The real story of NSW colonial governor Lachlan Macquarie is more dramatic and compelling than is otherwise promoted, according to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher and lecturer who will deliver the keynote speech at a dinner in Bathurst on Saturday 1 May to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the start of Macquarie’s administration of the fledgling colony. Mr Harry Dillon, a journalism lecturer at the CSU School of Communication and Creative Industries and co-author of a soon-to-be-published book about Governor Macquarie, says the title of his speech, The Other Lachlan Macquarie, signifies that he will try to go beyond the standard 'Father of Australia' profiles. “It's OK that these things are being restated in 2010 because a surprising number of people are unaware of Macquarie’s considerable achievements. In all, Macquarie was extraordinarily well matched to the peculiar nature of the job in Australia's crucial third decade of white settlement.”