Wirirabra. A single classroom government school opened in 1879. This block of several red brick classrooms was built and opened in 1921. Alas Wirrabara School closed at the end of 2017 with just eleven pupils. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Wirirabra. A single classroom government school opened in 1879. This block of several red brick classrooms was built and opened in 1921. Alas Wirrabara School closed at the end of 2017 with just eleven pupils. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Wirrabara, an aboriginal name meaning 'creek with big trees', was proclaimed a town in 1874 after the establishment of the Charlton Copper Mines. Before this time the land was leased by Samuel and Frederick White from 1844. Their leasehold property called Charlton was bought of C.B. Fisher in 1861 who named his property Wirrabara instead of Charlton. Also in the district was a small timber felling industry and a government forestry project. Wirrabara government forest was started in 1877 although the first pine plantations were not started until 1902. The first stores in the town were opened by Melrose store keepers. They were followed by a baker, a butcher, a saddler and a hotel. The Wesleyan Methodists opened their church in 1876 and the Bible Christians opened theirs soon after. A government school followed the Free, Compulsory and Secular Education Act for 1875. The school opened in 1879. The post office started in 1880 and the institute foundation stone was laid in 1884. It still runs a library service, the only independent library service left in SA. The Charlton Mine was run by the Australian Mining Company from 1854 for Thomas Long. It was a short lived and not a very successful copper mining operation. A remnant mine chimney can still be seen a couple of kilometres north of the township of Wirrabara on the left of the road. |
| 撮影日 | 2014-11-01 13:15:22 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX30V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1000) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.2 |