Friday, December 13, 2019

MOUNT BYRON PAINTED BY MARTHA COPE



MARTHA COPE (1860-1943)
Mount Byron (341 m - 1119 ft) 
Australia (Tasmania) 


The mountain 
Mount Byron   (341 m - 1119 ft) is a hill in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. The rugged terrain of the D'Aguilar Range in the east is protected within the D'Aguilar National Park.
Brown & Broad operated a timber sawmill at Mount Byron around 1912. By 1923 Raymond & Hossack were also operating a timber mill in the area. Mining operations commenced in 1918.Mount Byron State School opened on 29 May 1919 and closed on 17 January 1930.A large bushfire occurred in October 1926.

The painter 
Martha Cope is an Australian painter  about wee do not have any biographical details.

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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau