How's this for a variation on my usual abandoned buildings?
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
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ReplyDeleteAnd this one is not as old as some ... I say that because of the timber frame. I wonder when the settlers made that transition - from double brick to timber?
ReplyDeleteThat bluff is surely handsome, and to position a home within its lee shows a wonderful feel for nature.
As far as I know the choice of brick vs timber was based on what was the building material most readily available.
ReplyDeleteThere is a photo of the Turon River coming up later in this series that has a bluff like that ... it made for a very nice shot.
oh wow, that's great. I like the debris scattered around the building.
ReplyDeleteI love this picture.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell how big it is but it looks like it met its match. From a scenic point of view it's a grand view.
ReplyDeleteOh - it looks so sad.
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