avoca

7 photos and 1 illustration tagged avoca, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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1890

2014

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Rory Sherlock said:
I think that might be Castle Howard, Co Wicklow, in the distance which may indicate that the photograph was taken from the front garden of Rockmount House: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,719234,683246,11,9 Streetview: www.google.ie/maps/@52.8869042,-6.2327818,3a,75y,105.16h,...
beachcomber australia said:
Flickr is sometimes amazing ! In 1841 via Mark Bennett [https://www.flickr.com/photos/94270871@N08/11464736066/]And in 2006 via john Kenny
Sharon Corbet said:
Rory Sherlock There is a similarish view here in the Valentine Collection.
Sharon Corbet said:
Just for interest, here's an advertising poster featuring Castle Howard from Shell in 1932.
Sharon Corbet said:
And a postcard with the same view called "Castle Howard - overlooking the Meeting of the Waters, Vale of Avoca".

Kevin Plankton said:
"There is not in the wide world A valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom The bright waters meet" - Thomas Moore Is it any wonder that Irish emigrants become maudlin and sentimental about their homeland when they have images and poetry like this haunting their consciousnesses?
pellethepoet said:
Meeting of the Waters, Avoca, Co. Wicklow (Lawrence Collection) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326163

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beachcomber australia said:
Union Jack is upside down - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack#Flying
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
beachcomber australia Seems to be a bit of a common theme in these school photos!
Mich said:
I think that is Avoca in Victoria.
beachcomber australia said:
Mich I don't.

Avoca near Moss Vale, NSW - GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/qfDWs
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
beachcomber australia Yep you're right it'll be the Avoca near Moss Vale - this series only contains photos from NSW schools!