Vaucluse House, named after an area in France, was built for William Charles Wentworth who was one of the statesmen of the 19th century who guided the state and the nation to self-government. He was born in the UK in 1790 and died in Sydney in 1872. He is interred in a mausoleum close to the remants of his estate.
Being illegitimate and with convict associations - via his father, D'arcy and his mother - Wentworth struggled to be accepted by the polite society of this colonial outpost. This is a disjointed house which exhibits more grace in the grounds and the out buildings, than in the house itself. However, it does nestle in a gloriously beautiful part of this city.
Great photo..
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Kvelli
A interesant men.
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As always I love popping by your blog! Very interesting and fabulous photographs
ReplyDeleteI'd like to visit this someday.
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It's very pretty there.
ReplyDeleteBeaut photos, is this the place that Wentworth bought the soil from Ireland and put it around to keep the snakes out?
ReplyDeleteI want to go out there again too. LOve the shot of the tap and old trough, great textures.
ReplyDeleteThe course is excellent, really enjoying it. Can highly recommend SCC, would like to do Documentary, Landscape and Photojournalism if they ever run them in the CBD. they also have something called Shooting Skills where you have four shoots with working professionals. We have a night shoot at the Opera House tomorrow which is going ahead rain or shine so it could be extremely miserable. Took a quick look at some of th lights on the way home last night (they started quite early, before 5.30pm) but only had the p&s with me. Want to spend the time to do it properly with the SLR and tripod but will depend on the weather.
Do you have any idea when you are going to Fire Water?
Great colors! They really jump out at me.
ReplyDeleteLove your eye ;)
ReplyDeleteOh I love those rough textured objects. I decided to revisit Vaucluse a few years ago and really enjoyed it ... especially the kitchens.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautifully saturated images.
ReplyDeleteI used to find the very real impact of these kinds of "stains" impossible to understand.
ReplyDeleteSocial rules have changed a great deal, but not everywhere, not entirely.