Searching for locations – Port Macquarie – Day 4 – Part 1

Searching for locations – Port Macquarie – Day 4 – Part 1

The Port Macquarie Museum The first section of this museum relates the history, from the beginning, and through the 1800s, firstly as a convict settlement, and then for free settlers, to farm and wood logging. The Hastings River was named after the Governor General of India in 1818, but it was not explored until 1819 by John Oxley who recommended the site suitable for farming and logging. In 1821, Governor Macquarie sent Captain John Allman, 40 …