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...
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
I really like that lower photo, Joan. I like the way she is rugged up, and just eh way she walks. She will grace a small country town as she ages.
ReplyDeleteI like the lower photo as well. With a real estate guide in hand, are you sure she isn't from Sydney? Hehehe...
ReplyDeleteOr maybe she's just picking out the new family weekender? They wouldn't DARE choose it without her, would they??!!
ReplyDeleteHappy travels!!
She's choosing a house with a big bedroom for her. Nice pic. Mudgee was a hick town when I visited for school holidays in the fifties. It was much more up market when i visited the wineries there a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteGreat young and older portraits. The lower photo is absolutely lovely!
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