William Lawson was one of Australia's most famous explorers, a third of the party of Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth who traversed over the Blue Mountains for the first time in the early 1800's.
This is his 'country house' at Bathurst in NSW, built around 1835, an awesome place, with 1000 acres of land, still working as a sheep farm today.
A real Rare Australian Place, with some great country, we were privileged to tour the property late in 2008, including the underground cellars and onsite convict prison.
The legend of 'Macquarie' is that Lawson himself once flogged a convict to death out the front on the 'flogging tree'.
Needless to say, we weren't able to find any evidence of that, but the tree is definately there.
The view from the back of the property looking toward the house is spectacular, overlooking the Bathurst valley.
This is his 'country house' at Bathurst in NSW, built around 1835, an awesome place, with 1000 acres of land, still working as a sheep farm today.
A real Rare Australian Place, with some great country, we were privileged to tour the property late in 2008, including the underground cellars and onsite convict prison.The legend of 'Macquarie' is that Lawson himself once flogged a convict to death out the front on the 'flogging tree'.
Needless to say, we weren't able to find any evidence of that, but the tree is definately there.
The view from the back of the property looking toward the house is spectacular, overlooking the Bathurst valley.
No comments:
Post a Comment