Scott Bird Heritage Photography

Documenting Australia's rich Aboriginal and European history.

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Signs of the Times

I photograph signs almost everywhere I go - great way to get a feel for the place. Street signs, shop awnings, warnings messages, graffiti and so on.
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Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> Detail from the Lennox Bridge across Lapstone Creek, commonly known as the 'Horseshoe Bridge' - showing the year of completion : AD 1833.
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Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Detail from the Lennox Bridge across Lapstone Creek, commonly known as the 'Horseshoe Bridge' - showing the year of completion : AD 1833.

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  • Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> Parking area for the 1833 Lennox Bridge, commonly known as the 'Horseshoe Bridge'.
  • Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> Detail from the 1833 Lennox Bridge, commonly known as the 'Horseshoe Bridge' - showing Lennox's entirely justified pride in his work. The inscription read 'David Lennox Builder' until around 1950; most of the word 'Builder' has now gone.
  • Sofala, NSW, Australia<br /> Child Minding. Outside the former Sofala Post Office.
  • Before becoming Telstra, it was simply Telecom Australia.
  • Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> Turn here for the 1833 Lennox Bridge, commonly known as the 'Horseshoe Bridge'.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Wastewater Pumping Station No 13 in Sussex St. Built in 1904.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Newington Armory, formerly the Royal Australian Navy's armament depot. Construction commenced 1897.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Newington Armory, formerly the Royal Australian Navy's armament depot. Construction commenced 1897.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Hunt's creek was dammed in 1855-56, forming Lake Parramatta. Masonry wall designed by Lt Percy Simpson; land supplied by orchardist James Pye.
  • No Launching of Boats or Skiing from Beach.
  • Clarence Town, NSW, Australia<br /> The Clarence Town Bridge, officially known as the 'Brig O'Johnston'. A Public Works Department (PWD) type timber truss road bridge, completed in 1880, and completely rebuilt in 1926/7.
  • Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> Detail from the Lennox Bridge across Lapstone Creek, commonly known as the 'Horseshoe Bridge' - showing the year of completion : AD 1833.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> One of the 9 boundary markers (6 still in or near their original locations - this one is near the corner of Steele St and the Great Western Highway) defining the edge of Parramatta. Erected in 1839 by David Lennox.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Milestone. One of 16 marking the journey from Sydney to Penrith along the Great Western Road (now part of the Great Western Highway), it dates to around 1846. Originally located nearer Pitt St (formerly Pitt Row); it now stands on the Highway near the intersection with Steele St.
  • Mays Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Mays Hill Cemetery. Formerly part of the Governor's Domain, later purchased by Thomas May, the cemetery began as two separate cemeteries (one Protestant, one Baptist) in 1839 with the first burial taking place in 1843.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> One of the 9 boundary markers (6 still in or near their original locations - this one is behind the apartments at 128 Railway St) defining the edge of Parramatta. Erected in 1839 by David Lennox.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Unveiled by Governor General Lord Stonehaven on 25 March 1926, this stone marks John Macarthur's property Elizabeth Farm (named after his wife), built in 1793. The house still stands, and is situated nearby.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Probably one of the 9 boundary markers (6 still in or near their original locations - this one is just off Alfred St, near the Clay Cliff Creek stormwater catchment) defining the edge of Parramatta. Erected in 1839 by David Lennox.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> The start of the Harris Park Heritage Walk, near the foot of Gregory Place.
  • Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> One of the 9 boundary markers (6 still in or near their original locations - this one is in the grounds of Hambledon Cottage, near the house itself; originally on Pennant St near the current James Ruse Drive) defining the edge of Parramatta. Erected in 1839 by David Lennox.
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