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Wikimedia Commons - John Robert McPherson - Own work.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/shrine_of_remembrance_anzac_square_ann_st_brisbane_dscf7695.jpgShrine_of_Remembrance,_Anzac_Square,_Ann_St_Brisbane_DSCF7695Stylised ‘scallop’ versions of acanthus leaves around the top of the Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Ann St, Brisbane. 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(BRGHS)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/john3.jpgjohn3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/john2.jpgjohn2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/john.jpgjohn2023-05-17T00:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/16/constance-clyde/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-clyde.pngfeat-clydeSuffragette marchhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cclyde1935.jpgcclyde1935https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cclyde1903a2.jpgcclyde1903a2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cclyde1903a.jpgcclyde1903a2023-05-15T23:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/10/burial-ground-1862/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-1862.jpegfeat-1862Looking across the former Paddington Cemetery, c. 1870. (Qld State Archives)2023-05-09T06:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/07/lost-graveyard-terranora-creek/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/terranora3.jpgterranora3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/terranora2.jpgterranora2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-terranora.jpgfeat-terranorahttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-terranoraa.jpgfeat-terranoraAThe dry dock (constructed 1898) on the Tweed, 1937. This was located near the old graveyard. (John Oxley Library)2023-05-05T22:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/06/taylor/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-awing.jpgfeat-awingA-Wing, Boggo Road, circa 1914. (Comptroller-General's Report)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/taylor-1.jpgtaylorhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/taylor.jpgtaylor2023-05-04T21:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/05/death-contraption/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-gallows.jpgfeat-gallowsFannie Bay Gallows. (K. Hodge, Flickr)2023-05-04T06:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/04/slim-halliday/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-slim.jpgfeat-slimSketch of Slim Halliday running down the Boggo Road internal track. (BRGHS)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/slim4.jpgslim4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/slim3.jpgslim3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/slim2.jpgslim2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/slim1.jpgslim12023-05-04T01:20:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/02/cleveland/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-cleveland.jpgfeat-clevelandCleveland, 1885. https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cleveland.jpgcleveland2023-05-02T00:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/03/logan-crocodile-2/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/croc4.jpgcroc4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/croc3.jpgcroc3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-crocodile-1.jpgfeat-crocodileThe Logan crocodile, 1905. https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/croc2.jpgcroc2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/croc1.jpgcroc1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-crocodile.jpgfeat-crocodileSketch of crocodile.2023-05-02T00:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/01/evil-clown/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-clown.jpgfeat-clownPainting of sad clown2023-05-01T10:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/01/fake-ghost-photo/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-hobart.jpgfeat-hobartHobart Convict Penitentiaryhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tasghost2.jpgtasghost2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tasghost1.jpgtasghost12023-05-01T02:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/01/woman-in-black/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lib3.jpglib3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lib2.jpglib2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lib.jpglibhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-lib.jpgfeat-libWoman in mourning clothes in cemetery.2023-05-01T02:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/28/yeppoon-whale-tragedy/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-yepoon.jpgfeat-yepoonBreaching Humpback. https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/yeppoon1-1.jpgyeppoon1-1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/yeppoon1.jpgyeppoon12023-04-27T23:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/28/queensport-aquarium/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/queensport5.jpgqueensport5https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/queensport4.pngqueensport4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/queensport3.jpgqueensport3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/202023_103136.jpg202023_103136https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/queensport2.jpgqueensport2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-queensport.jpgfeat-queensportReal Estate ad showing the neighbouring Aquarium Estate in 1889. (John Oxley Library)2023-04-27T22:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/27/st-john-the-baptist-bircle/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-stjohn.jpgfeat-stjohnChurch of St John the Baptist, Bircle.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn13.jpgstjohn13The door of the Church Inn, which is a few inches shorter than my six-foot height. The inscription over the door refers to Robert and Elizabeth Diggle, who opened the pub as 'Tap Laish' back in 1730. (C. Dawson, 2018)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn12.jpgstjohn12The old Church Inn is right next to the churchyard and proved to be a perfect spot for a pint and a spot of lunch. (C. Dawson, 2018) https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn11.jpgstjohn11History displays inside St John’s. (C. Dawson, 2018)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn10.jpgstjohn10A Celtic Cross in a Church of England churchyard. This is decorated with what seems to be acanthus. (C. Dawson, 2018)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn9.jpgstjohn9A symbol I hadn’t seen before. A mourning woman embraces a draped urn. (C. Dawson)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn8.jpgstjohn8The weeping willow tree is a symbol found on quite a few English headstones. Here it shelters a mourning woman. (C. Dawson, 2018) https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn7.jpgstjohn7‘In remembrance of Hannah, the daughter of William and Sarah Hall, of Wolstenholme Hall, who departed this life on Dec. 31st 1855, aged 13 months and 11 days.’ (C. Dawson, 2018)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn6.jpgstjohn6September greenery on the beautifully-inscribed stones. (C. Dawson, 2018)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stjohn5.jpgstjohn5Thick moss on the granite headstones. (C. Dawson, 2018)2023-04-26T23:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/26/scandal-in-ipswich-and-goodna/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ppbs.jpgppbshttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-ipswich.jpgfeat-ipswichIpswich General Cemetery, 2021.2023-04-25T21:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/public-talks/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/51284653108_04327d7818_hh-1.jpg51284653108_04327d7818_hh-1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/51284653108_04327d7818_h-1.jpg51284653108_04327d7818_h-1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/talk4.jpgtalk4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/talk3.jpgtalk3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/talk2.jpgtalk2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/talk1.jpgtalk12023-04-25T00:06:59+00:00weekly0.6https://dawsonchris.com/blog-2/2023-04-24T23:56:18+00:00weekly0.6https://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/boggo-road-heritage-and-arts/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-boggo.jpgfeat-boggoInside of a Boggo Road cellblock.2023-04-24T22:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/25/german-mission/2023-04-24T22:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/25/german-mission-2/2023-04-24T21:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/25/johnny-cash/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-cash.jpgfeat-cashJohnny Cash outside Folsom Prison2023-04-24T21:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/25/boggo-road-burials-mystery/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/burial2.jpgburial2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/burial.jpgburialhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-burial.jpgfeat-burialSection 6B, South Brisbane Cemetery2023-04-24T20:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/brisbane-river/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-convict.jpgfeat-convictMoreton Bay Penal Settlement, Henry Boucher Bowerman, 1835. (John Oxley Library) https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/river.jpgriver2023-04-24T08:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/fakelore-finger/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-finger.jpgfeat-fingerPrinting presses, 19th or 20th century. 2023-04-24T08:37:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/fake-history-wolston/2023-04-24T06:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/fixing-brisbane-cemeteries/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-toowong.jpgfeat-toowongMain entrance gates at Toowong Cemetery, 2009.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fix3.jpgfix3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fix2.jpgfix2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fix1.jpgfix12023-04-24T06:26:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/national-trust-ethics/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hunt1.jpghunt1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-hunts.jpgfeat-huntsWolston House, circa 1890s.2023-04-24T05:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/moon-man/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-moon.jpgfeat-moonRussian stamp commemorating Nicholas Miklouho-Maclayhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/moon2.jpgmoon2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/moon3.jpgmoon3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/moon1.jpgmoon12023-04-24T05:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/27/tangalooma/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-tangalooma.jpgfeat-tangaloomaTwo whale carcasses being dragged ashore at Tangalooma Whaling Station, ca. 1957https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/workers-with-part-of-a-whale-carcass-at-tangalooma-whaling-station-ca.-1957.jpgworkers-with-part-of-a-whale-carcass-at-tangalooma-whaling-station-ca.-1957https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/workers-at-the-whaling-station-tangalooma-ca.-1957.jpgworkers-at-the-whaling-station-tangalooma-ca.-1957https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/two-whale-carcasses-being-dragged-ashore-at-tangalooma-whaling-station-ca.-1957.jpgtwo-whale-carcasses-being-dragged-ashore-at-tangalooma-whaling-station-ca.-1957https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/australian.jpgaustralianhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/whale-carcass-after-being-pulled-ashore-tangalooma-whaling-station-ca.-1957.jpgwhale-carcass-after-being-pulled-ashore-tangalooma-whaling-station-ca.-1957https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tangalooma-whaling-station.nev-worked-here-1950s-photograph-queensland-state-library.jpgtangalooma-whaling-station.nev-worked-here-1950s-photograph-queensland-state-libraryhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sylviaadam_wordpress_com.jpgsylviaadam_wordpress_comhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/looking-towards-the-whaling-station-at-tangalooma-from-the-water-1952.jpglooking-towards-the-whaling-station-at-tangalooma-from-the-water-1952https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/wh.jpgwh2023-04-24T04:43:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/sperm-whales/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-whale.jpgfeat-whaleSperm whale.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sw4.jpgsw4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sw3.jpgsw3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sw2.jpgsw2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sw1.jpgsw12023-04-24T04:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/26/cemetery-work/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-cemwork.jpgfeat-cemworkWarwick Cemetery, December 2022. 2023-04-24T00:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/29/steele-rudd/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-kenniffs.jpgfeat-kenniffs Patrick and James Kenniff at their arraignment.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rudd3.jpgrudd3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rudd2.jpgrudd2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rudd1.jpgrudd12023-04-23T23:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/hempen-halter/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-hempen.jpgfeat-hempenInterior of 'A Wing', Boggo Road, circa 1914.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hempen2.jpghempen2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hempen1.jpghempen12023-04-23T23:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/24/you-only-die-twice/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-face.jpgfeat-faceOld photograph in headstone, South Brisbane Cemetery, 2019.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/yodt2.jpgyodt2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/yodt.jpgyodt2023-04-23T21:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/28/million-thanks/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-heywood.jpgfeat-heywoodHeywood in History screenshothttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/202023_103149.jpg202023_103149https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20221226_085825.jpg20221226_0858252023-04-23T21:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/04/camooweal/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-camooweal.jpgfeat-camoowealAnti-Chinese cartoon in the Queensland Figaro and Punch, 14 July 1888.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/pekin.pngpekin2023-04-23T21:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/20/woogaroo/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/feat-asylum.jpgfeat-asylumGoodna Hospital for the Insane (formerly Woogaroo Asylum), 1919.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/asylum.jpgasylum2023-04-23T20:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/25/pre-1893-floods/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-flood1864.jpgfeat-flood1864Charlotte Street during the flood of March 1864.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/flood-1.jpgfloodhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/flood.jpgflood2023-04-23T20:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/05/01/preserve-and-to-protect/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tpp-1.jpgtpphttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tpp.jpgtpp2023-04-23T04:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/23/gulf-country/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-gulf.jpgfeat-gulfhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/norm-1.jpgnormhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/norm.jpgnorm2023-04-23T04:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/19/groundbreaking-report/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog8.jpgblog8https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog7.jpgblog7https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog6.jpgblog6Volunteers working in the South Brisbane Cemetery.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog5.jpgblog5https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog4.jpgblog4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog3.jpgblog32023-04-22T21:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/20/talks-in-an-old-cemetery/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-talks.jpgfeat-talks 'History Among the Graves' talk, South Brisbane Cemetery, July 2022. 2023-04-22T21:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/19/a-part-of-her/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-kauri.jpgfeat-kauriKauri 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paddock at Toombul, ca.1888. https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog9.jpgblog9https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog10.jpgblog10https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blog11.jpgblog112023-04-22T06:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/20/observations-toorbal-1/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-zion1.jpgfeat-zion1Extract from Carl F. Gerler's sketch of the German Mission Station at Zion's Hill, 1846.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/zion.jpgzion2023-04-22T05:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/20/observations-toorbal-2/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-zion.jpgfeat-zionhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/zionhouses.jpgzionhouses2023-04-22T05:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/20/seven-devils/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-devil.jpgfeat-devilPrinter's Devil over main entrance, old Printing Office, George Street, Brisbane.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1ad0b-government2bprinters2boffice2bbrisbane2b1921close.jpgGovernmentPrintersOfficeBrisbane1921closehttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/titv-1.jpgtitv-1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/titv.jpgtitvhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/government-printers-office-brisbane-1921.jpggovernment-printers-office-brisbane-1921https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/devil4.jpgdevil4https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/devil3.jpgdevil3https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/diego_de_la_cruz_la_virgen_de_la_misericordia_con_los_reyes_catolicos_y_su_familia._monasterio_de_las_huelgas_burgos.pngdiego_de_la_cruz_la_virgen_de_la_misericordia_con_los_reyes_catolicos_y_su_familia._monasterio_de_las_huelgas_burgoshttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/devil2.jpgdevil2https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/devil1.jpgdevil12023-04-22T05:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/20/windmill-tower/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-windmill.jpgfeat-windmillDepiction of the 1841 hanging (Telegraph, 10 March 1970)https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/windmill-hangingb-1.jpgwindmill hangingbhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/river-1.jpgriver-1https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mill.pngmillhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/windmill-hangingb.jpgwindmill-hangingb2023-04-22T04:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/22/tattoo-guns/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-tattoo.jpgfeat-tattooPrison tattoo, Boggo Road, 1988.https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tattoodisplay.jpgtattoodisplayhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tattoohiv.jpgtattoohivhttps://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dcp_0038-1.jpgdcp_0038-12025-02-20T16:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dawsonchris.com/2023/04/21/mount-coot-tha/https://dawsonchris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feat-cootha.jpgfeat-coothaMt Coot-tha, 1910. 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