The last of the photos from Grenfell, NSW

21-22 September - 2019

Here's the last of my photos of our visit to Henry Lawson's Birthplace - Grenfell, NSW.

Lawson is perhaps Australia's best known poet, fiction & bush writer of the colonial era. His birth place is dominated by a very large sugar gum tree [left of photo] planted by Lawson's daughter. There are twelve interpretive plaques positioned along the curved walking path. Each plaque has a different theme and tells the story of Henry Lawson's life.

Here's Henry Lawson's white obelisk, erected in 1924 - you can see members
of our Model A Ford Club wandering around reading the twelve plaques.

Grenfell was the first town to honour Henry Lawson after his passing in 1922. The monument [above] honours one of Australia's most prolific authors. Short story titles that you may have heard of include the slapstick story The Loaded Dog and the moving poem The Drover's Wife.

A bust of Henry Lawson is situated in Grenfell's aptly named Main Street, next to the Ambulance Station. Just push the button and you can listen to some of Henry's most famous poems while you are immersed in Grenfell's quiet country charm.

A vacant place exists either side of the bench next Henry which
beckons you sit... so I took the opportunity to take a minute and
reflect on what Lawson's birthplace means to me. 

Henry peacefully sits; eyes cast over his beloved birthplace, contemplating the visit he never had. Weary but relaxed Henry is poised, pen in hand, notebook blank. A vacant place exists either side of Henry which beckons you sit... so I took the opportunity to take a minute and reflect on what Lawson's birthplace means to me. 

The heritage listed Grenfell Railway Station

By 1887 the railway reached as far as Murrumburrah, and the Cobb & Co coach company met the trains three times a week and carried passengers and mail onward to Grenfell. The station has been witness to some moving scenes. In August 1914, John Taylor, Mayor of Grenfell, fare-welled the first contingent of local men leaving for the World War I.

The Grenfell Railway Station was officially closed in April 1975, the railway Station precinct is a site of NSW State heritage significance and is accessible all year round.

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