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Mining is still big business in this area so I guess the choice of an old style miner's lamp seems appropriate for the local 'big thing'.
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...
Now that I have enlarged these, I can see the "big" lamp in the smaller.
ReplyDeleteA fitting memorial to all those miners in both China and the USA who have perished over the last two weeks. A tough way to make a living ... ;
I agree with Julie, this post is a fitting memorial. Miners surely have a tough life...
ReplyDeleteAs to the lamps, they are fantastic and I don't remember seeing them before.
Wonderful shots of the lamps. I don't think I've seen these before. And it's so interesting to see a miner's lamp being the inspiration for part of a building.
ReplyDeleteThe Tourist Office is so wonderfully kitsch. I love it!
ReplyDeleteI am so enjoying viewing your travel spaces through your camera lens. You have so many interesting places to share. Gives me a moment of rest to think and view. Thank you.
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