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'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 first biography of Greenway since 1953 – scrutinises the life and work of a man beset by contradictions and demons. He profiles Greenway’s landmark buildings, his meteoric rise and his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Macquarie, along with his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction. All played out in a fledgling colony in the throes of change from far-flung gaol to a society of free settlers.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Tim and Judith
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Greenway's Sydney
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 369 2015; (p. 11-12)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Building a Local Revolution
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Great Men from Our Colonial Past
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 2015; (p. 21)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Revolutionary Sydney
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , February 2015;
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Colonial Architect More Trouble Than He Was Worth
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 December 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography
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Colonial Architect More Trouble Than He Was Worth
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 December 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Great Men from Our Colonial Past
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 2015; (p. 21)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Building a Local Revolution
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Greenway's Sydney
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 369 2015; (p. 11-12)
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography -
Revolutionary Sydney
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , February 2015;
— Review of A Forger's Progress : The Life of Francis Greenway 2014 single work biography
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