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This is La Corbiere lighthouse on the island of Jersey, first lit in 1874. I visited the site in January this year.

tzzzzme Well spotted! Thanks for the info, it must be a beautiful place to visit. Here are some other lovely pictures of the lighthouse.
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tzzzzme Good call! Jersey - hmmm! I wonder if Edward Hungerford went there, or just collected a great photo for his album? Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Yes, I'd say the top photo is of the Pink and White Terraces in NZ.

This is much more interesting than it first looks, and I never knew about it. From Wikipedia - "The [Pink and White] terraces were New Zealand's most famous tourist attraction, sometimes referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World. New Zealand was still relatively inaccessible and passage took several months by ship. ... " ... On 9–10 June 1886 Mount Tarawera erupted. The eruption spread from west of Wahanga dome, five kilometres to the north, down to Lake Rotomahana. The volcano belched out hot mud, red hot boulders, and immense clouds of black ash from a 17-kilometre rift that crossed the mountain, passed through the lake, and extended beyond into the Waimangu valley. After the eruption, a crater over 100 metres deep encompassed the former site of the terraces. After some years this filled with water to form a new Lake Rotomahana, 30 metres higher and much larger than the old lake. ... " ... The terraces were long thought to have been destroyed around 3 a.m. on 10 June 1886 during the eruption. However, a team including researchers from GNS Science, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Waikato University were mapping the lake floor when they discovered part of the Pink Terraces in February 2011. The lowest two tiers of the terraces were found in their original place at 60 metres (200 ft) deep (too deep for easy scuba diving ). A part of the White Terraces was rediscovered in June 2011. The announcement of the rediscovery of the White Terraces coincided with the 125th Anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Tarawera in 1886. It is thought that the rest of the terraces may be buried in sediment rather than having been destroyed. ... " Full Wiki article - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_and_White_Terraces

beachcomber australia Fascinating stuff! This is a great shot with the eruption captured so clearly. The Rotorua Museum has some lovely images of the terraces as does the Auckland Museum. In fact many of the Auckland Museum's images are listed under the photographer 'Josiah Martin' - our 'JM'? AND this posting was well-timed seeing as the eruption occured on the 9-10 June - only a few days from now :)

Shallow-draught paddle steamers and barges, were the commerce transport of choice in the shallow Darling River. The river ceased to be navigable by the 1950s. Photo of paddle-steamers lined up at Bourke carrying wool c1900, by Kerry. From Powerhouse Museum:

I punched "bourke drought nile" into Trove and instantly found two versions of this photo. - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=391635 "c.1920" cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P02751.092 "c.1908" by Charles Bean, working for the SMH (see blurb) - Interesting!

Andy Brill Thanks AndyBrii, thats a great photo! We love the old paddlesteamers. beachcomber australia That is extremely interesting re Bean... He was a journo so that makes sense. Interestingly there are a series of SMH articles reporting on the river trade (& the discussion of a competing railway) in 1908 attibuted to the SHM's "Special Commissioner". Fabulous find!

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Yes it is interesting about Mr (Charles) Bean connection, and the AWM provenance. The articles in the SMH "Wool Land, by Our Special Commisioner" started on Friday 10/9/1909 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15106684 , and carried on every Friday until 31/12/1909 in 17 chapters - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?l-decade=190&l-titl... , should anyone want to read them. All about "real Australians", the wool industry, thinly-veiled patriotism and nationalism, heavily influenced by Rudyard Kipling [not really my cup-of-tea!]. But of great historical interest considering what Charles Bean went on to do with reporting of Gallipoli and WW1 etc.

beachcomber australia Here's one from 1908 that mentions Mr Bean himself to report on the proposed Darling River Railway. I'm loving all this info!