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Built 1874 for George Wills’ drapery business, architect Daniel Garlick, second building attached to the west 1878, leased to John Martins store 1930s, became car parking station 1936, later used by School of Arts & Crafts and Technical Correspondence School. Also leather goods industry, John Martins Theatre Shop, Art Gallery, etc. Now only the facade remains in North Terrace in front of a 34-storey student accommodation tower.
“Any one passing along North-terrace recently must have been struck with the remarkably fine appearance of the large warehouse which has just been completed opposite the Institute for Messrs. G. & R. Wills & Co. The premises of this firm have gradually been extended in depth, till at last they have reached the great length of two acres, or 410 feet; and as they form by far the most spacious soft goods establishment in the city.” [Register 5 Jan 1874]
“The structure has a frontage of 52 feet by a depth of 90 feet, and consists of basement, ground, and first floors. The height from the footpath to the top of the parapet is 48 feet. The front is of Teatree Gully freestone, with cement dressings, the walls up to the plinth line being of Glen Osmond stone, finished with a string of white freestone. The facade is finished with a bold cornice, surmounted by a parapet with balustrading on each side. The centre of the front is broken by vermiculated pilasters with ornamental capitals, a handsome triplet window in the centre of the first floor, above the door, and double windows in each side with similar capitals. A dental cornice divides the lower from the upper storey, and flanking the main entrance are pilasters with moulded caps. There is a small entrance at the side of this, opposite which is a very fine staircase leading to the first floor.” [Evening Journal 5 Jan 1874]
“Messrs. G. & R. Wills & Co. are making an extensive addition to their fine warehouse on North-terrace. The new building will be in the same style as that now standing, but will stand forward about twelve feet, so that the line will be pleasantly broken. Mr. D. Garlick is the architect, and Mr. Chas. Farr the contractor. The cost will be between £5,000 and £6,000.” [Register 1 Jan 1878]
“Statements that the Salvation Army had purchased expensive property on North terrace from G. & R. Wills & Co., Limited, were denied by Brigadier H. Burhop (divisional commander) this morning. He said that the present condition of finances would not permit of such a transaction.” [News 15 Apr 1930]
“An important North terrace freehold, comprising warehouses premises of two floors and basement, with frontage of 105 ft., will be submitted to auction at an early date by Keith Wilkinson & Co., under instructions from G & R. Wills & Co. Ltd. The property, which occupies a commanding site, just east of Gawler place and opposite the library, is at present under lease to John Martin & Co. Ltd., whose term expires on September 30.” [The Mail 27 Jul 1935]
“A modem indoor parking station with accommodation for 150 cars at three different levels is being created in North terrace, opposite the Public Library, with the approval of the City Council, for the purpose of relieving the kerb-side parking problem in this part of the city. The garage building, a two-storied structure which was built as a warehouse for G. & R. Wills & Co. and was later used for a time as a nightclub, is being converted at a cost of £600, and will probably be ready to accommodate cars at the end of next week. Three ramps from the street level are being constructed, one to the first floor, another to the basement, and the third to the ground floor. On the ground floor a lounge, offices, and other conveniences for patrons are being built. Otherwise little structural alteration is being made. The front facade will remain unchanged except for the ramp openings, and will be floodlighted at night. One of the proprietors, Mr. L. A. Higginbotham, said yesterday that three petrol pumps which would be erected outside the building would be hidden by screens. With the exception of a name and numbered ramps, there would be hardly any alteration to the appearance of the present building to justify criticism that it would not harmonise with the surroundings. The garage will be open all day and all night should the need arise.” [Advertiser 2 Jul 1936]
“Where to Park Your Car. Attendants will take your car at the entrance and will deliver it at the ground floor door when required. There is a day and night service, and the charges are twenty-four hours parking for one shilling. The Big Garage is situated between Gawler place and Charles street, at 204 North terrace. The Big Garage is most modern and up to date.” [Advertiser 5 Sep 1936]
“Special Xmas Offer! Re-Tyre at John Martin’s. . . Fitted at the Big Garage, North terrace. . . Fittings are without charge.” [Advertiser 21 Dec 1939 advert]
“Education Department. South Australian School of Arts and Crafts, 204 North terrace, Adelaide. (Opp. Public Library.) The School will Re-Open for the first term. 1943, on Monday, February 1st.” [News 23 Jan 1943 advert]
