The old copper mining town of Blinman has turned to tourism for its current trade.
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...
I love this photo, the iron work, the history :D
ReplyDeleteLook at that fabulous bedhead gate.
ReplyDeleteI'd kill for one of those.
Letty, I didn't pick it as a bedhead but now I see that's exactly what it is.
ReplyDeleteThis is the local tourist office?
ReplyDeleteThat is just what I was going to ask, bedhead ... why does the variant bedstead come to mind?
ReplyDeleteAnd that looks like wattle and daub ...