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...
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Interesting stuff! I enjoy reading about the facts/info you've learned during your trips. It's so interesting to discover more about a place than just admiring the scenery.
ReplyDeleteOf all the things that cemeteries keep and preserve, I'm sure I never would have thought of native species of grass.
ReplyDeleteSomeone had a brilliant insight to notice this advantage.
Interesting information! Our cemeteries are so full that it's impossible to see such a 'lawn' inside...
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ReplyDeleteHm, I don't know - however: Like all the other commenters I think this very interesting. No grass in German cemeteries, they are more park-like, with cobbled paths.
ReplyDeleteI tend to write "cementeries" tonight - so it's okay my first comment vanished into nirvana ... ;-)
I have a soft spot for historical cemeteries. There are always interesting stories in those gravestones.
ReplyDelete'cementeries' - *grin* ...
ReplyDeleteHa, Julie, I am not alone:
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Typo of the day blog ... what fun. Actually the pun value of your typo escaped my attention Martina until Julie highlighted it.
ReplyDeleteYou don't see it very often so much grass but looks peaceful and countrylike.
ReplyDeleteNever thought about this. It is a bit like the Traveling Stock reserves where wildlife flourishes due to not being farmed.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of Lue but have no idea where it is.
Joan you also had a classic typo on my blog the other day where you said the possums were in your 'Hearing Ducts', classic, I loved it.
ReplyDeleteThis sort of headstone with footer surround, is the stalwart of Australian cemeteries, I consider, Joan. Up until maybe 50 years ago. Now we simply have the headstone, which is more often than not, lowrise, rather than the mediumrise of the 20th century or the highrise of the 19th century.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten this about grasses in cemeteries and their purity and why. Stands to reason I guess, except for birds and the wind. There is nothing pure about the vegetation of city cemeteries, though.
Thanks for rebadging this for Taphophile Tragics. I find I am doing a cemetery a fortnight at the moment. I probably have enough to last me ... mmmm ... perhaps 3 years!
Cememteries are nature reserves in their own right.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture.
Gravesites preserving native grasses would not have occured to me but its obvious when you think about it.
ReplyDeleteThese plots are all lined up so close together - is that a normal design?
ReplyDeletehahahaha, that sounds very funny, preserved grass.. did you notice anything special about it.. ;)
ReplyDeletebut i like the angel...
I never thought of that..but thats a good point..
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