Plaque marks Macquarie Pier history

By Jacqui Jones
Updated October 30 2012 - 8:09pm, first published August 4 2010 - 2:21pm
VISION: NSW Governor Marie Bashir and Newcastle lord mayor John Tate unveil the historic marker of Macquarie Pier at Nobbys surf club.
VISION: NSW Governor Marie Bashir and Newcastle lord mayor John Tate unveil the historic marker of Macquarie Pier at Nobbys surf club.

IT was 192 years ago today that Newcastle's economy was born when then Governor Lachlan Macquarie laid the foundation stone for Macquarie Pier.

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