Mrs Macquarie's Chair

Mrs Macquarie 's Chair (incorrectly sometimes Lady Macquarie 's Chair ) is a free-standing sandstone boulders in the form of a bench in Sydney, Australia. It was made in 1810 by prisoners for Elizabeth Macquarie. The rock formation is located on a peninsula on Sydney Harbour at the end of Mrs Macquarie's Road near the Royal Botanic Gardens. The peninsula is called Mrs Macquarie's Point.

Elizabeth Macquarie was the wife of Lachlan Macquarie, who was from 1810 to 1821 Governor of New South Wales. It is reported that they often sat on the rocks, enjoying the view of the harbor while watching the ships at the entrance.

The inscription on the stone reads:

"BE IT THUS RECORDED THAT THE ROAD Round the inside of the Government Domain Called Mrs. Macquairie ROAD So named by the Governor on account of her having Originally Planned it Measuring 3 Miles, and 377 yards What finally Completed on the 13th Day of June 1816 "

" It should be noted that the road called around the inside of the government area, Mrs. Macquairie Road, so by the governor named after her, which she originally planned according to the report with a length of 3 miles and 377 yards, finally, on the 13th day of June 1816 has been completed. "

The island country is located between the Garden Peninsula Iceland and Woolloomooloo Bay in the east and the Bennelong Point, where there is the Sydney Opera House, in the West. From Mrs Macquarie 's Chair is looking towards East on Fort Denison and the Pacific Ocean. The neighborhood on Mrs Macquarie's Point is a prime vantage point overlooking the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.