORGE STREET
  16. 10 THREE SHILLINGS A DAY AND A GOVERNMENT HORSE
  17. 11 BRIGHT PROSPECT:THE MACQUARIE TOWER, 1816–20
  18. 12 PAIN AND HUMILIATION: THE BARRACK SQUARE INCIDENT
  19. 13 A MANSION FOR THE VICEROY: GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 1816–20
  20. 14 TRANSPORTATION: ‘AN OBJECT OF CONSIDERABLE TERROR’
  21. 15 A ‘PALACE FOR HORSES’: THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE STABLES, 1817–21
  22. 16 FOLLIES, FOUNTAINS AND FUGACIOUS TOYS,1818–20
  23. Picture section
  24. 17 ‘… A NEAT HANDSOME FORT’: COLONIAL DEFENCES, 1816–21
  25. 18 ‘… AN IDEA OF GRANDEUR’: THE HYDE PARK BARRACKS, 1816–19
  26. 19 WALLS OF SPITE: ST MATTHEW’S AND ST LUKE’S, 1817–24
  27. 20 FEEDING BODY AND SOUL: ST ANDREW’S AND THE MARKET HOUSE, 1819–22
  28. 21 FRAGMENTS OF A PLAN: ST JAMES’ AND THE SUPREME COURT, 1819–27
  29. 22 A ‘VILE CONSPIRACY’: THE PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY, 1818–21
  30. 23 ‘… FOR THE SAKE OF A NUMEROUS FAMILY’
  31. 24 FROM GEORGE STREET TO THE ‘CITYOF THE WORLD’
  32. MEASUREMENTS AND CURRENCY
  33. BUILDINGS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT
  34. NOTES
  35. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  36. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  37. INDEX