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Perth, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
A Brief History of Scots' Church
The first Presbyterian worship services in Perth and Fremantle were conducted in the early 1850s by Rev Daniel Boyd, but the impetus for the birth of organised Presbyterianism in Western Australia came from Rev David Shearer, who was sent to Perth from the Presbyterian Church in England in 1879.
In 1886, the Free Church of Scotland sent Rev Robert Hanlin to assist Shearer.
On 10 October, 1886, the first service was held at what was to become the Presbyterian congregation in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Rev. Robert Hanlin, conducted the service just two weeks after his arrival from Scotland.
He had been appointed by the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, initially for 6 months – but he remained until May 1923 – a term of almost 37 years.
When Hanlin arrived, Fremantle was the second largest town in Western Australia, with a population of around 4500.
His first service was in the Oddfellows Hall (no longer in existence) in William Street, where he had to use a packing case as a pulpit. Eleven people attended the morning service, and forty in the evening.
In 1889, the church services moved to the Fremantle Town Hall to accommodate increased numbers.
Mr. Shearer had obtained land on South Terrace, where a cottage, previously used by the Fremantle Prison warder, was removed. However, the congregation did not have the funds to construct a building, so Hanlin visited the eastern colonies to rally support. This was the start of a long co-operation between the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia, and the church in the larger populated states.
The Foundation Stone was laid in March 1890, and the church opened in November that same year.
A Chinese congregation was part of the Scots family from 1990 – 2004.
Restoration work on the church building was carried out in 1988-89 and 1996. Further restoration work was carried out as the church celebrated 125 years of worship in 2011. The historic pipe organ, still used today, was also restored in 1990.
For almost 140 years, the ministers, elders, and congregation of Scots have worshipped faithfully together.
Scots Church Fremantle
Kalgoorlie, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
The Palace Hotel is one of a group of heritage hotels on Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Location:
The hotel is located on the corner of Hannan and Maritana Streets.
It is across the road from the Exchange Hotel, another heritage hotel.
History:
The hotel was constructed with ashlar stones in 1897 for Harry Rosenthal, who previously managed the Cleopatra Hotel in Fremantle. It cost £17,000 to build.
The hotel opened in December 1897, with forty-four bedrooms. It was designed in the Federation architectural style by the firm Porter & Thomas, and meant to be the most luxurious hotel in Western Australia outside Perth.The furniture came from Melbourne.It became the first hotel in Kalgoorlie to have electric lighting, with its own generator, and fresh water in all bathrooms coming directly from its own condensers.
In the year after its completion regular and repeated newspaper articles and photographs were used to praise the hotel and its presentation.
A 1904 fire damaged the hotel and adjacent property.
In 1936 renovations were reported on the Hannan Street side of the building.
Herbert Hoover association:
Herbert Hoover (later the US president from 1929 to 1933) visited the hotel regularly when he was working as a mining engineer in Kalgoorlie. He was twenty-two at the time.During his stay, he reportedly fell in love with a barmaid, and wrote her a poem.An excerpt from the poem can be seen in the foyer.It reads:
"Do you ever dream, my sweetheart, of a twilight long ago,
Of a park in old Kalgoorlie, where the bougainvilleas grow?
Where the moonbeams on the pathways trace a shimmering brocade,
And the overhanging peppers form a lover's promenade?
Where in soft cascades of cadence from a garden close at hand,
Came the murmurous, mellow music of a sweet orchestral band.
Years have flown since then, my sweetheart, fleet as orchid blooms in May.
But the hour that fills my dreaming, was it only yesterday..."
Before he left for China, Hoover left a mirror as a gift to the hotel.The Hoover Mirror can still be seen in the foyer, next to his poem.Hoover's Cafe and Lounge Bar in the hotel is also named in his honour.
Later history:
The 60th anniversary of the hotel was celebrated with style in 1957.
The hotel has been regularly associated with the Diggers & Dealers conferences.
Reference point:
The hotel and its location on the corner of Hannan Street has been captured in photographs of Hannan Street over time as well as at significant historical events.
Heritage value:
The hotel has been listed on the State Heritage Register since 1997.
Wikipedia
Last image from the trip to Cowaramup. The foreground is a 4-shot panorama taken with a wide angle lens. While the sky is a 4x5 tracked panorama.
Nikon D5200 (Sky)
Nikon D3100 (Foreground)
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 (Sky)
Samyang 14mm f/2.8 (Foreground)
Star Adventurer Pro 2i
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