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"The name of the mountain was formerly spelled "Mount Kosciusko," an Anglicisation; but the version "Mount Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales." --Wikipedia Size Does Matter! "Various measurements of the peak originally called by that name showed it to be slightly lower than its neighbour, Mount Townsend, and the names were thereupon transposed by the New South Wales Lands Department, so that Mount Kosciuszko still remains the name of the highest peak of Australia, and Mount Townsend ranks as second." -- Year Book Australia, 1910

This is the drift to the south and east of Mt Kosciuszko. The drift persists into summer longer than almost all other drifts in the mountains. After a winter of particularly heavy snowfall there are remnants of this drift that persist through to the next winter, although this is becoming increasingly rare. Australia does not have any permanent snowpack. Lake Cootapatamba is out of shot to the right and the summit of the mountain is a little beyond the top lefthand corner. Cootapatamba is a glacial tarn, and is the highest lake in Australia. The summit, the highest point in inhabited Australia (there is a higher peak called Big Ben on Heard Island, an Australian territory) is only 2,228 metres ASL. The land is low and eroded. The Main Range is in the distance.

Of the recent additions this photo really caught my eye, and I thought it was a shame about the crack and missing piece. After spending a bit more time than I should have (ninety minutes) I managed to clean it up and recreate the missing bit. It's by no means a professional job, but then that's what I was paid for. ;) Happy to know what people think too! If there's anybody else crazy enough to spend time repairing these photos we ought to start a group for repairing these.

This is the tower over Governor Bourke's Statue in the Domain from where the previous panoramas ot the Botanical Gardens and Macquarie Street were taken. I read about it on the State Library NSW website, but can't remember the details, as usual.

Here we are, all the details by the meticulous Alan Davies, photo curator of the Mitchell Library, SLNSW - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=413400 In the blurb - " ... a series of views of Sydney, taken by Freeman Brothers, from a chamber (45 ft high) erected over the statue of Sir Richard Bourke. The panorama was commissioned to assist architects in Europe to compete for designs for the intended new Houses of Parliament, on the site of the Orphan School. -- Reference: Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1859 `Photographic views of Sydney' p.9 `Sydney' 14 part panorama by Freeman Brothers, 1859, held in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library, London. -- Reference: The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia / report by Alan Davies, 1986 Fellow. Project: The location and identification of Australian photographs, particularly of the Nineteenth Century, in British Institutions. (p.15) "

And the Sydney Morning Herald article mentioned above - SMH 13/5/1859 p.9 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13024896 .

Omagh Convent. The Loreto Convent constructed in 1859 by Dublin builder, J. Neville The Chapel has some fine stained glass by Mayer of Munich. 54° 36′ 1.41″ N 7° 18′ 45.52″ W 54.60039 -7.31264 www.google.ie/maps/@54.60116,-7.310118,3a,58.6y,145.87h,9...

Satellite view: www.google.ie/maps/place/54%C2%B036%2701.4%22N+7%C2%B018%...

Streetview (sort of): www.google.ie/maps/@54.601155,-7.310286,3a,75y,135.85h,95...

DIA entries

There are two more photos in the NLI: Lawrence, Eason. (At least I think - for some reason I can's actually see them myself.)

More info on the history of this lighthouse at www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=672

thanks! very interesting. I guess this is the 1859 lighthouse which was being replaced by a more elaborate one in 1912.

wow. amazing place

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Point_Light