Sandstone GateHouse and former Gardener’s Lodge c.1855 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Sandstone GateHouse and former Gardener’s Lodge c.1855 / Balmain & Glebe Heritage
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | See where this picture was taken. [?]Prior to white settlement, the Victoria Park area was heavily treed with several temperate rainforestspecies and a spring draining through to the swamps of Blackwattle Bay.As settlement approached, trees were felled to service the needs of Sydney. The area was knownas 'Parakeet Hill' and later 'Grose Farm' after Lieutenant - Governor Grose who received an earlyland grant in the area and used the land for grazing cattle.Reclamation work between Blackwattle Bay and Victoria Park resulted in in an increase in the sizeof what was called 'Horse Pond' at the bottom of the slope of the Park.Grose Farm was selected as the site of the University of Sydney in 1855, with provision for theformation of 'park and garden' on land that was to be known as Victoria Park.In 1865 extra land was added and dedicated as an Approach Reserve, to provide a formal axis tothe University quadrangle, by the 1880's this was developed as a double avenue of fig trees.On the 16th of July 1870, Victoria Park was formerly dedicated and named with a body of trusteesappointed. Two Gothic Revival gatehouses with accompanying formal stone gate piers and gates. A road was constructed and a wooden footbridge was built to provide access over the lake. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-02-16 11:14:08 |
| 撮影者 | Balmain & Glebe Heritage |
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| 撮影地 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 地図 |