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Governor of New South WalesPolitics1762–1824

Lachlan Macquarie

Colonial governor of New South Wales (1810–21), Macquarie replaced military rule with public works and town planning, granted land and office to freed convicts and founded schools for Aboriginal people, but ordered the Appin massacre against resisters.

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Closest Spectrum
Center
Closest Ideology
New Deal Liberalism
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1762–1824
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How to interpret catalog profiles

Political Axes

Profile across the 12 axes

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  • Distribution of power

    Leaning · Unitary
    Federal31.6%
    Unitary68.4%
  • Representation

    Leaning · Autocracy
    Democracy34%
    Autocracy66%
  • Civil liberties

    Leaning · Security
    Security68.6%
    Liberty31.4%
  • Cultural integration

    Leaning · Assimilation
    Assimilation62.4%
    Multicultural37.6%
  • Conflict resolution

    Leaning · Military force
    Military force57.6%
    Negotiation42.4%
  • Foreign involvement

    Strong · Interventionist
    Non-Intervention29.3%
    Interventionist70.7%
  • Ownership

    Near midpoint
    Public50.8%
    Private49.2%
  • Economic coordination

    Leaning · State direction
    State direction64%
    Markets36%
  • International trade

    Near midpoint
    Protectionism43.7%
    Free trade56.3%
  • Religion & state

    Strong · Religious
    Secular25.8%
    Religious74.2%
  • Social norms

    Leaning · Traditionalist
    Progressive30.1%
    Traditionalist69.9%
  • Technology & precaution

    Leaning · Acceleration
    Acceleration61.8%
    Ecologist38.2%

What distinguishes Lachlan Macquarie

Largest median distance

Representation

This position is 23.5 points from the median of the 449 figure profiles in this collection.

Catalog median 58% DemocracyLachlan Macquarie 34% Democracy

This is the largest distance from this collection’s median across the twelve axes. The collection is not a survey of public opinion.

Closest to catalog median

Ownership

This position is 1.7 points from this collection’s median.

Catalog median 53% PublicLachlan Macquarie 51% Public

This is the smallest median distance across the twelve axes; it does not establish a historical or political consensus.