The Sad Life of Francis Greenway, our First Government Architect.
Francis Greenway’s death sentence for forgery in England was commuted to transportation to NSW for 14 years. Governor Macquarie appointed Greenway as our first Government Architect in which role he designed some 80 buildings. Less than one-quarter of these remain today. After Macquarie left the colony, Greenway fell upon hard times. He died completely unsung and the location of his pauper’s grave in the East Maitland Cemetery remains unknown.
Don Napper will talk about Francis Greenway’s life.
Emeritus Professor Don Napper was educated at Sydney and Cambridge Universities in molecular chemistry. He retired from Sydney University in 2003 as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sciences & Technology), where he is now Professor Emeritus.
The meeting will be held at Piato Restaurant, 123 Blues Point Road, McMahons Point at 7:00 am for 7:15 a.m. start. We finish promptly at 8:30 a.m. At about 7:30 a.m., Don will talk for about 30 minutes, followed by questions and breakfast is served during the talk.