Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Archive: About LEMA

Background
Project Partners
Objectives
Project Team
Copyright Statement
Disclaimer
Recommended Citation Style
Contact Us

Background

The Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (LEMA) Project is an electronic gateway aimed at providing a new context for the historical investigation of the lives and times of Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824), and his second wife, Elizabeth Campbell (of Airds) (1778-1835).

LEMA builds upon earlier research initiatives at Macquarie University Library that have been aimed at creating an interlocking series of historical websites devoted to examining Lachlan Macquarie's travels, experiences, and achievements in the period 1796-1822. These projects include documentary transcripts, photographs, and research findings associated with Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Scotland:

Journeys in Time: 1809-1822

Seringapatam 1799

Under A Tropical Sun: Lachlan Macquarie & the 73rd Regiment in Sri Lanka 1796-1821

The Lachlan Macquarie Room

Now the aim is to make available a far wider selection of primary sources materials written by the Macquaries; as well as to provide an expanded range of historical background notes. Furthermore, documentary coverage has been expanded to include the broader period from 1761 to 1835.

Most importantly, LEMA seeks to create a new framework for institutional research partnerships to be formed between libraries, archival repositories, and cultural heritage organisations, in Australia, United Kingdom (and elsewhere) who have relevant holdings of Macquarie-related source materials.

Project Partners

The Foundation Members of the LEMA Project are:

Macquarie University

Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) is named after the Scottish soldier and administrator, Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824) who was the fifth governor of the colony of NSW in the period January 1810 to November 1821.

State Library of NSW

National Library of Scotland

State Records NSW

New Partners to the LEMA Project in 2007 include:

In 1992, the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales presented a major exhibition at the Hyde Park Barracks entitled: The Age of Macquarie. The exhibition was curated by Dr. James Broadbent and Joy Hughes, who also edited a companion book of the same title. This publication is an indispensable guide to Lachlan Macquarie's governorship and administration and provides a representative impression of the colony of NSW during its dynamic period of development in the years 1810-1821. Amongst the items acquired by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and held in its collections are a violoncello alleged to have belonged to Elizabeth Macquarie and an 1805 campaign desk used during Macquarie's travels. These items, presented here for the first time as 'digital surrogates', now form an integral part of the LEMA Project.

See: Macquarie Artefacts

Objectives

The aims of the LEMA Project are both ambitious and broadly based:

to create an extensive corpus of electronic transcripts of original source materials written by Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie in the period 1761-1835
to improve public awareness and increase scholarly access to the full range of writings by the Macquaries
to commemorate important milestones in the lives of the Macquaries and their associations with people, places, and events in Australia, Asia, Africa, Britain, Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and the Americas
to promote tangible historical links between Macquarie University and its namesake, Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824)
to develop editorial techniques and guidelines applicable for the digital archiving and transcription of original source materials
to promote a holistic and well-rounded assessment of the Macquaries in their social and historical context
to enhance the historical understanding of the military, mercantile, and colonial activities of imperial Britain in the late C18th and early C19th in Asia, Africa , Australia Europe and the Americas
to create a scholarly framework for the future investigation and publication of Macquarie-related historical interpretations
to develop a range of joint initiatives and projects with other institutions, organisations, government agencies, historical societies, and corporations who have links with the Macquaries
to apply digital technologies to the promotion and facilitation of historical research

Project Team

LEMA Project Manager & Researcher
Mr. Robin Walsh
Macquarie University Library
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia
Tel: +61 2 9850 7554
Email: robin.walsh@library.mq.edu.au

Web Design & Technical Support
Ms Kate Orman

Copyright Statement

The Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (LEMA) contains a variety of copyright material that has been developed at Macquarie University Library in partnership with the State Library of New South Wales, State Records NSW, the Historic Houses Trust of NSW, and the National Library of Scotland. Except for text and images that are unambiguously and unarguably in the public domain, any material created by Macquarie University Library (and so indicated) may be copied, provided that it is not altered or adapted and that the source is acknowledged. Macquarie University reserves the right to revoke that permission at any time. Permission is not given for any commercial use or sale of this material.

No other material anywhere on the LEMA website may be copied (except as legally allowed for private use and study) or further disseminated without the express and written permission of the legal holder of that copyright.

Disclaimer

While Macquarie University Library has attempted to make the information on this website as accurate as possible, all content is for personal and/or educational use only, and is provided in good faith without any express or implied warranty. There is no guarantee given as to the accuracy or currency of any individual item or items. Persons accessing the website who require confirmation of any information should contact the site webmaster. Macquarie University does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by the use of the information contained on the LEMA website. All use is at the risk of the user.

Macquarie University Library has provided hypertext links to a number of other websites as a service to researchers and students. This service does not imply that the University endorses those sites or the material on them in any way. Furthermore, the University is not responsible for the use of a hypertext link for which a commercial charge applies. Individual users are responsible for any charges that their use may incur.

Recommended Citation Style

The Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive.
www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/lema
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Contact Us

Questions, corrections and suggestions regarding the content of this website are most welcome. Please contact:

LEMA Project Manager & Researcher

Mr. Robin Walsh
Macquarie University Library
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia
Tel: +61 2 9850 7554
Email: robin.walsh@library.mq.edu.au


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