Ross, more stones

A side trip, to the hill behind the older part of town.

Through a gate

Penalty For Not Closing Gates ?10

across the railway



and through another two gates




is the Anglican cemetery, with the smaller Catholic cemetery to one side (not visible).




It's an interesting cemetery in its own right, but today's destination is further up the hill.



Also known as the soldier's or military burial ground,



because there are a number of redcoats buried here.

Philip Maher
who departed this life
on the 31st March AD 1817
and served as Quarter Master Seegeant
in the 51st K.O.L.I
during a long campaign on the
Peninsula and? Waterloo
and later Barrack Sergeant
at Ross
aged 56 years




There are not a lot of headstones up here though.



(This is a guess)
Isabella Ann
the beloved wife of
Mr Henry Valentine

Many of the surviving stones are also too worn to read.


Herbert is responsible for carving many of the headstones here, including his own (this one). Presumably Colbeck did some too but he rarely gets mentioned.



Sarah Ann Ellis
October 13th 1836 aged 1 month

In the background there is the next, and final, destination


at the bottom of the long path that runs alongside the newer cemetery (looking back up here).

Ross, the bridge

So I lied :)

The Ross Bridge is on the southern access road, although once part of the highway. It was built in 1836, at the request of Lt Gov Arthur, and is another design by architect by John Lee Archer (maybe I should add a tag for his creations?). The two men responsible for building it, as both stonemasons and overseers, were highwayman Daniel Herbert and burglarJames Colbeck. Herbert's name is still well known Colbeck though has faded into relative obscurity, and when he does get a mention, he's often called John. Both did get a pardon a few years latter though.

The stone isn't standing up to elements very well and many of the 186 carvings that decorate the bridge are badly worn. (The also don't photograph very well from the riverbank.) There is, or was, a project under way to create replacements from moulds, and put the originals somewhere safe.

In the photo below, look for the face in the bottom left corner.

Ross, some more of the town

Some photos of buildings today, and then I'll get onto the interesting stuff. :)

Along Bridge St, being the street leading from the Bridge. Military Barracks.


War Memorial at the intersection of Bridge & Church St (from previous post). I started adding a few notes about this, but it got long. Next post :)

Looking south up the hill. The Uniting Church is up there on the right.


The Uniting Church (formerly Methodist) was built in 1885 to an older 1838 Chapel. On the site of the chapel, there is an early Sunday School buildings and apparently some old headstones. One of the things I didn't get to look at.


The Council Clerk's House, from the back.


South along Church St are the shops and many of the old buildings.




The pub again.




The Scotch Thistle was a coaching inn, built about 1830, licensed about 1840.


Not all stone :)




Post Office

James Craig

James Craig aka Clan McLeod, iron barque, built 1874, and used for general cargo. In the 1920s, she was sent off to end her days as coal hulk in Recherche Bay, although soon after that she was abandoned and beached. There's a photo from that period on the Sydney Heritage Fleet website, along with more information. She was rescued in 1972, restored and then relaunched in 1997, and now lives Sydney. Something of a special ship, because there are very few from that era still in regular work, if carrying passengers rather than cargo.

Interesting that the 'Facts' page gives the original crew as "Master, his wife, 16 crew including 3 apprentices", I wouldn't have thought that 16 was enough.


These photos were taken at the 2005 Wooden Boat Festival in 2005 (obviously an ocean-going ship). These are my first "sailing ship" photos so there's not as many as usual :) and I can't remember many of the details, so most of them don't have captions unless I can tell what they are from the photo. Also, the camera doesn't like dark-hulled ships.



"Fo'c'sle Deck" the sign says.



Galley



Cabin for crew





Quarterdeck









Looking from the quarterdeck.



That looks familiar.


Seem to recall that this deck is a later addition, and this was all part of the hold. Which makes sense, but then the tables below couldn't have been there.





This leads up into the cabin area. See the information panel on the left which gives the layout of the ship, which I didn't bother to get a photo of because I thought I could find it elsewhere?

The next few photos are given in the order taken, to help put them in context because I can't remember any details.



From the top of that ladder, looking back to the deck/hold. If the deck didn't exist, then access to the upper deck would have been via the ladder (photo below), and the companionway (further down).











In the saloon.



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Master's cabin, bed is on the left.



Bath off master's cabin