DSC_0136.JPG=After leaving Barcaldine we drove a bit over 100km to Longreach and just on the outskirts came across a small group of wild emus.
DSC_0125.JPG=AWHC - emergency services display
DSC_0019yPanorama.JPG=Barcaldine; after surviving an estimated 200 years, the Knowledge Tree was kept alive in the late 20th century thanks to some drastic surgery, only to be killed by vandalism in 2006.
DSC_0053.JPG=AWHC - police lock-up
DSC_0026.JPG=Barcaldine; the War Memorial clock and Post Office
DSC_0082.JPG=AWHC - In the post office
DSC_0102yPanorama.JPG=AWHC - One teacher school building from Torrens Creek (panorama)
11Barcaldine13.jpg=AWHC - Main Roads Department display
11Barcaldine14.jpg=The Tree of Knowledge offspring, was planted in 2005 in the grounds of the Heritage Centre
11Barcaldine7.jpg=AWHC - inside the Artesian railway station. A thunder box and ticket stamper
DSC_0126yPanorama.JPG=AWHC - emergency services display (panorama)
DSC_0029.JPG=WWI (German, Japanese and Turkish) weaponry outside the post office
DSC_0121yPanorama.JPG=AWHC - Typical large high-set school building. (panorama)
DSC_0023.JPG=Barcaldine; a large "Comet" brand of windmill
DSC_0056.JPG=This tent structure was initially used as the "Celebration Theatre" during a round Australia journey celebrating our bi-centenary in 1988.
11Barcaldine15.jpg=Barcaldine; the Knowledge Tree, now and when it was still a live Ghost Gum
DSC_0135.JPG=After leaving Barcaldine we drove a bit over 100km to Longreach and just on the outskirts came across a small group of wild emus.
DSC_0095.JPG=AWHC - In the post office
11Barcaldine2.jpg=Barcaldine; the Knowledge Tree is now covered by a canopy of suspended timbers that give the appearance of leaves on the tree.
DSC_0123.JPG=AWHC - Typical large high-set school building.
11Barcaldine1.jpg=One of Barcaldine's typical country pubs
DSC_0109.JPG=AWHC - electoral display in the large school building
DSC_0107.JPG=AWHC - Country hospital display in the large school building
DSC_0027.JPG=Barcaldine telephone exchange
DSC_0096.JPG=AWHC - Seat of Knowledge
11Barcaldine16.jpg=AWHC - One teacher school building from Torrens Creek
DSC_0070.JPG=AWHC - this building is "Labor House" this picture shows how early homes beat the heat with wide verandas and high ceilings
DSC_0034.JPG=Australian Workers Heritage Centre distance as the crow flies.
11Barcaldine.jpg=One of Barcaldine's typical country pubs
11Barcaldine10.jpg=AWHC - In the post office
DSC_0130.JPG=AWHC - emergency services display
DSC_0032.JPG=One of Barcaldine's typical country pubs
11Barcaldine11.jpg=AWHC - In the post office
DSC_0051.JPG=AWHC - police lock-up
DSC_0003.JPG=Barcaldine; nice wide streets, old world country pubs, plenty of Australiana and of course - the tree.
DSC_0117.JPG=AWHC - Main Roads Department display - I think I've been through an intersection like this!
DSC_0016.JPG=Barcaldine railway station
11Barcaldine8.jpg=AWHC - an unusual flowering stem hangs from this tree. (collage)
DSC_0076.JPG=AWHC - In the post office
DSC_0112.JPG=AWHC - Displays in the large school building
11Barcaldine12.jpg=Australian Workers Heritage Centre. The artesian billabong dedicated to the late Tom Burns ( a great Wynnum resident)
11Barcaldine9.jpg=AWHC -Labor House electioneering posters
11Barcaldine18.jpg=AWHC - Doves/Topknot Pidgeons and their brilliantly coloured wing feathers
DSC_0044.JPG=AWHC - inside the railway carriage.
DSC_0049.JPG=AWHC - the Artesian railway station.
11Barcaldine5.jpg=AWHC - inside the police lock-up there is a grappling hook used to drag for drowning victims. It took quite a bit of skill (apparently)
11Barcaldine6.jpg=AWHC - inside the Artesian railway station.
DSC_0120.JPG=AWHC - Main Roads Department display
DSC_0090.JPG=AWHC - In the post office
DSC_0025.JPG=Barcaldine; the Radio Picture Theatre was opened in 1926 doesn't operate any more, but still houses the original canvas seats.
DSC_0100yPanorama.JPG=AWHC - One teacher school building from Torrens Creek (panorama)
DSC_0004.JPG=Barcaldine; the Knowledge Tree monument is regarded as a symbol of the fight for Australian workers' rights initiated by the "Shearers Strike" of 1891.
DSC_0110.JPG=AWHC - electoral display in the large school building
DSC_0015.JPG=Barcaldine; at the Knowledge Tree
DSC_0057yPanorama.JPG=Inside the Celebration Theatre, the displays are not yet completed but this is where the main "Shearers Strike" exhibits will be housed. (panorama)
DSC_0137.JPG=Small group of wild emus.
11Barcaldine17.jpg=AWHC - Displays in the large school building, with the typical "port racks". (collage)
