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Wirrabara.
A Kaurna Aboriginal name meaning “gum trees with running water” was used to name the town when it was proclaimed in 1874 although the local Aboriginal people were the Ngadjuri tribe. Before 1874 the land was firstly leased by Samuel and Frederick White from 1844 who named their run Charlton. A small and not very successful copper mine, the Charlton mine, was established in the 1850s on this run just north of the present town site. The Charlton Mine was run by the Australian Mining Company from 1854 for just a few years. White’s leasehold was purchased by Charles. B. Fisher in 1861 who renamed the property Wirrabara instead of Charlton but Charles White retained his old homestead and some acreage around it. When Surveyor General George Goyder visited Fisher’s Wirrabara run in 1864 he estimated it was carrying 50,000 sheep. In 1866 the Wirrabara run was taken over by Alexander Borthwick Murray and his three sons of Mt Crawford as a sheep stud for their Murray Merinos. When parts of the run were resumed in 1872 for closer settlement Alexander Borthwick Murray used his employees to purchase extensive areas of freehold land in a system known as dummying. The Murray family built a homestead in 1872 on the property called Avonmore shown because they then had freehold to the property. When Alexander Scott Murray married in 1874 he extended and remodelled it into a grand ten roomed house with marble fireplaces and cedar architraves and it became his family home. There is a fine stone memorial to Alexander Scott Murray near the railway station with its silo art. He was only 34 years old when he died of ill health and he was the highly respected manager of Wirrabara Station. He had a large public role and apart from supporting local organisations he did public works like laying the foundation stone of the Laura Institute etc. On his death he left a wife and four children under five years of age. The memorial was unveiled in February 1882 two years after Alexander Scott Murray’s death in 1880. After Alexander Scott Murray’s death his brother John took over Avonmore but he too died of health issues in 1884 aged 35 years. Alexander Borthwick Murray and his remaining son Malcomb of Avonmore also had lands northwards along the ranges. In 1885 A.B. Murray had some of these lands surveyed and put up for sale as a private town named Murraytown after himself. Up to 50,000 sheep were shorn on the Wirrabara run in the late 19th century which by then occupied 20,700 acres freehold. But then son Malcom Murray committed suicide in April 1900. Malcom Pulteney Murray was known for his pranks, drunkenness and rash behaviours and his depressions. Alexander Borthwick Murray died in 1903 and his estate trustees managed Avonmore and the lands at Murraytown. The 20,700 acre Wirrabara Estate was sold as part of Alexander Borthwick’s estate in 1910 for over £141,000. At that time it was known for its fruit orchards, grain paddocks and lucerne flats. It was subdivided into 47 farms.
Apart from pastoralism forestry has been a major industry in the region even after grain farmers arrived in 1874. Some individual foresters were cutting timber and selling it from around 1865. Good quality straight posts were sold by them for the erection of the telegraph line to Melrose and Port Augusta in 1865. The first plantation forest in Australia was established by the SA government in 1875 at Bundaleer near Jamestown. The second forest was declared at Wirrabara in 1877. The government had resumed almost 50,000 acres in 1875 which was set aside as the Wirrabara Forest Reserve. A Forester’s residence and a Nurseryman’s residence were soon erected. The most drought resistant of the pine trees the Aleppo Pine from Syria was planted here in 1878. Tasmanian blue gum and other exotic and native trees were planted at Wirrabara. Most of the lands of the forest were about 1,700 feet above sea level (518 metres) and about 20 small leasehold farm blocks were created in it for fruit growing. The horticulturists were known as the Wirrabara Blockers. In these early years Wirrabara forest was also used to produce seedlings for plantings at Bundaleer. The first saw mill began in 1880 with another in 1902 to mill the Aleppo pines. In 1881 the Wirrabara Forest School opened as so many people lived in this area. A second Forest School was built in 1910. Forestry and saw milling remained an industry until the Bangor bushfires of 2014 destroyed large areas of the forests which the then current Labor government decided not to replant. The native trees along the ranges remain as forest or as conservation parks. Thus it is not surprising that the theme for the Wirrabara grain silo art is the forestry worker and the native birds of the forests like the red capped robin. The King Tree or Eucalyptus camaldulensis (usually called River Red Gum) is one of the main trees of the native forests. By 1889 the Blockers were under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and some purchased their farms freehold. Most Blockers grew vines or fruit trees. Some blocks were sold by the government as soldier settler farms after World War One but this was not successful with farmers deserting their blocks by 1932.
The town began to emerge overnight in 1874 with many buildings being erected by 1875. The first stores in the town were opened by Melrose storekeepers. They were followed by a baker, a butcher, a saddler and the hotel. In fact the Wirrabara Hotel was licensed in 1875 and the fine sandstone building opened shortly thereafter. A government school followed the Free, Compulsory and Secular Education Act for 1875 by opening in 1879. It was replaced with a larger red brick school building in 1921. The Post Office started in 1880 and the Institute foundation stone was laid in 1884. Once open it was used for Anglican and Lutheran church services. It still runs a library service, the only independent library service left in SA. In 1912 a new local Wirrabara stone institute or hall was built and opened by the Governor Sir Day Bosanquet. The War Memorial in front of the Institute was unveiled in 1921. The first courtroom operated in Wirrabara from around 1880 with a temporary police station. One of the biggest events in the town growth was the arrival of the railway line from Laura in 1910 as it pushed northwards to Booleroo Centre. Public meetings in Wirrabara had called for this from 1901. Parliament approved the line in 1908 and the work was finished to Wirrabara in 1910. In 1923 the government bought a block of land in Fifth Street for a new police station but this was not erected until 1929. Apart from industry and commercial premises the town soon churches.
The Wesleyan Methodists opened their church in 1876 being the first in town. The Bible Christians Methodists opened theirs soon after. The Anglicans held early services in the first Institute until St Margaret’s Church opened in 1909 on the corner of Second and Fifth Streets. The old or first Institute was left vacant for some time after 1912 and then in 1920 it was taken over by Manning’s Furniture Store. In the early 1940s the Anglican began planning for a new and larger church. When Manning’s Furniture store came on the market in the first institute the Anglicans purchased that and it was consecrated in 1964 with the old foundation stone on the front. The Lutheran church opened in 1921. The foundation stone of Catholic Church was laid on 1 June 1930 by the Bishop of Port Augusta with the church opening in February 1931.
Wirrabara received an $80,000 federal government grant through the Fund My Neighbourhood program to have their silos painted. The Mount Remarkable Council conducted a local survey to select the artist and the theme of the painting. The most favoured artist was Sam Bates, alias Smug, of Melbourne and he was awarded the task. The most popular theme voted for was forestry and woodcutters. The woodcutter depicted on the silos is Dion Lebrun of Tumby Bay and the beautiful bird is a red capped robin. Since the closure of the forests the silo art is just one of a number of measures the locals are taking to keep their town alive. A farmers’ market is held once a month on a Sunday morning, they maintain a community website, the volunteer staffed craft shop distributes tourist information and some locals still grow apricots, peaches and nectarines and one enterprising horticulturist is now growing Manuka bushes to produce Manuka honey in a few years’ time.
The Norman stone shell keep of Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, England. The circular fortification sits on a high earthen mound built following the Norman Conquest. Founded in the 11th century, the keep and surrounding medieval fortifications have survived sieges during the English Civil War and remain the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Norfolk.
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haha tava chovendo quase o dia inteiro hoje então não tinha como eu tirar nenhuma do jeito que eu queria :( dai eu criei um keep calm haha
... as I might manage to swim to Arran before this horrible last night ends and over there are all those magic potions to prolong my continued living days! Well, I managed to get all those DIY bits and bobs done and later a nice large glass of Rioja to help me through the evening just in case I don't make it! Of course, I've said farewell to family and friends but they all think I'm crazy and I had to say it was Garth's fault ~ you may get some visitors but if I were you I'd turn my phone off!!
