Malakhoff near Inkerman. The old government school. Opened in 1892 and closed in 1942. The garden roller is there ready for work. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Malakhoff near Inkerman. The old government school. Opened in 1892 and closed in 1942. The garden roller is there ready for work. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Malakhoff. Huge tracts of land across the Central Adelaide Plains were surveyed and declared in 1856 including the Hundreds of Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava. At that time the suffering, victories and success of the Crimean War were in the forefront of the public mind and so the major battles of the Black Sea against the Russians were commemorated in the town and hundred names- 8 September 1854 Alma; 13 October 1854 Balaklava; 24 October 1854 Inkerman and the battle of Malakhoff Tower (or hill) 8 September 1855 which led the French forces to take Sebastopol from the Russians in March 1856. Malakhoff was a Russia fort and name just outside of Sebastopol. Although the British, French and Turks finally defeated the Russians casualties were high, especially from wounds and disease and this is the war that saw the rise to prominence of nursing thanks to the work of Florence Nightingale. Nightingale established professional nursing in 1860 at St Thomas’ Hospital London and reduced the death toll of Crimean soldiers from 42% of hospital admission to 2% by instituting hand washing, good sanitation etc. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote his famous poem about the charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava when 670 British troops rode into “the Valley of Death”. Opposed by 5,240 Russians the Light Horse Brigade was lucky to escape with only 156 deaths although it was a great tragedy that could have been avoided given the number of Russian troops and guns. Although the Hundred of Inkerman was declared in 1856 little settlement followed until the 1870s. The government school at Malakhoff was built in stone and opened in 1892. As the only public building in the district it was used for public meetings, socials and dances etc. The school closed in 1942 and has been derelict for many years. But after 78 years of closure it still stands and might be restored in the near future. |
| 撮影日 | 2021-01-18 14:32:43 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
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