Alexander Macleay
Author, Derelie Cherry will be visiting Wagga and speaking about Alexander Macleay at 2pm on Sunday 1st June 2014. Telephone the Museum of the Riverina (02) 6926 9655 to secure your place
Alexander Macleay was Colonial Secretary of NSW (1825-37). As a pastoralist, together with his sons, he established several early stations in the Murrumbidgee District including “Borambola” and “Pullitop”.
Derelie Cherry
His magnificent house in Sydney, Elizabeth Bay House, is still the finest colonial mansion in New South Wales.
Author, Dr. Derelie Cherry, Ph. D (University of Sydney), first visited Elizabeth Bay House in the late 1980s and immediately fell in love with it. But it was not until 1994 that she decided to seriously research the history behind the man whose home it was originally : Alexander Macleay. This is Derelie’s second book. After leaving a career in book publishing spanning twenty years in 1999, her first book, Two Dogs & A Garden, was published in 2009.
This is an opportunity not to be missed. Mark it in your diary now and come along to meet and hear from Derelie Cherry at 2pm on Sunday, 1st June at the Historic Council Chambers.
Derelie Cherry’s visit to Wagga has been arranged by the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society together with the Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society and the Museum of the Riverina.
