Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/14

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Tasmania, historical site photos
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu Feb 14 04:22:31 2008
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Super shot Hoppy,
have you read English Passengers by Matthew Kneale? A disturbingly funny 
historical novel about Tasmania, penal colonies, imperialism and the 
last of the Tasman Aborigines. Well worth reading.
Cheers
Douglas

G Hopkinson wrote:
> LUG folks, I have added six new photos from Port Arthur, Tasmania. This 
> was a penal colony in the period 1830's to 1870's. It fell
> into ruin and partial destruction. Later it was decided to preserve it as 
> a worthy historical site.
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> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/92939173>
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> As always, comments and critiques are appreciated.
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> Cheers, Geoff
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
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> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: Tasmania, historical site photos)