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
This is fabulous! Happy New Year, Joan Elizabeth.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jose. I am planning on a good one.
DeleteI much prefer moss to fireworks, Joan. The best moss I have seen is on the King Billy pines near the Cradle Mountain Lodge, Tasmania.
ReplyDeleteMay 2015 be kind to you.
I have been cradle mountain and have only a vague recollection of the forests .... it was before I was a photographer which makes all the difference.
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