 The earliest significant buildings in Sydney were simple restrained Georgian buildings that were suited to the climate (often by virtue of deep verandahs), available materials and craftsmanship, and were based in a spirit of making do and improvisation.Governor Macquarie's tenure began in 1810 and he promoted the idea of Sydney as a successful society of free citizens.He commissioned a survey of all aspects of the colony including its buildings which he found to be in a "most ruinous state of decay".