We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
When we moved from the farm into the township at the end of 1962, we moved into a shed of about this size with earthern floor and rusty sheets of corrugated iron for outer walls and ceiling. The inner partitions were wardrobes and sliced open potato sacks.
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Nice shed ... and a lovely stand of RHPs ... always think they will attract slugs for some reason.
Found a lovely bunch of mouldy old leaves of an agapanthus clump on campus today. Will try to remember to take a photo tomorrow ...
Lovely composition and great colours too.
ReplyDeleteI love the corrugated tin building. The red hot pokers against that green, you can't plan that. It's wonderful.
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ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this photo.