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...
Fascinated by this series, had to scroll back to the beginning to see where it was! Some magical areas here - I thought originally it might be North Coast.
ReplyDeleteI just can't find the parts of the north coast to really like. I guess because I find the south coast so appealing. Not that we chose this for its coastal beauty I was more as a pleasant surprise as a result of my husband going to uni there.
DeleteGraffiti sux
ReplyDeleteYeh. I wonder if it was their own kids who did it.
DeleteEspecially that sort of graffiti.
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