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 the names of places I read on your blog! :-)
ReplyDeleteIf the mine only closed in 1920s, then it either lasted a longer time than most, or was a later starter than the 1860s.
ReplyDeleteI think the initial mining was alluvial and this was followed up with reef mining from the 1870s and lasted into the 1920s sometimes longer. During the depression a lot of the mines got another work over.
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