This is the story of two Scots: Lachlan Macquarie, governor of the British colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and his wife, Elizabeth Macquarie, both of whom pioneered a policy of rehabilitation and renewal as part of their treatment of empancipists. Written as an intimate account of two crusaders, Images of an Australian Enlightenment takes readers through the Macquaries's lives, their dreams of a better world, and their personal...