Original: Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB ( 31 January 1762 -- 1 July 1824 ; Scottish Gaelic spelling : Lachlann MacGuaireIan Grimble : Scottish Clans and Tartans , 1973 , p 203 ) , The Australian People : An Encyclopedia of the Nation , Its People and Their Origins .
Simplified: -- 1 July 1824 ) The Australian People : An Encyclopedia of the Nation , Its People and Their Origins .