Alma Plains. Stone cairn which marks the site of the 1866 Alma Plains Congregational Church. Demolished in 1927. This cairn erected for the centenary in 1966. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Alma Plains. Stone cairn which marks the site of the 1866 Alma Plains Congregational Church. Demolished in 1927. This cairn erected for the centenary in 1966. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Alma.The Battle of Alma on 20 September 1854 was the first battle of the Crimean War when the French and English Allies were successful against the Russian. The battle was led by French General Jacques Leroy de St Arnaud and Lord Raglan. The allies took Alma Hill the last Russian defensive site above the city of Sebastopol. But the casualties were high The Allies had 2,000 dead and the Russians 5,000 dead. The many casualties and their care brought public attention to Florence Nightingale and the nursing staff. Nightingale and her staff of 38 volunteers and 15 Catholic nuns worked near Istanbul - the Ottoman Empire was one of the Allies - 550 kms away from the Crimean battlefields. Her emphasis on hygiene, hand washing and improved sanitation is believed to have reduced death rates by 42% but Nightingale herself never claimed credit for reducing death rates. But here statistics did prove that ten times more soldiers died of infections than from battle wounds. It was a story in the Times newspaper in London that gave Florence Nightingale the nickname of the Lady with the Lamp. The Hundred of Alma was declared in 1856. Most farmers moved into the region around 1865 but a few pioneers took up land in 1856. They included the Lawrie brothers, the Hissey family and the McKenzie family. They were supporters of the Methodist Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ. Alma was named from a Tartar word meaning “apple tree” The Tartars and ethnic Ukrainians were the original occupiers of the Crimea Peninsula but Alma also descends from a Latin word for nourishing or female hence the term “ alma mater” – nourishing mother. The main road that runs through Alma to Alma Plains is Almond Tree road which is probably a mistype of Apple Tree Road? The Alma Congregational church was built in 1866 north of the tiny settlement at Alma Plains. It was demolished and the stone re-used to build the new Congregational Church in Alma which opened in 1927. It closed as a church in 1972. In the road behind the church was located the Alma Hall built in the 1920 and the former Alma Council Chambers built in circa 1870 when the Council was formed. It was amalgamated with Owen Council in 1932. Along Almond Tree Road heading north there used to be two blacksmiths and the old general store but they are all gone. Further along the wooded area was once the Alma sports ground and oval. In 1879 the new emerging town of Hamley Bridge was named after the Lieutenant Governor of the day Colonel Francis Hamley. This town was based around the Burra railway line where it crossed the Light River. Alma began a slow decline from that time onwards. Alma Plains.The district of Alma Plains grew as farmers took up the old leasehold lands in the mid-1860s and the Alma Plains Congregational Church was erected in 1866. Only the attached cemetery remains today. As the congregation waned in the early 20th Century the church was demolished as a new Congregational Church opened in Alma in 1927. Alma Plains also had a government school from 1860. It was later demolished after it closed in 1924. The cemetery contains some interesting headstone of some of the pioneers including the Freebairn family, the Lakes, the McKenzies, Atchisons, Smyth family of Salter Springs etc. James Freebairn was one of the first pioneers of the district in the mid-1860s. After his death his wife lived in Argyle House, one of the first stone building erected in the district by her son John Youl Freebairn. She died in 1883 and Argyle House was destroyed by a flood in 1889. This son named John Youl Freebairn died at the age 37 years and was one of the first burials in the cemetery in 1867. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-06-17 13:03:43 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.01 sec (1/100) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |