LETTERS CARVED ON ROCK

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Colour photo of letters carved on rock face.
Believed to be the Shepherd's Rock, carved by Parkhurst lad and shepherd Richard Kirby, and located at Dumbarton, Toodyay.
Letters AD 18.. (and) Kir.. can be deciphered.

Historical information

Kirby (1830‐1896) was a Parkhurst boy arrived in the colony in 1849 on the Ameer. The Parkhurst boys were juvenile offenders from the Isle of Wight's Parkhurst Prison, who were transported to the Australian and New Zealand colonies between 1842 and 1861.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1321

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

90 mm

Height or length

120 mm

Themes

Social History

Contextual Information

The following description of the carving referred to on the Heritage Council of WA's inHerit database listing for "Shepherd's Rock, Place No. 2473" matches this photograph.
"The carving ‘A.D. 1849 R. KIRBY’ following these letters are two symbols, a shepherd’s crook and a bottle. The carving is obscured by lichen growing on the surface of the rock but does not appear to be penetrating the surface and changing the form of the carving"

Believed to be associated with two other photographs in the Shire of Toodyay's collection: 2001.1294 & 2001.1420 both titled "Rock in paddock near watercourse".

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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