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This is one more of my photos that was taken in Kurnell.
The Kurnell peninsula is the southern headland of Botany Bay. It is home to approximately 3000 residents and is a 10-15 minute drive from the centre of Cronulla.
The eastern side of the peninsula is part of Botany Bay National Park, with sheer sandstone cliffs dominating the coastline. Silver Beach provides protected swimming in Botany Bay, with views towards the city. Towra Point Nature Reserve is located on the western side of the suburb.
Cronulla and Woolooware are the only adjacent suburbs. La Perouse is located opposite, on the northern headland of Botany Bay.
There are two theories for the origin of the name Kurnell. It is either a deviation of an Aboriginal word "collonel" or a deviation of the name of an early settler, John Connell.
Kurnell is considered to be the birthplace of modern Australia, as it is the place where Captain James Cook landed on 29th April 1770, when navigating his way around Australia on his ship, the Endeavour. The landing place is located on the north-eastern part of the national park. Sutherland Point is named in honour of a crew member, Scotsman Forby Sutherland, who died of tuberculosis during their eight days here and was buried on the shore. Cape Solander is named after Swedish botanist Daniel Solander, a colleague of Joseph Banks. Inscription Point was named by the Australian Philosophical Society in 1822 when they secured a plaque to the cliff face to mark the point of the Endeavours crew first landing.
Dampier Street, Tasman Street and Torres Street commemorate other navigators in Australias history.
The first land grant of 700 acres was made in 1815, to Captain James Birnie, who established Alpha Farm. 'Alpha' is the first letter in the Greek alphabet and the name was thought appropriate for the first farm in the area. In 1821 John Connell Junior was also granted land here and used it for timber getting. His father purchased Alpha Farm from Birnie and by 1842 the Connell family's estate was over one thousand acres in size. In 1860, Alpha Farm was sold to Thomas Holt (1811-88), who owned most of the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla. The area was known as Birniemere for a time and Holtmere was once a locality.
Before the 1920s, Kurnell was used by fisherman as schools of several varieties of fish inhabited the Botany Bay foreshore and the open sea. Fishermen built numerous huts and shacks which sheltered them for the weekend fishing. During the Great Depression, from the late 1920s, many severely affected low-income families took up residence there. The area was known as Happy Valley. |
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- Tintin
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Good to see you posting again, Erim. I like this very nice b&w picture. There is a sense of the long journey starting for this big boat. The silhouette, the water & the light are very nicely captured. Well done!
Good job Erim.. well composed and framed, keep up the good work
aK
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- Texan
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(915) - [2006-11-05 17:59]
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Elegant simple inovative cool
Merhaba Erim.
Öncelikle siyah&beyaz çok iyi bir seçim olmuş, suyun üzerindeki doku harika görünüyor.^
3'te 1 kuralını güzelce uygulamışsın bu karede, silüet halindeki devasa gemiyi çerçeveye iyi yerleştirmişsin.
Ellerine ve gözlerine sağlık, paylaştığın için teşekkürler.
broadcaster.
hey erim wow..talk about contrast..looks a bit like a drawing than a photograph..BUT i like it :)
Annelisa
Hi Erim,
I really like this shot--is it daytime or nocturnal? There is so much reflection on the water that it is overwhelming, and I really enjoy the contrast between that and the silhouetted ship.
All the best,
Karen
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- Jan
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Beautiful sihouet with a great sunshine-reflection in the water.
Good composition!!
Janneke
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- EOSF1
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Great B&W picture Erim, great textures in the light and the composition is very well done, thanks!
Mario
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