Foundation stone re-enactment by Richmond Players part of Saturday's 200 years celebration

By Jan Barkley-Jack
Updated October 11 2017 - 2:58pm, first published October 9 2017 - 5:30pm
50 years ago: The re-enactment of Governor Macquarie laying the foundation stone, at the 150th anniversary celebrations in 1967, in the paddock where the parish centre is now. Photo: Beverley Hunt.
50 years ago: The re-enactment of Governor Macquarie laying the foundation stone, at the 150th anniversary celebrations in 1967, in the paddock where the parish centre is now. Photo: Beverley Hunt.

GATHERED on October 11, 1817, on the hill top in the centre of a paddock in Windsor, an animated group of people, some colourful and serious in their military dress, and others swishing excitedly in silks and cottons in the fashions of the time, waited for Governor Macquarie to arrive.