Stopped by at the Smith's Road Bridge over the Gudgenby River today to see the recently installed temporary Bailey's Bridge in operation. The portable military bridge was installed to replace the old low level bridge washed away in the 2010 Canberra floods...
Slight confusion in my memory in the video.The burials I refer to were actually at the Nass River Bridge a short distance away. Two clippings - Pioneers Graves Nass Bridge 1 and Pioneers Graves Nass Bridge 2.
I have posts showing clippings from the Gudgenby bridge's Grand Opening, what the 1930's bridge looked like, what it looked like after the floods and subsequent installation of the Bailey's Bridge. Finally just because it demonstrates a Federation era attitude pretty well a tale of shooting 'Golden' Eagles nearby...
And for anyone unaware I am exploring the possibilities of YouTube. I have a channel here
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History lost through lack of funding
The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo...
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Found by my son whilst hiking in the Brindabellas was this small skull. What I thought was interesting was the remaining canine evident. At... -
The competition to design the new Federal Capital City of Canberra in 1913, having 136 entries, ended with the decision to award Walter Bur... -
Just collecting my thoughts and sorting information (primarily news clippings) into the one place for a project I am planning... Mid winte... -
If anyone is looking for a place to do a little gold prospecting might I suggest the mighty Goodradigbee in the Brindabella Valley. I'll... -
The original settlers of the 'Limestone Plains' (present day Canberra) came to the new territory with basically only their flocks of... -
One of the forgotten markers of early Canberra history is provided by a remnant sewer vent. The vent (which looks like a brick smoke stack o... -
Out past Uriarra to the west of Canberra is the Brindabella Road. The road rises to the peak of the Brindabella Mountain on the ACT border b...
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