Mac·quar·ie (m -kwär  , -kwôr) A river of southeast Australia flowing about 949 km (590 mi) northwest to the Darling River. |
Macquarie [məˈkwɒrɪ]
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1. (Placename) an Australian island in the Pacific, SE of Tasmania: noted for its species of albatross and penguin. Area: about 168 sq. km (65 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a river in SE Australia, in E central New South Wales, rising in the Blue Mountains and flowing NW to the Darling. Length: about 1200 km (750 miles)
Macquarie1
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(Biographies / Macquarie, Lachlan (1762-1824) M, Australian, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Lachlan. 1762-1824, Australian colonial administrator; Governor of New South Wales (1809-21), noted for his reformist policies towards ex- convicts and for his record in public works such as road-building in the colony
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