tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post2736368166582079642..comments2024-03-28T23:49:30.349+11:00Comments on Sydney - City and Suburbs: The Domain, statue, Henry LawsonJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-30162631109790631522010-02-04T17:59:18.725+11:002010-02-04T17:59:18.725+11:00We have a Domian here in Auckland, one of my fav p...We have a Domian here in Auckland, one of my fav places.<br /><br />May be next time I visiti Sydney.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-8744002211175438722010-02-03T12:58:16.069+11:002010-02-03T12:58:16.069+11:00Jossie, this sculpture was created in 1931 and has...Jossie, this sculpture was created in 1931 and has been in the Domain for a long time. <br />Gattina, an interesting thing I learnt about Henry Lawson while preparing this post is that his father was Niels Herzberg Larsen, a Norwegian-born miner who changed his surname to Lawson.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-78858703748728736052010-02-03T01:34:42.083+11:002010-02-03T01:34:42.083+11:00Unfortunately I don't know him. We first have ...Unfortunately I don't know him. We first have to learn all the European authors or poets, lol !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-86432513565766066482010-02-02T23:20:43.505+11:002010-02-02T23:20:43.505+11:00Again a lovely shot!!
Darling harbour eventsAgain a lovely shot!!<br /><a href="http://sydneyharbourevents.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Darling harbour events</a>Johan Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03813572275878362625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-27721982823823058532010-02-02T23:13:24.458+11:002010-02-02T23:13:24.458+11:00This is a nice shot. I love the way the tree in th...This is a nice shot. I love the way the tree in the background seems to add to the statue! Have a good Tuesday. Louise in Italy.Louise | Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463696606000861953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-17816148673842494242010-02-02T22:33:42.834+11:002010-02-02T22:33:42.834+11:00Interesting man.
Great shot.Interesting man.<br />Great shot.Reginahttp://regina-myfavorite.blogspot.com/2010/02/thats-my-world-year-of-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-23072484426245273332010-02-02T22:20:18.868+11:002010-02-02T22:20:18.868+11:00I wonder if most of the sculptures and statues are...I wonder if most of the sculptures and statues are made in the last decades? I remember some but none of the ones you have shown on your blog. Or was it me that I did not notice them?Jossiehttp://caughtbymycamera.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-76231781384795412512010-02-02T19:38:52.050+11:002010-02-02T19:38:52.050+11:00Wonderful statue! :)Wonderful statue! :)sunnymamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921464038530993066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-60740826201416106282010-02-02T16:23:27.947+11:002010-02-02T16:23:27.947+11:00lovely shot!lovely shot!magiceyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848851692951192508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-44006374543750641452010-02-02T13:40:57.351+11:002010-02-02T13:40:57.351+11:00Looks as if the tree protects him.
Please have a ...Looks as if the tree protects him. <br />Please have a nice Tuesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-71998391231336076732010-02-02T13:26:37.729+11:002010-02-02T13:26:37.729+11:00Great capture of the statue. Thanks for this glimp...Great capture of the statue. Thanks for this glimpse of your place.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-6514955847376542082010-02-02T13:24:22.913+11:002010-02-02T13:24:22.913+11:00Great statue and a great way to recognize a writer...Great statue and a great way to recognize a writer that is obviously liked and admired! Too bad it doesn't happen more often in many places. Thanks for sharing the information and for your photo!<br /><br />SylviaSylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-76936363496359405422010-02-02T12:51:57.135+11:002010-02-02T12:51:57.135+11:00Julie, I agree. We need to do more to recognise an...Julie, I agree. We need to do more to recognise and celebrate our Australian culture.<br />Ann, this statue is on the incline between the loop road of Mrs Macquaries Road, as you head down towards Mrs Macquaries Chair. It's the first monument you encounter when you enter the area from Art Gallery Road. I only discovered all these monuments around there, that I'm featuring now, after reading about them on the Botanic Gardens and Domain website recently.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-36280322205582908452010-02-02T11:49:24.448+11:002010-02-02T11:49:24.448+11:00Yes, I love this patch of the greater Domain, Jim....Yes, I love this patch of the greater Domain, Jim. I would love to see Clover establish a Henry Lawson day and promote it just as Dublin does Bloom's Day. With actor's sprouting his works on street corners from North Sydney to Darlinghurst Gaol, and of course, lots of pubs involved, and ending at his grave in Waverly Cemetery. I reckon it should be on 2nd September to avoid any clash with Grenfell's June weekend.<br /><br />Just an idea ... should write Clover ...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-82478350244737084552010-02-02T09:36:47.670+11:002010-02-02T09:36:47.670+11:00Haven't noticed him, whereabouts is he. I know...Haven't noticed him, whereabouts is he. I know where Robbie Burns is. Mind you it was years before I stumbled across the Police memorial wall.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182743312553270315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34645388.post-79929844183369895772010-02-02T08:02:52.318+11:002010-02-02T08:02:52.318+11:00Ah, Henry Lawson! A great Australian author who wr...Ah, Henry Lawson! A great Australian author who wrote one of my favourite short stories 'The loaded dog'Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581375024537168350noreply@blogger.com