Leaves From My Sketchbooks. 65. Houses At Richmond, Tasmania

I was born and brought up near Richmond in England and can say that there's no similarity between the English and Tasmanian towns. I guess the name, as are so many Tasmanian names for towns and rivers, came with homesick immigrants - settlers or convicts.

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Leaves From My Sketchbooks. 64. Uniting Church, Ross, Tasmania

I could have been sitting in an English landscape but here I was, 20 000 kilometres from Surrey or Devonshire, drawing a church that has its architectural origins firmly based upon the old world. The butterscotch colour of its masonry, such a contrast to England's dull greys, made the day feel warmer.

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Leaves From My Sketchbooks. 63. The Bridge At Ross, Tasmania

Tasmania is a wonderful island state of Australia, one that has a treasure of Georgian architecture much of it built of local sandstone and using convict labour from the penal settlement days. This beautiful bridge crosses the Macquarie River. A folding stool on a grassy bank was all I needed.

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