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Details, Victoria 0 comments on Beechworth Pioneer Memorial

Beechworth Pioneer Memorial

Beechworth Pioneer Memorial

The late afternoon winter sun brings out the golden tones of the rear-side of the Beechworth Pioneer Memorial. The plaques on the front reads:

Erected in 1954 in memory and in honor of the pioneers who founded this town, and to commemorate the fact that Beechworth was once a famous gold town.

Some historical dates.
Feb. 1852 Gold discovered.
July 1853 Beechworth named and declared a township.
Sept. 1855 Famous Golden Horseshoes incident.
1852 – 1866 gold returns totalled 3,121,918 ozs.
1856 – 1859 Robert O’Hara Bourke, Capt. Police in Beechworth.
Aug, 6th 1880 Ned Kelly’s trial begins in local Court-house.

  • Camera: PENTAX K20D
  • Taken: 7 August, 2010
  • ISO: 100
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Heaton’s Monument

Heaton's Monument

Heaton’s Monument at the Point Nepean Quarantine Station. The monument marks the location of the original Quarantine Station cemetery on the shore of Port Phillip. Heaton was the supervisor who built much of the station and had the monument built at his own expense. The monument stands as a tribute to all of the migrants who perished on the voyage or soon after.

  • Aperture: ƒ/8
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 6 December, 2009
  • Focal length: 7.9mm
  • ISO: 64
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Gundagai – The Dog On The Tuckerbox

Gundagai - The Dog On The Tuckerbox

The dog on the tuckerbox at Gundagai. This commemorates the poems, or songs, about the bullock-drivers, bullockies, and the pioneers of inland Australia. It was the bullock drivers that transported goods along mud tracks in all weathers to the early settlers. The bronze dog is the work of Frank Rusconi, a local monumental mason.

  • Aperture: ƒ/8
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 24 September, 2009
  • Focal length: 7.9mm
  • ISO: 64
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Fontaine du Palmier

Fontaine du Palmier

Fontaine du Palmier, or Fontaine de la Victoire, celebrates the victories of Napoleon Banoparte’s Egyptian campaign. The siege of Danzig (1807), the Battle of Ulm (1805), the Battle of Marengo (1800), the Battle of the Pyramids (1798), and the Battle of Lodi (1796) are mentioned on the column. A gilded bronze statue of Victory stands on top of the column.

  • Aperture: ƒ/12
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 11 May, 2007
  • Focal length: 16.3mm
  • ISO: 64