At Henry Lawson Rock, Mt Victoria

At Henry Lawson Rock, Mt Victoria

  Henry Lawson Rock, Mount VictoriaThere is a statue of the Australian poet and writer Henry Lawson in the Sydney Domain. Fixed to one place, it could be considered an uncharacteristic representation of a man who moved about so much during his life. High in the...

Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero (2)

<—- previous page Two years after their marriage, and now living at Taree, Dot and Guy’s happiness was shattered when her pregnancy resulted in her giving birth to a stillborn boy. Dot was unable to have further pregnancies, which further added to their...

Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero (3)

<—- previous page Dot and Guy eventually moved to what was known as the Cundle Plains, situated just north of Cundletown on the way to Ghinni Ghinni. Today, a vastly improved Pacific Highway goes past the front gate, as did the earlier highway of the same name. The...

Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero (4)

<—- previous page Accidents come naturally to children, especially in the bush. Denis was sitting quietly on Whinny one morning when Peter the dog began barking. Whether this was at the horse or not I can’t recall. Peter didn’t respond to Guy’s commands, so...

Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero (5)

< —- previous page Guy also taught me to trap rabbits by the common method of the day, a steel-jawed, spring trap. Understandably, they are outlawed today because of their cruelty, but were then considered to be an essential means of combating the...

Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero (6)

<—- previous page One morning while it was still dark I was putting the bridle on Whinny to ride out and bring the cows in when I heard a particular song coming from the radio in the house. The radio was only played for the evening news – when any children...