If it was my last night I would like to have seen Arran, for the last time, but today's the wrong day as it is mostly shrouded in cloud!
Our Daily Challenge ~ LAST NIGHT ON EARTH .....
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Simon: *travel weariness fades from face, as his eyes grow bright and hot, attempts to grab Kumi* “Come ‘ere.”
Kumi: *dances playfully out of his reach* “Uh-uh. Don’t I get a ‘hello’ first? How about a ‘Nice to see you, pet’?“
Simon & Kumi: *begin circling around the table, eyeing each other predatorily*
Simon (huskily): “Hallo. Nice to see you, pet. Now, come here.” *lunges for her*
Kumi: *quickly sidesteps and continues to evade Simon’s advances, as she sings throatily*
I’m hell on heels
Say what you will
I’ve done made the devil a deal
He made me pretty
He made me smart
And I’m going to break me a million hearts
I’m hell on heels
Baby, I’m comin’ for you
Simon: *feints right and grabs Kumi around the waist, slinging her over his shoulder, growls* “Damn right you’re coming for me. Several times. Get ready to shake the dust from the rafters, pet.”
Kumi: *smiles giddily at Simon’s back, as his cell phone bursts into song* “You want me to get that?”
Simon: “No.”
Kumi: “It might be important.”
Simon: “This is important. I haven’t seen you for an effin’ week. I have needs, Kumi. Needs that don’t involve me in a hotel shower by myself.”
Kumi: *smiles again, this time smugly, as she digs Simon’s phone out of his back pocket, squeezing his ass hard in the process*
Simon (hoarsely): “Keep that up and we’ll just start right here, in the floor.”
Kumi: “Wouldn’t be the first time…or the last. Hey! *attempts to blow a piece of her hair out of her face* This is Gabe. You should take it. It might be about Gemma.”
Fashion Credits
**Any doll enhancements (i.e. freckles, piercings, eye color changes) were done by me unless otherwise stated.**
Kumi
Bra and Panties: silanak (fely) at Flickr.com
Belt: IT – NuFace – Smoke Signals Fashion
Shoes: IT – NuFace – Mai Oui Giselle
Necklace: IT – NuFace – Lost Angel Colette
Doll is a Nu.Fantasy Wild Wolf Kumi transplanted to a NuFace body.
Simon
Jeans: IT – Homme – Style Strategy Lukas
Shirt & Vest: IT – Homme – Fast Track Victor James
Belt: Volks – Who’s That Girl? – Selfish
Shoes: Volks – Who’s That Girl? – Selfish
Bracelet: me
vintage dress, swapped with annie from time enough for drums.
vintage belt
vintage lace collar
h&m socks
steve madden shoes
The next place that opens here should dig a moat to keep those pesky customers out!
White Castle shut down their five remaining locations in Northern Ohio at 6PM on December 24th, 2014. The White Castle that was in Toledo closed in 2011, leaving just a handful open around Cleveland and Akron. For some reason, White Castle never built up much of a market presence in the northern part of the state despite being based in Columbus. The Cleveland Area White Castle locations were co-branded with Church's Chicken until just months before they closed.
This location was White Castle #371 - 3255 West 117th Street, Cleveland
The other closed locations are; White Castle #370 - 5151 Pearl Road, Cleveland; White Castle #372 - 5095 Northfield Road, Bedford Heights; White Castle #376 - 13201 Superior Avenue, East Cleveland; and White Castle #377 - 2900 South Arlington Road, Akron.
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On a rainy and cloudy day, I passed this fence and took a picture. I think it's a really dramatic, strong and moody looking picture.
When I saw this little Police vehicle, I thought it was too... sober.
I felt like building another version of it.
I tried to keep the original idea though... especially the colors, and some elements. I wanted the new one to still look like the old one.
Side view here:
We are having severe heat in many parts of Australia. Not good. Already bushfires are flaring up in several places.