Bronze stockman statue outside the Longreach Stockman's Hall of Fame in Queensland. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Bronze stockman statue outside the Longreach Stockman's Hall of Fame in Queensland. / denisbin
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| 説明 | A Brief History of Longreach Township. Longreach was a planned government town which was to be the terminus for the central west railway. After the rise of the north Queensland separatist movement in the 1880s when the north wanted to secede and form a new state, the Queensland government decided to invest more money in the northern areas. The railway was gradually pushed out from Rockhampton to Emerald in 1879, to Barcaldine in 1886, and to Longreach in February 1892. The government surveyed land and gazetted the town of Longreach in 1887 with the immediate sale of town blocks. The town had a grid pattern with the main streets named after land birds, and the cross streets named after water birds. The main street is Eagle Street. The first building erected in the new town was a hotel for Joe Willett on the corner of Pelican and Eagle Streets. There was talk of Longreach being the “Chicago of the West.” In some respects the rapid growth of the town was remarkable. The early buyers of land were residents of Barcaldine, a few Chinese traders, the churches, and the banks. Buildings went up with great speed. By 1892 the town was the headquarters for the Shearers Union; it had several hotels, 10 general stores, a brewery, 2 bakers, 3 butchers, and 4 blacksmiths. The population jumped from 150 in 1890 to 2,000 by 1896. By 1897 the town had a post office (1893), hospital, football club, a state school, Catholic (1893), Methodist (1893) and Anglican (1895) churches, a court house (1894), 2 doctors, and 10 hotels. But the buildings were all clap board and fires were common. The first major fire in 1898 destroyed several adjoining buildings in Eagle Street. More fires followed in later years. The additional area of West Longreach across the Thomson River was gazetted in 1892, and this area included the boiling down works to dispose of old livestock. The market for tallow for candles and soap was strong in the late 19th century. The wool scouring factory was opened in 1895 and employed 200 men by 1897. It finally closed in the 1920s. After 1900 conditions in Longreach began to improve as the worst of the droughts and pioneering years were behind the citizens. Reticulated water from the Artesian Basin improved the town, reduced the incidence of typhoid and other water born diseases and provided a sense of security for the town. Milk, however was a continuing source of difficulty. When droughts came the local dairy herds which provided milk for the town died hence goats were used by most residents to provide milk. But because of the goats no one could grow trees or lawns as the goats roamed the town streets and ate everything. It was not until the mid 1950s when the town got a sewerage system that conditions improved. Milk supplies were more regular by then, goats were dispensed with, and residents began planting trees and lawns to keep the dust down. Earlier improvements to the town included a Roman Catholic school and convent in 1902. It was established by nuns from Wagga. The telephone exchange opened in 1904 improving communications, and the first airplane landed at Longreach in 1919! Eagle Street was bituminized in 1917, but not the other town streets, and the Power House was erected and the town electrified in 1921. Prior to this hotels and stores had their own generators. By 1933 Longreach had a population of 3,300 people. Today it has closer to 3,000 residents. The Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame – . Today we walk to this outback heritage centre from our motel. It was one of Australia’s Bi-Centenary projects being opened by Queen Elizabeth on 29 April 1988. Work began on the concept in 1975, with Longreach being selected as the proposed site in 1978. Building work commenced in 1985. A full day is recommended to explore all the exhibits. The Centre has a range of facilities including a café and licensed restaurant, a gift and bookshop, and a R.M Williams clothing store. The exhibits are grouped in five themed galleries covering the history and development of the outback: Discovery (explorers, Aborigines, immigration etc), Pioneers (clearing the scrub, generating power, transport etc), Outback Properties, (drought, fires, isolation etc) Life in the Outback, (leisure activities, poetry, crafts etc) Stockmen (drovers, stock workers, men and women working properties etc).Multimedia shows are presented on a regular basis, and R.M. Williams presents a stockman’s show twice a day at 11 am and 2 pm with 5 dogs, a horse, a mule and some sheep. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-08-10 09:54:35 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-S950 , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.9 |
| 焦点距離 | 16 mm |