“Part-Time Instructor Wanted for Retouching and Coloring of Photographs. . . apply personally to the Principal of the School of Arts and Crafts, 204 North terrace, Adelaide.” [News 28 Jan 1943 advert]
“Technical Correspondence School, 204 North Terrace, Adelaide. . . This school specialises in Technical Education by the individual Postal Study method. As each student is treated individually, Enrolment May Be Made at Any Time. . . Accountancy. . . Station Bookkeeping. . . Shorthand. . . Building Construction. . . Motor Mechanics. . . Agriculture (Cereals), Horticulture, Beekeeping. Animal Husbandry, Woolclassing. . . Journalism. . . Dressmaking. . . Various courses to Leaving standard in English, Arithmetic, Algebra. Geometry, French, Latin, History, Geography, Bookkeeping, Physics.” [Chronicle 18 Sep 1947 advert]
“Machinists. Excellent opportunity for Girls who can use a sewing machine To Earn High Wages and Bonuses. . . F.P.T. Industries Ltd., 204 North terrace, Adelaide.” [Advertiser 28 Jan 1949 advert]
“Leather cutter, experienced man for permanent position in leather bag and case trade. F.P.T. Industries, 204 North ter.” [Advertiser 24 Apr 1950 advert]
“Junior boys and girls to learn interesting trade. Leather and canvas goods. Furniture and furnishings. F.P.T. Industries Ltd, 204 North ter, Adelaide.” [Advertiser 27 Apr 1950]
“When you need a Fancy Dress or Period Costume, contact the Theatre Shop. . . 204 North Terrace, Adelaide.” [Advertiser4 Feb 1950 advert]
“G. and R. Wills and Co. . . Mr. K. A. Wills (chairman). . . The company was selling its North terrace property at a figure considerably in excess of that at which it has been standing in the books, Mr. Wills added. For the past 20 years the property had been leased at not very remunerative rents.” [Advertiser 27 Oct 1951]
GEORGE WILLS
“Mr George Wills of the firm of Messrs George Wills & Co, died in London yesterday.” [Kadina & Wallaroo Times 19 Dec 1906]
“Mr. George Wills, senior. . . was born in Devonshire, in 1823. . . The deceased gentleman left four sons, two daughters, and four grandchildren. One of the sons, Mr. George Tarlton Wills, is connected with the Adelaide [sic] business. Two others — Messrs. J. H. Wills and Charles Percy Wills — are in the London houses, and the fourth — Mr. Arthur Wills, barrister-at-law-is member of the House, of Commons for North Dorset. The daughters, who live in London, are Misses Lucy and Ellen Wills. The deceased gentleman was a widower, his wife having died about eight years ago.” [Express & Telegraph18 Dec 1906]
“In a notice of the death of Mr. George Wills, senior. . . it was stated that a son of the deceased gentleman, Mr. George Tarlton Wills, was connected with the Adelaide office of the firm. Mr. G. T. Wills is associated with the London house.” [Advertiser 20 Dec 1906]
“George Wills, founder of the firm of G. & R. Wills & Co., wholesale warehousemen of London and Australia, and senior partner in George Wills & Co., merchants and shipping agents. Mr. Wills was born in Devonshire. . . At the age of 20 years he went to London, and entered the employ of Messrs. Goode, Gainsford,, & Co., where Mr. C. H. Goode, another successful Adelaide merchant, was also engaged at the same time. Mr. Wills came to South Australia in 1849, and opened a retail drapery store in Bundle street, from which .small beginnings the powerful firm of G. & R. Wills & Co. sprang — a firm that now has branches in Melbourne, Broken Hill, Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, Perth, Manchester, Paris, and London. . . Mr. Wills had lived in London for many years, but practically to the end he continued to take an active part in the administration of the two firms in Adelaide bearing his name, while he went in for farming and stockbreeding on his estate in Devon.” [Evening Journal 18 Dec 1906]
“The business of George Wills and Co. is, however, of a totally different character from that of G. and R. Wills & Co., the latter being devoted solely to the textile or soft goods trade, while in the case of George Wills and Co. the business is confined to shipping and the carrying on of a general merchants' trade.” [Advertiser 19 Dec 1906]
RICHARD WILLS
“WILLS.— On the 4th March, at his residence, Prospect Village, Richard Wills, Esq., aged 33 years,” [Register 5 Mar 1862]
“Mr. Richard Wills, of the well-known firm of G. & R. Wills & Co. of this city. Mr. Wills first arrived in the colony about ten years ago. . . Mr. Wills afterwards returned to England, where he remained about two years, when he again came out to this colony in the year 1859. Last year he was married to the second daughter of Mr. W. Brace, of Kensington, by whom lie had a son born only a fortnight ago.” [Advertiser 5 Mar 1862]
With the sunshine about to dissapear behind threatening on-shore clouds my parting shot of 5-32 was as it approached Tea Tree behind the quad MKA units, 2138 + 2132 + 2137 + 2133. The units are pretty well turned out and there has been a marked improvement in the condition of it's locomotive fleet since being State Owned, a pride that has been missing since early A.N. days.
Thursday 15th December, 2011
Photo By Steve Bromley
This seasonal wetland is one of the largest and most diverse freshwater lagoon systems in southern Australia.
5 English Electric Z/ZA class locomotives on the one train!!.
Z2113 - ZA 2118 - Z 2112 - Z 2111 - Z 2110 are near to finishing their overnight run from Burnie to Hobart on No 35, nearing Tea Tree. Taken a few years back now.
Photo By Steve Bromley
Memorial erected in Moseley Square in South Australia’s centenary year, unveiled 27 Dec 1936. A column of Kapunda marble on a base of Murray Bridge granite with a bronze replica of the “Buffalo” above.
“A new garden reserve on that portion of the seafront previously occupied by Luna Park, will probably be chosen as the site for the proposed pioneer memorial to be erected between the Patawalonga Creek and the jetty at the spot where Governor Hindmarsh landed from H.M.S. Buffalo.” [Glenelg Guardian 8 Apr 1936]
“Glenelg Centenary Committee is unanimous that the most suitable site for the pioneers' memorial to be erected at Glenelg is right opposite the entrance to the jetty.” [News 4 May 1936]
“Referring to the suggested site at Glenelg for the erection of a memorial in honor of the pioneers, Mr. W. Patterson, a former member of the Glenelg Council, said yesterday that, according to records in the archives, the real landing place was close to the western end of Anzac Highway and not at the spot recommended by the Glenelg Council — in the centre of Moseley square.” [Advertiser 19 May 1936]
“Glenelg. . . Centenary memorial. . . If they cannot find the site of the actual landing, they can make one suitable to the general public, and future travellers can make their pilgrimage to the spot and dream of it as the actual spot without anybody being a penny the worse or a penny the wiser.” [Bunyip, Gawler 22 May 1936]
“following an inspection, decided that the location for the erection of the Pioneers' Memorial should be midway, between the Town Hall and Pier Hotel in alignment with the Jetty.” [Glenelg Guardian 1 Jul 1936]
“the proposed pioneers' memorial at Glenelg. . . Alternative tenders were for marble, Murray Bridge freestone, and Teatree Gully freestone.” [Advertiser 15 Jul 1936]
“Because it was believed that freestone might fret after a long period it had been decided to use Angaston marble in the construction of the Pioneers' Memorial at Glenelg.” [News 4 Aug 1936]
“The memorial has been designed by Mr. G. Beaumont Smith, an Adelaide architect, and Dr. A. Grenfell Price and the Acting Director of Education (Dr. C. Fenner) have been in collaboration with the Centenary executive committee in preparing the inscriptions to be used on the column. The sketches for the allegorical panels are being done by Mr. Ivor Hele, the artist, and the modelling is to be done by Mr. Choate, instructor in modelling at the School of Arts.” [Advertiser 24 Aug 1936]
“The contract for the construction of the centenary pioneers' memorial at Glenelg has been let to Mr. A. S. Tillett, of West terrace, and the quarrying of the stone has begun. . . The monument is to take the form of a dignified column of marble and granite, surmounted by a bronze model of H.M.S. Buffalo, the pattern for which is being made by Mr. Dalton Hall. South Australian marble will be used for the column, with the steps and base of Murray Bridge granite.” [Glenelg Guardian 26 Aug 1936]
“The monument. . . will have a frieze of eight panels. Four of these will contain portraits in bas-relief of Governor Hindmarsh, Robert Gouger, Edward Gibbon Wakefield and George Fife Angas.” [Advertiser 7 Aug 1936]
“Overall height of the monument will be approximately 35 ft, or 41 ft. 3 in. from the base to the top of the ship model, which will be 8 ft. long. On the western and eastern sides of the monument will be large allegorical panels. The western one will show a representation of the scene at the proclamation of South Australia as a British province at Holdfast Bay on December 28, 1836, and a series of symbolical figures representative of highlights in the history of the State will appear on the other panel.” [Glenelg Guardian 26 Aug 1926]
“Two bronze tablets will also be placed on the memorial. One will be inscribed, To the memory of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Robert Gouger, Robert Torrens. George Fife Angas and other founders, who surmounted almost insuperable obstacles to secure the South Australian Foundation Act of 1834, and who continued to labor ceaselessly until the Colony was formally established. . . The other will bear the words, In tribute to the first explorers of South Australia — Nuyts, Flinders, Baudin, Sturt, Barker and Light — and in grateful remembrance of the first settlers, men and women, who by faith and courage endured the hardships of pioneer settlement to lay the foundations of South Australia.” [Advertiser 7 Aug 1936]
