Mendooran on the Castlereagh River. The Spanish Mission style Art Deco Mechanics Institute. Built in 1935. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Mendooran on the Castlereagh River. The Spanish Mission style Art Deco Mechanics Institute. Built in 1935. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Mendooran. Population 280. Like other towns in this region John Oxley explored through here in 1818. The town is on the Castlereagh River one of the great western rivers of NSW descending from the peaks of the Great Dividing Range. White squatters illegally moved into this region in the 1830s as it was beyond the allowed limits for settlement but by the mid-1840s this was a popular crossing spot on the Castlereagh River. Major Thomas Mitchell laid out a town for the NSW government in 1850 although land sales only began in 1856. Usually the first public building is a hotel but the John Bull Inn in Mendooran was not licensed until the early 1860s and no town as such existed only a tiny village. A bridge was built across the Castlereagh River in 1869 and the town began to development. A fire in 1874 destroyed many wooden building and around 1880 a government school, police station and Courthouse were erected. They marked the real beginning of the town. Mendooran has few old buildings but it does have an historic saddlers shop, the two storey Edwardian style Royal Hotel (1926) and a second Edwardian style hotel which has been shut for years and the Spanish Mission style Art Deco Mechanics Institute Hall (1935) with a few Art Deco shops. The quaint weatherboard Post Office survives as does a café and a number of other businesses. It is a town of interest because of its faded and deserted business premises. The town had at least three churches in the past. The best was the 1914 red brick Gothic style Catholic Church and the others were timber framed. The Anglican brick church of 1913 was destroyed by fire in 1950 and replaced soon after. The Methodist church was erected in 1960. Some years ago to boost tourism a local artist Karin Duce started painting murals reflecting the historical past of the town on as number of buildings with four in the main street. Despite relative anonymity today and with a population of around 250 people Mendooran was mentioned in one of Banjo Paterson’s poem’s – The Travelling Post Office published in 1895.He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh.The sheep are travelling for the grass, and travelling very slow:They may be at Mendooran now, or past the Overflow. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-04-25 12:24:45 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
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| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |