Yeoval. The story of the giant Banjo Paterson hat scultpure in Yeoval opposite the Banjo Paterson Museum. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Yeoval. The story of the giant Banjo Paterson hat scultpure in Yeoval opposite the Banjo Paterson Museum. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Yeoval and the Banjo Paterson Bush Park. Population 450. Within Yeoval you can find animals on bicycles sculptures of turtle, eagle, ram. There are many more sculptures between Yeoval and Molong of animals on bicycles. The theme for these sculptures, designed by local farmers, obviously came from a local man’s poem – Banjo Paterson’s poem – Twas Mulga Bill from Eaglehawk that caught the cycling craze. He turned away the good old horse that served him many days;He dressed himself in cycling clothes, resplendent to be seen;He hurried off to town and bought a shining new machine;And as he wheeled it through the door, with air of lordly pride,The grinning shop assistant said, "Excuse me, can you ride?""See here, young man," said Mulga Bill, "from Walgett to the sea,From Conroy's Gap to Castlereagh, there's none can ride like me.”This poem about cycling was published in 1896. The village of Yeoval emerged a long time after squatters, pastoralists and farmers moved into the area. The impetus for a village was the discovery of gold, silver and copper in 1868. Although not a major find the Goodrich mine operated for a long time until 1971. Banjo Paterson spent his childhood here on a property named Buckinbah. Thus there is a Banjo Paterson Park and the road from Cumnock is the Banjo Paterson Way and the town has the Banjo Paterson Museum. Patersons lived and farmed in the district for many years. The Museum is highly regarded and is based on a private collection of memorabilia by a man named Alf Cantrell. He has a great collection and is known for telling visitors about the great Banjo Paterson. But as amazing as the Banjo Paterson Museum is the large (more than six metres high) modern sculpture of the internationally known British sculptor Sir Henry Moore in the Banjo Paterson Park is more amazing. This bronze was created by Croatian artist Drago Marin Cherina who saw Moore as his mentor. In 1975 he came to Australia to sculpt a bronze of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.later he did a bronze of Sir Henry Moore. But how did it get to Yeoval? Well Drago had artistic debts to Robbie Waterhouse the horse racing magnate. Waterhouse took possession of the bronze and intended to sell it for about $10,000 the value of the bronze. Alf Cantrell then asked Waterhouse to have it valued at $1 million and then donate it to the town so that Waterhouse could claim a tax deduction for the donation! Whether that happened or not Waterhouse donated the bronze to Yeoval. Also in the Park is a unique sculpture of Banjo Paterson’s Big Hat. It was produced by Chris and Mosha Gryllis and it has been loaned to Paterson Park. The town was originally named Buckinbah after the property where Banjo Paterson grew up. His family moved to Buckinbah in 1864 and left in 1871 but other relatives remained in the district. The town name was changed to Yeoval in 1882. It was on the old Molong to Dubbo railway line which closed decades ago in 1974. It is now a service centre for a rich farming area. The town has a Catholic Church and school and the Spanish Mission style Convent of Saint Columba built for the nuns in 1929. It also has a state school. The former Anglican Church closed a few years ago in 2014 but Yeoval had until recently a Union Church for various denominations built in 1954. This was a union church mainly used by Baptists and Methodist. It is up for sale as a residence in 2022. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-04-26 14:55:23 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/320) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |