Monday 28 June 2021

The Dinning Room

The Dinning Room at Highfield House Stanley, Tasmania Australia.  

The readings on the table are rather interesting and gives some indication of what chatter was said back in the day. Click on the photo to make it larger is you wish to read. The remainder of photos are of the out buildings and horse stable.














44 comments:

  1. About Ms Hare and the aboriginal boy.
    I'm not in favor of moving children or adults from their natural environment, not only for slavery purposes but also for adoption.

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    1. Not that keen on it myself back in the day the white people didn't know any better Duta.

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  2. That little aboriginal boy's life would have been totally different if his father agreed let him go. Those stone buiding look good for their age. Nice photos!

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    1. Thanks Bill.
      The little boy, life for him would have been totally different if he went but his father had sense and kept him with him it seems.

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  3. Спасибо, Маргарет, очень интересная информация.
    Попросила сына перевести тексты.
    Не могу представить, как поступали с детьми.

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    1. Hope you got the text translated, it's not easy when it's text from a photo.

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  4. La mesa tiene un mantel de ganchillo y también hya un dibujo de la disposición de los platos y cubiertos en dicha mesa.

    Unos edificios que han dejado de funcionar, con los fines de cuando lo edificaron, pero ahí está el recuerdo de lo que ocurrió en el pasado.

    Besos

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    1. There is a memory of what happened back then, and it's good to have for us all to see and read.

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  5. Nice stone house! What's that silver oval dish on the table? For butter?

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    1. The dish of silver has a top on it and it was used to carry food such as bread, meat, cake - things like that and put the lid of to keep flies away and just general hygiene.

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  6. The 'conversations' on the table are a brilliant idea. I agree with Duta about the aboriginal boy though, and am glad that they didn't forcibly remove him.

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    1. I was interested in the dinner conversations, it's intriguing as to what they used to talk about way back. I too am pleased the aboriginal boy stayed with his dad, he would have been completely lost if he had gone.

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  7. Interesting "conversation" .
    Modern cuttlery.
    An interesting post.

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    1. Very interesting Catarina.
      The knifes look like the old type, not so sure about the forks, they look modern. It's a wonder someone has got some old ones to put on the table...oh well better than none I suppose.

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  8. I really enjoy posts like this aas I love history and found these posts top notch

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  9. All nice photographs.
    Have a good new week.

    All the best Jan

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  10. The conversations are interesting indeed. The first outbuilding is ever so English.

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    1. Could have stayed there for ages reading the tablecloth but decided to photograph and read later.
      I'm sure you have seen many building in England the same as the first one.

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  11. elegant and intriguing dining room dear Margaret !

    i agree that this fascinating environment of the room provokes to read and read only :)
    i loved the location so much!

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    1. Wonderful place to have a house with that view Baili.

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  12. Interesting piano or...? Great pictures. The horrors of the discoveries in Canada have everyone doing some serious re-thinking about the things that were done.

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    1. I presume it's some kind of piano, would be bought out from England on a ship that took 3 months or more to sail here.
      Same here and has been for a good while now - things of the past!

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    1. It is interesting and I expect you can't read it being in English - sorry.

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    1. That's for sure, always like to know about the past as in history.

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  15. Interesting readings on the dining table. A dining table that have many interesting people sitting their for meals.

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    1. Oh I'm sure many a decision was made at that table or opinion Nancy.

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  16. Me gusta el comedor y como esta conservado todo. Te mando un beso

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    1. I presume a fair bit of restoring was involved to get the building and furniture up to date and looking nice.

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  17. It is a privilege as it is preserved and as part of our past is shown, as life and the environment where it developed took place.
    Happy week.
    Best regards.

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    1. Thank you and it's pleasing that it's all still looked after so we can visit it to see how people lived way back.

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  18. Houses looks great and strong! Beautiful photos.

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  19. Tus fotografías se ven muy bien, el comedor me ha encantado. Besos Margaret.

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  20. I can't honesty say that the imagined dinner conversations were good ones, but then they were most likely appropriate for the time period and location. I did enjoy the exterior and interior shots, Margaret as history is a passion of mine as well.

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    1. Thanks Beatrice, conversation was right for those times as you say, certainly not these days.

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  21. It is such a bright, well lit home inside, and inviting. The history presented on the table is fascinating.

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    1. There must have been so much laughter in that house over the years with all the children - it feels wonderful to be inside that house.
      Lot's of history for sure Cynthia.

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