HM Bark "Endeavour" replica
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sv1ambo
Pyrmont Bridge 2
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Tony Hisgett
Launceston. A former impressive bank.
Fearing the French might establish a settlement there, Governor King of NSW in 1804 sent Colonel William Paterson to set up a town at Port Dalrymple in the north of VDL. It is now Georgetown on the coast. It was a difficult site so Paterson moved to the confluence of the South Esk and Tamar Rivers in 1806. Paterson called the place Launceston after the birth town of Governor King. The settlement struggled but in 1813 it was declared a free port to international shipping and the town slowly progressed. Most building in the 1820s was on the wharf where men like Reibey had their own wharves. A large penitentiary was built to provide convicts to build the town but the main early structure is the Paterson Barracks and Commissariat Store in St Johns Street which was erected in 1828. It is an austere, solid stone three storey structure. The other early building is St John’s Anglican Church which opened in 1825. It was a replica of the original St David’s neo-classical church in Hobart. Between 1901-11 the church was incorporated into a new St John’s and only the entrance porch remains visible attached to a Victorian gothic church!
Launceston. The red brick Anglican cathedral. Tasmania.
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denisbin
SYDNEY●AUSTRALIA●2DAY
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WANG-HSIN PEI
The Action Stations pavilion at the Australian National Maritime Museum
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Australian National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum, Sydney
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Rob Young
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