“One of the two main panels for the pioneers' memorial to be erected at Glenelg is almost completed. It is being cut by Mr. Heinecke, at Neill and Shelton's monumental yard, near the North Road Cemetery.” [Advertiser 20 Oct 1936]
“The panels, which are each 12 ft. 6 in. by 5 ft. 6 in., are now being carved in marble by craftsmen at Enfield from the plaster models. Each panel will consist of 11 blocks of marble, which are carved separately. . . One panel portrays the reading of the proclamation of South Australia as a colony. The central figure is the secretary to Governor Hindmarsh, George Stevenson, who read the proclamation. Also in the panel are the figures of Governor Hindmarsh, Hurtle Fisher, a sailor from the Buffalo, who is preparing a flag for hoisting, and marines and pioneers. . . The other panel is symbolical of the progress of South Australia. From the top of the panel are pioneers, the first overland draft of cattle from New South Wales, Ridley's reaper, the opening of the Moonta and copper mines in South Australia, the introduction of transport on the River Murray by paddle steamer, the overland telegraph from Adelaide to 'Darwin, exploration parties, and the Federation of the States. A group at the bottom contains figures of an airman, a soldier, and others representing the youth of the State, wheat and the fruits of the earth, culture, secondary industries, sheep, and grapes.” [The Mail 7 Nov 1936]
“The bronze model of H.M.S. Buffalo, which will surmount the pioneers' memorial at Glenelg, is 8 ft. in length, and has been specially built to withstand the effects of all weather. The model, which was cast by Wheatlev and Williams, engineers, of Eliza street, Adelaide, has a main mast 4 ft. 8 in. in height, and its hull measures 5 ft. 2 in. The model was assembled by Ramsay Bros., Eliza street, Adelaide, and rigged by Mr. Dalton Hall, of Helmsdale, who was assisted by Mr. H. Crafter.” [Advertiser 10 Dec 1936]
“The decision of the authorities to hold the ceremony of unveiling the Pioneers' Memorial at Glenelg on Sunday evening, the 27th inst., instead of on Commemoration Day, is to be regretted. Owing to this being the State's Centenary, more than the usual number of old colonists will make a pilgrimage to the State's birthplace, Glenelg, on the 28th. and as most of them are direct descendants of the original pioneers this ceremony will be of greater significance to them than others: for the memorial pays tribute to their parents. Had there not been an important race meeting at Port Adelaide on the 28th it is certain that this function would not have been relegated to the Sunday evening.” [Advertiser 23 Dec 1936 Letter to Editor]
Bark of Common Tea-tree, or Manuka, Leptospermum scoparium. Hastings Tasmania Australia, January 2012.
Cranes were hired to handle the recovery of the containers and wagons involved in the mishap.
Photo By Steve Bromley
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel. Myrtaceae. CN: Narrow-leaf paperbark, Narrow-leaved tea-tree, Narrow-leaved ti-tree, or Snow-in-summer, Narrow-leaf teatree, Teatree. Native to Australia (NST, Queensland). Plant a main source for the commercial production of tea tree essential oil, a topical antibacterial, antifungal used in a range of herbal medicine products including antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos, soaps and lotions. Crushed leaves with aromatic camphorous odor used in aboriginal mud poultice. Leaves included in WW2 Australian army kit.
Synonym(s):
Melaleuca linariifolia var. alternifolia Maiden & Betche
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-123479
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402629
On 27 February 1877 the foundation stone of this school was laid by Thomas Bath Esquire of Kooringa. The stone is of Teatree Gully freestone.
Residents of Kooringa, Redruth & Aberdeen and other outlying villages of Burra gathered for the unveiling of the new Burra Hospital as well as the setting of the foundation stone of the Model School.
The school, built on land donated by the South Australian Mining Association, was opened 14 April 1878.
Builder & contractor: Sara and Dunstan.
For the convenience of the Ministry and visitors from Adelaide a special train left town at 10am and arrived at the Burra at 1.40pm.
The afternoon was observed as a general holiday, all the shops in the three townships being closed and the employees of the South Australian Mining Association suspended work at noon.
Ref: Register 28-2-1877
Not sure which Leptospermum this is (best guess would be Leptospermum continentale) but I enjoyed watching the little ants using it as a nectar drinking hole. So cute! [Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW]
Castiarina sp. of beetle, enjoying the Leptospermum flowers! Found in Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW.
Built on land acquired 1881 by James Howie, home of his son George Cullen Howie & family, later transferred to son’s widow Clara Jane, leased then purchased 1890s by Arthur Onslow Whittington, used by daughters to teach piano & violin to their students.
“Glenelg Corporation. . . George Howie asked the council to define the line of Robert street, as he wished to erect a house.” [Advertiser 10 Sep 1881]
“For Sale, Splendid Building Site, in Robert street, Glenelg. . . Surrounded by first-class residences, and about 200 yards from the beach, and five minutes' walk from train. . . G. C. Howie, Robert-street, Glenelg.” [Express & Telegraph 19 Dec 1881 advert]
“Good General Servant Wanted. Apply to Mrs. G. C. Howie, Robert-street, Glenelg.” [Express & Telegraph 14 Apr 1882 advert]
“HOWIE.— [Birth] On the 3rd December, at Robert-street, Glenelg, the wife of G. C. Howie, of a son.” [Register 8 Dec 1882]
“HOWIE.— [Died] On the 8th September, at his residence, Glenelg, George Cullen, second son of the Rev. J. Howie, Maclaren Vale, in his 33rd year.” [Register 10 Sep 1883]
“To Let, Furnished, the Residence of the late G. C. Howie, Robert-street, Glenelg, within three minutes' walk of the Beach.” [Register 7 Nov 1884 advert]
“Correspondence— From A. O. Whitington re Robert-street, and asking Council to put the street in a healthy state.” [Evening Journal 13 Dec 1890]
“Miss Sylvia M. Whitington, A.M.U.A., Teacher of Violin, Resumes Duties February 5, at S. Marshall’s, Gawler Place, Adelaide; and ‘Colonna’, Glenelg.” [The Mail 26 Jan 1918 advert]
“Talented Young Musician.— Maureen O’Grady, aged 12 years, shows extraordinary musical gifts in both practice and theory. Four years ago she was taken in hand by Miss Hilda M. Whitington, of Robert street, Glenelg, and from the outset the child showed such aptitude that a promising career was predicted for her. . . Miss Whitington, who is a sister of Miss Sylvia Whitington, the well-known violinist.” [Register 14 Dec1918]
“[Results of Music Exams]. . . Miss C. M. Whitington, Colonna, Robert street, Glenelg. — [teaching] pianoforte. . . Miss S. M. Whitington, Colonna, Robert street, Glenelg.— [teaching] violin. . . Miss H. M. Whitington, Colonna, Robert street, Glenelg.— [teaching] pianoforte. . . grammar of music.” [Register 15 Apr 1919]
“WHITINGTON.— [Died] On the 141h May, at his residence, Robert street, Glenelg, Arthur Onslow, the beloved husband of Evelyn, A. Whltington, aged 61 years.” [Register 16 May 1919]
“Mr. Arthur Onslow Whitington, for many years secretary of the South Australian Jockey Club. . . He took over the reins of control when racing was at a particularly low ebb, and, sparing neither time nor physical strength, he toiled day and night with the one object of placing his club in such a position that one day it could possess the freehold of its beautiful course at Morphettville.” [Register 15 May 1919]
“Mr. Whitington was the youngest son of the late Mr. W. S. Whitington, who came to the State in his own boat, the New Holland, in 1840. . . He has left a widow, two sons (Messrs. H. and Edgar Whitington), and four daughters (Misses Hilda, Clytie, Sylvia, the well-known violinist, and Gladys Whitington).” [Observer 17 May 1919]
“Town Hall, Adelaide. . . Adelaide Bach Society. . . Assisting Artists: — Sylvia Whitington. . . ” [Register 16 Aug 1927 advert]
“On December 15 the marriage was celebrated of George, younger son of Rev. John Pearce, o£ Jamestown, and the late Mrs. Pearce, to Sylvia, third daughter of the late Mr. A. O. Whitington and Mrs. Whitington. of Colonna, Robert street, Glenelg. . . the ceremony taking place in the drawing room at Colonna.” [Register 17 Dec 1927]
“Miss Hilda M. Whitington. Robert Street, Glenelg, Pianoforte and Theory. Resumed Teaching February 15th.” [Glenelg Guardian 9 Feb 1928 advert]
“WHITINGTON.—On the 20th of May, at her residence, ‘Colonna’, Robert street, Glenelg, Evelyn Amelia, beloved wife of the late Arthur Onslow Whitington, and loving mother of Hilda, Clytie, Sylvia (Mrs. G. Pearce, Brighton), Gladys, Harold, and Edgar. Requiescat in pace.” [Advertiser 22 May 1941]
PEARCE.— On January 27, at Colonna, Robert street, Glenelg, Sylvia Muriel, dearly loved wife of George Mayo Pearce, of 27 Downing street, Brighton. Requiescat in pace.
PEARCE. — On January 27, at Colonna, Robert street, Glenelg, Sylvia Muriel Pearce, beloved daughter of the late Arthur Onslow and Evelyn Amelia Whitington, and loving sister of Hilda, Clytie, Gladys, Harold, and Edgar (Brighton). Requiescat in pace.” [The Mail 29 Jan 1944]
“WHITINGTON.— On May 15, at her residence, ‘Colonna’, Robert street. Glenelg, Clytie Myrtle, beloved daughter of the late Arthur Onslow and Evelyn Amelia Whitington, and loving sister of Mabel (deceased), Hilda, Sylvia (Mrs. G. Pearce, deceased), Gladys, Harold and Edgar (Brighton). Requiescat in pace.” [Advertiser 18 May 1954]
REV JAMES HOWIE
“HOWIE.— [Died] On the 10th September, at the Manse Maclaren Vale, the Rev. James Howie, in his 76th year.” [Register 11 Sep 1894]
“Rev. James Howie, who, for 35½ years was pastor of the Congregational Church at Maclaren Vale. . . born in Leith, Scotland, on September 16, 1819. He was trained for the ministry at Glasgow, and accepted a call to the Independent Church at Nairn on October 24, 1846. After a pastorate of 11 years his attention was directed to South Australia, to which he came under the auspices of the Colonial Missionary Society embarking in the ship Annie Foster on October 14, 1857, and landing here early in March of the following year. . . Mr. Howie for a few months supplied at Houghton, Teatree Gully, and other places. Proceeding to Maclaren Vale on January 16 1859, he soon after settled there, exercising for over 20 years a highly successful ministry. His remains will be interred in the cemetery at Maclaren Vale beside the graves of two daughters, a son, and his wife. The only surviving children are two daughters — Mrs. W. C Auld and the wife of Mr. C. H. Harris.” [Advertiser 11 Sep 1894]
Tea cultivation plantation garden Tee Pflanze Munnar Kerala India - (C) Fully copyrighted. No use of any image whatsoever without written royalty agreement. No answer = no permission at all. - (C) Verwendung generell nur nach schriftl. Honorarvereinbg. Keine Antwort = keine Freigabe.
Myrtaceae (myrtle family) » Melaleuca leucadendron
me-luh-LOO-kuh -- having a black trunk and white branches
lew-kuh-DEN-dron -- from the Greek leukos (white) and dendron (tree)
commonly known as: cajuput tree, fine leaf melaleuca, punk tree, swamp tea tree, white tea tree, white wood • Hindi: शीतांशु shitanshu, विशाहा vishaha • Marathi: कायापुटी kayaputi • Sanskrit: कायापुटी kayaputi • Tamil: கையாப்புடை kaiyapputai
References: Flowers of India • Floristic Survey (IISc), Mumbai • Botanical com
I am posting 10 images in this upload which will be boring for some, but I like them. The reason I like these, is the artistic points I see in them. I like free flowing lines and shapes and I think these look nice, even though they represent destruction. The way the dead branches reach upwards in a crisscross disarray often set against the late afternoon cloud, appeals to me. This area is close to Finch Bay a few kilometres out of Cooktown.
It was in 2001/2002 in very poor rainfall seasons, that the whole extensive swamp area dried out allowing the salt water to rise towards the surface into the root zone of these splendid, large paperbark trees (swamp melaleucas) - "tea trees" to some. After that the whole area was taken over by many invasive weed species and rubbish trees. The Cook Shire is trying to repair the damage but gets no help from the State Government, but some from the Federal Govt environmental schemes.
I must add this poem that nearly all older Australians will know. One of the top patriotic poems of Australia:- (NOTE THE FIRST 2 LINES OF THE 3td STANZA) (For the non-Australians, the first stanza speaks about England, BUT then Dorothea in Stanza 2, takes her land Australia!
My Country
by Dorothea Mackellar (1885 - 1968) (Written 1907)
The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes.
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance
Brown streams and soft dim skies
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!
A stark white ring-barked forest
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes,
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops
And ferns the warm dark soil.
Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die-
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.
Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold-
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.
An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land-
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand-
Though earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly.
Dorothea Mackellar
There are many insects enjoying this tea tree - I think I see five, even if one has only a leg showing! Must admit I liked their choice of venue!
It is one of the many 'Leptospermum' or native tea trees. A hardy drought tolerant shrub found around Australia.
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Te Toto Gorge from lookout platform
15 lava flows make up the 150m cliffs of the Gorge showing many large augite crystals (phenocrysts) up to 15 mm. Columnar basalt rests on lapilli tuffs. Mainly on the north side of the gorge are remnants of Māori stone gardens. There is a steep track into the Gorge off the road to Raglan a few metres from the car park. A route also exists around the foot of the cliff south from the Gorge, though it is not publicised due to a rock fall risk.
The threatened plants Hebe speciosa and Cook’s scurvy grass have been reintroduced to Te Toto Gorge
Bridal Veil Falls (Māori Waireinga) is a plunge waterfall located along the Pakoka River in the Waikato area of New Zealand. The waterfall is 55 metres high, and has over time caused the formation of a large pool at the base of the waterfall. The falls are in the 217ha Wairēinga Scenic Reserve with tawa-dominated forest.
Over time, the sandstone where the waterfall is located was worn down, leaving the hard basalt cliff behind. The water cascades from this cliff, and further erodes the sandstone at the base, forming an ever increasing deeper pool.
Barcoongere SF No 826.
P. caribaea (left) P taeda (right) - Planted July - Aug 1940. Pilot Plot - Site 3 on forest type G. - Red Gum, TeaTree (Mel. leucadendion & M. alternifolia) with accasional Swamp Turpentine, Rough Barked Apple, Red Bloodwood & Black Oak. Ground cover - dense mat of Kangaroo Grass and Water Couch. Soil - Grey pug clay. Flat low lying and swampy. Plot felled April - May 1940. Planted July - August 1940.
Neg No FB155
Yellow Tea-tree, Leptospermum polygalifolium, leaves are flat, without hairs and have distinct oil glands. Royal National Park, NSW Australia, November 2012.
Beach path to Ventnor Beach, Phillip Island. Local tea trees create a unique and beautiful natural tunnel to the sands at the beach.
Taken from the same spot 12 years after my previous photo.
Sony A6400, 40mm F2.5G (60mm equivalent)
The same train as the previous view, this time near Tea Tree. This seems to be one of the most popular places in Tasmania to photograph trains - I know I've got plenty taken from here! Late 1985.
It might be the odd one out here but English Electric unit ZR 2101 finds itself at the end of the pot of gold as it's sandwiched between two GM's on its way to Boyer on No 31. Units 2011 - 2101 - 2020 are seen near Tea Tree on a typical Tasmanian stormy spring afternoon.
13-10-2004 Time 15.42.
Photo By Steve Bromley
Tea tree and Scented Paperbark in flower.
Cape Liptrap Coastal Park, Victoria.
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Dead Tea Trees form beautiful natural sculptures. This one is beside one of the several walking paths through the 560 hectare Point Nepean National Park.
Point Nepean is the most westerly point of the Mornington Peninsula, reaching finger-like almost to the other side of Port Phillip Bay (see my photo of the tip, known as "The Heads"). The quiet waters of Port Phillip Bay lap on one side of the Point, the Rip (the dangerous waters at the entrance to Port Phillip and hence into Melbourne) ravages the tip, and the Bass Strait crashes against the south side.
Point Nepean has a rich history, playing an important role in shaping the early settlement, quarantine and defence of Victoria. It includes military forts and tunnels, an historic Quarantine Station and a cemetery.
Myrtaceae (myrtle family) » Melaleuca leucadendra
me-luh-LOO-kuh -- having a black trunk and white branches
lew-kuh-DEN-drah -- from the Greek leukos (white) and dendron (tree)
commonly known as: broadleaf paperbark, broadleaf tea tree, cajuput tree, fine leaf melaleuca, punk tree, river tea tree, swamp tea tree, weeping tea tree, white tea tree, white wood • Hindi: शीतांशु shitanshu, विशाहा vishaha • Marathi: कायापुटी kayaputi • Sanskrit: कायापुटी kayaputi • Tamil: கையாப்புடை kaiyapputai
Native of: Malesia, Australia
References: Flowers of India • Floristic Survey (IISc), Mumbai • NPGS / GRIN • Botanical
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel. Myrtaceae. CN: Narrow-leaf paperbark, Narrow-leaved tea-tree, Narrow-leaved ti-tree, or Snow-in-summer, Narrow-leaf teatree, Teatree. Native to Australia (NST, Queensland). Plant a main source for the commercial production of tea tree essential oil, a topical antibacterial, antifungal used in a range of herbal medicine products including antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos, soaps and lotions. Crushed leaves with aromatic camphorous odor used in aboriginal mud poultice. Leaves included in WW2 Australian army kit.
Synonym(s):
Melaleuca linariifolia var. alternifolia Maiden & Betche
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-123479
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402629
Novotel Rockford, Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia.
Litoria infrafrenata.
The white-lipped treefrog is Australia's largest native frog growing up to 14 cm. Ranging in colour from pure green to greenish-brown or pale brown, it has a brilliant white stripe that runs along its lower jaw and the side of its head. During the breeding season some have a salmon-pink coloration on their arms and legs. The tadpoles are dark brown with a single cream stripe on each side of the head, body and tail.
The white-lipped treefrog is found in north-east Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Generally found in low-lying coastal areas, it also lives in closed forests, heathland swamps, dry sclerophyll forests, teatree swamps, mangroves and in urban gardens and parks.
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel. Myrtaceae. CN: Narrow-leaf paperbark, Narrow-leaved tea-tree, Narrow-leaved ti-tree, or Snow-in-summer, Narrow-leaf teatree, Teatree. Native to Australia (NST, Queensland). Plant a main source for the commercial production of tea tree essential oil, a topical antibacterial, antifungal used in a range of herbal medicine products including antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos, soaps and lotions. Crushed leaves with aromatic camphorous odor used in aboriginal mud poultice. Leaves included in WW2 Australian army kit.
Synonym(s):
Melaleuca linariifolia var. alternifolia Maiden & Betche
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-123479
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402629
2138 + 2132 + 2137 + 2133 seen climbing up to the crossing at Back Tea Tree Road with 5-32 , the loaded paper train on Thursday 15th December, 2011.
Photo By Steve Bromley
Tea cultivation plantation garden Tee Pflanze Munnar Kerala India - (C) Fully copyrighted. No use of any image whatsoever without written royalty agreement. No answer = no permission at all. - (C) Verwendung generell nur nach schriftl. Honorarvereinbg. Keine Antwort = keine Freigabe.
Myrtaceae - Australia
Tea Tree
Shown: Flower
"Leptospermum is a genus of about 80-86 species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another to Malaysia, and L. recurvum is endemic to Malaysia.
"They are shrubs or occasionally small trees, reaching 1-8 m tall, rarely up to 20 m, with dense branching. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, sharp-tipped, and small, in most species not over 1 cm long. The flowers are up to 3 cm diameter, with five white, pink or red petals." (Wikipedia)
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Photographed in San Francisco Botanical Garden - San Francisco, California
Myrtaceae (myrtle family) » Melaleuca leucadendron
me-luh-LOO-kuh -- having a black trunk and white branches
lew-kuh-DEN-dron -- from the Greek leukos (white) and dendron (tree)
commonly known as: cajeput, cajuput tree, fine leaf melaleuca, punk tree, swamp tea tree, tea tree, white tea tree, white wood • Marathi: कायापुटी kayaputi • Sanskrit: कायापुटी kayaputi • Tamil: கையாப்புடை kaiyapputai
... a long flexible trunk with irregular ascending branches, covered with a pale thick, lamellated bark ... soft and spongy ... throws off its outer layer in flakes
References: Floristic Survey by The Institute of Science, Mumbai • www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/cajupt04.html
Because the first time I tried this I screwed it up (had an 8 in there).
1. Lacoste, 2. wedding, 3. Sunbeam, 4. Rolling, 5. Merrell, 6. Esdekay, 7. Pantene, 8. Coolers, 9. get well, 10. Bubbles, 11. Paddock, 12. Santa Fe, 13. Sandals, 14. Pencils, 15. Potties, 16. No Entry, 17. for boys, 18. glasses, 19. aspirin, 20. No entry, 21. Thyssen, 22. Cooking, 23. husband, 24. Outdoor, 25. Bradley, 26. goodbye, 27. Wildcat, 28. Team spirit, 29. pa1mOne, 30. teatree, 31. Cranium, 32. Janitor, 33. Pegasus, 34. Tee Ball, 35. Wexford, 36. Arconas
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shaking the branches of heath tea-trees (Leptospermum myrsinoides)
will yield numerous green scarab beetles (Diphucephala sp.)
scientific expedition group (SEG) expedition to the nangwarry native forest reserve, south-east south australiascientific expedition group (SEG) expedition to the nangwarry native forest reserve, south-east south australia