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The Lime Pits
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Uploaded: 07/14/15 6:40 AM GMT
The Lime Pits
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Large amounts of lime were needed to make mortar for bricklaying.Shell gangs carried out the backbreaking task of hauling and crushing loads of shells, which were then burnt in pits or kilns for several days to make lime. Water, sand and animal hair were then mixed in to make mortar. Sometimes human hair was mixed into shell mortar when animal hair was scarce. In 1832 a Sydney newspaper reported that 400 convicts on Norfolk Island had been shorn for this purpose.
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.GIGIBL
07/14/15 10:11 AM GMT
Lovely shot very well captured Frank.
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I never realized all the ingredients utilized to make a mortar. Nice perspective of the bend in the wall and road, Frank.
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Smile, without a reason why. Love, as if you were a child, Smile, no matter what they tell you Don't listen to a word they say Cause life is beautiful that way. (From the film "Life Is Beautiful")
Let's have a picnic. One thing about being shorn is that you don't have a bad hair day for a while.
Another nice shot, Frank.
Another nice shot, Frank.
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It looks so nice and peaceful now but what a history - such backbreaking work.
Shearing convicts - they lived a brutal life the they get their hair stolen :(
Shearing convicts - they lived a brutal life the they get their hair stolen :(
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
Interesting bit of history Frank. The scene looks serene for all its past anguish.
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Life is a Constant Audition
Very well written narrative to go along with this good image.
tigs=^..^=
tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
Interesting narrative but really sad the way these people were treated prisoners or not.
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"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!
It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
Really interesting info on this site, great shot and depth, terrible how they use to treat human beings.
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VIEWED IN FULL
An interesting narrative and good capture of the scene, Frank.
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Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. -- Philip K. Dick, Valis