2016 ’Werona’ revisited
I have already stated that I’m writing with my relatives as the audience in my mind. “I want to share these stories with the family that I know, and with those who are yet to be born.” For this reason I have asked my siblings, and members of their families, to help me to provide additional images of the ‘Werona’ landscape.
In late 2016, (having obtained permission from the present owners) a group of them made a road trip back to ‘Werona’, via Bollon. There had been good rain prior to their visit and so the countryside was green. It was however very hot. Even though it was a ‘flying trip’ the group had time to take hundreds of photos. I am particularly grateful to my nephew David Frazer, who is a gifted photographer, for allowing me to include a collection of his work. I ask that you respect his copyright. It is our hope that in sharing these images family members who may never have the opportunity to visit ’Werona’ will gain some sense of the place.
Frazer
- 1. FRAZER - From Kingussie, Scotland, to Sydney, Australia.
- 2. FRAZER - First to Cabramatta and then to Binda, New South Wales.
- 3. FRAZER/MARKS/LAMB - Meeting the neighbours
- 4. FRAZER/MARKS/LAMB - An Inn, Horse Races, and Gold;
- 5. FRAZER - Bullock Drays and Bushrangers.
- 6. FRAZER/MARKS - ‘Markdale’ - On the move again.
- 7. FRAZER/MARKS - They made a long trek north.
- 8. FRAZER - The Queensland story - By 1878 the Fraser family settled in Charleville.
- 9. FRAZER/STEWART/DOODY - Charleville 1892 - Alexander Frazer married Agnes Jane Stewart.
- 10. FRAZER - Wyandra 1905 - Alexander Jnr’s son, Alexander, works as a blacksmith.
- 11. FRAZER - Wyandra 1915 - 1921 - The Great War and A Soldier’s Memorial.
- 12. FRAZER - Will they still remember us?
- 13. FRAZER/GRANT - Wyandra 1921 - 26 - A Marriage, and Christmas Mistletoe.
- 14. FRAZER - Wyandra 1928 - A Fancy Dress Ball.
- 15. FRAZER - Wyandra 1920s - Bullock Wagons to Tractors and Trucks.
- 16. FRAZER - ‘Werona' via Bollon 1930s.
- 17. FRAZER - Barcaldine 1930’s - ‘Avonslea’
- 18. FRAZER - Barcaldine 1936 -1940s - ‘Avonslea’, Elm St. and a Flower Show.
- 19. FRAZER - Brisbane 1950s - 1960s - West End and Coorparoo.
- 20. FRAZER - Southport and Surfers Paradise.
- 21. FRAZER - ‘Werona’ and ‘Beneree’ 1955 to 1970 - ‘Of drought and flooding rain’
- 22. FRAZER - ‘Werona’ - Click go the shears
- 23. FRAZER - Cunnamulla - “I can see the water tower!”
- 24. FRAZER - Cunnamulla 1965 & 1966 - School Days
- 25. FRAZER - ‘Werona’ - The bush hath friends to meet him
- 26. FRAZER - ‘Werona’ - The magic of trees
- 27. FRAZER - ‘Werona’ - A portrait of our chook yard
- 28. FRAZER - ‘Werona’ - The moon is lonely in the sky
- 29. FRAZER - Toowoomba - ‘Someplace Green’
- 30. FRAZER Summary - Alexander Fraser & Margaret McBean to Alexander ('Sonny') Frazer.
- 31. FRAZER 2016 ’Werona’ revisited
- 32. FRAZER - Marks - Lamb - Stewart - Doody -The case is never closed.
