The Cave Hotel : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Cave Hotel / JC Merriman
| 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 | "The Aboriginal presence in the Mount Bell area is likely to have come from the Wiradjuri people of the central western plains, but specialist advice is needed to assess the emu prints. Thomas Shearwood or Sherwood, whose name appears as Shearwood on the Cave Hotel inscription, was a native-born son of convict parents. Thomas was born in Richmond in 1824, the year after Archibald Bell junior opened up the new Line of Road and as a child he lived on the Bell estate of. Belmont at North Richmond. In the 1830s Thomas worked with his father at his new farm at Kurrajong Heights. On bad terms with his father, Thomas left home in the 1840s and worked as a sawyer and timber-getter as well as doing some droving along Bells Line of Road to Bathurst and beyond. His association with the Mount Tomah area came when he acted as caretaker for Robert Town at Bulgamatta. He built a house with timbers from Bowen's old house there and offered accommodation to drovers and other travellers. In 1871 the cave was known only for its Aboriginal carvings: a correspondent writing in the Town and Country Journal for 2 June 1871 describes Mount Bell, 'at the end of which is Cave-hill, named from a curious cave at the side of the road, the roof of which has some singular impressions resembling emu's tracks'. Although the carvings are in fact on the walls rather than the roof, it seems likely that Shearwood's inscription had not yet been added to the site in 1871. Shearwood left his Mount Tomah property in 1872 and lived for his remaining twenty years in or around Orange. His eldest son continued to occupy the house close to Bulgamatta, but his name was James. It is likey therefore that the inscription by T. Shearwood was made in the latter part of 1871 or in 1872. Whether it was an elaborate jeu d'esprit or whether it reflects accommodation being used by drovers who might otherwise have lodged at Shearwood's conventional accommodation house is unclear. The existence of the drainage channel suggests real use of the Cave Hotel, however. (Hungerford, Bilpin, 90-92) It has been suggested that the cave was used during the Depression of the 1930s (Woods, Yellow Rock to Green Gully, 54, sub Emu Cave) and this is perfectly likely. But it does not explain the inscription. "www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe... |
| 撮影日 | 2013-02-10 13:04:43 |
| 撮影者 | JC Merriman , Blue Mountains, Australia |
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| 撮影地 | Mount Tomah, New South Wales, Australia 地図 |
| カメラ | NIKON D700 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.008 sec (1/125) |
| 開放F値 | f/7.1 |
| 焦点距離 | 12 mm |