Walter, I know that you have had patience with me, but I am going to have to recap:
It is a scarred tree/canoe tree in the state of Victoria.
Now for the questions:
Is the place a garden or park? Or is it a tourist attraction? I have tried every combination of words, but nothing, I'm afraid.
We have 2 "scar" trees in Aboriginal dreamland "Waitiparinga" across the road from where I live, but that's not the place Letty.
You don't know either, Dutchy? UhOh.
Well, perhaps dadpad will give us some more clues.
The place is not a garden or a park - the scarred tree was formerly held by the (x) Historical Society for many years and was at risk of weather deterioration. It has now been relocated under a protective roofing and proudly stands, floodlit for all to see.
(Doing the job for an up-side-down Nederlandse jong here :wink: )
Walter knowing the place backwards this "Nederlands jongetje" won't let the "scarred" cat out of the bag.
So, Walter and Dutchy. It is a historical garden in the state of Victoria in Australia. I tried spelling that backwards and came up with garbled stuff. Need another hint.
The Indigenous precinct project was facilitated in conjunction with Mansfield Shire Open Spaces Committee. The project has:
Relocated the Scarred Tree to a prominent position outside the Mansfield Information Centre.
Created a snake dreaming wall of individual ceramic tiles made by Mansfield youth and facilitated by ceramic artist Ann Ferguson Durkin.
Erected an information sign about Mansfield's Indigenous heritage.
Members of the Taungurung clan and the Mansfield community helped create the distinctive ceramic tiles at the base of the Scarred Tree. A ring of hands circle the base of the tree as a symbol of reconciliation.
The scarred tree was formerly held by the Mansfield Historical Society for many years and was at risk of weather deterioration. It has now been relocated under a protective roofing and proudly stands, floodlit for all to see.
Scarred trees are an important link to our Indigenous past. They provide tangible evidence of Aboriginal
Where am I? (this place no longer exists)but please identify it's significance.
I have just this moment managed to prize my son off the computer.
Well done letty.
I thought the combination of Taungerung and "good country my country" might bring it up on google.
As for your pic I will let others have a turn. As much as i do enjoy your company it is too nice a day to spend inside on the computer.
I've found mention of a gambrel roofed house in Concord mentioned by Nathanial Hawthorne in The Old Manse, but not one in Cambridge, tra la.
Hmmm.
Aha, then, perhaps this one.... re Artemas Ward and Oliver Wendell Holmes) -
"The house in which the poet was born shared until a recent day the honors with the Craigie House, its neighbor. (osso - where Longfellow lived). For in the early days of the Revolution, when studies at Harvard College were suspended, this old gambrel-roofed house had been the headquarters of General Artemas Ward and of the Committee of Safety."
I suspect I'm right and also am the only one left awake right now. In the case I am, I'll hunt for a new photo. If I failed yet again, I'll hang on to the new photo...
Waiting all afternoon for a posting
Morning, Dutchy and osso. Hint: A beautiful seashell. <smile>osso has part of the answer. I gave a big hint on the radio thread, and I really don't know about the other men to whom osso refers. I am just looking for one and the basic location.
Another hint: He had a famous son in jurisprudence who wrote the conch poem.
Letty is it the house of Oliver Wendell Holmes, an American Author and Physician who wrote "The Chambered Nautilus", in Cambridge, Mass.?
Indeed it is the home of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Dutchy. Amazingly, it was his son who wrote The Chambered Nautilus, buddy, but since I was surprised at that myself, we'll overlook that small mistake.
Your turn.
