tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26498016.post4655253338131659095..comments2024-03-16T03:33:19.338+11:00Comments on Sydney Daily Photo: Seven Shillings Beach, Point PiperSallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459567597804197579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26498016.post-43432208937361003912011-05-21T22:43:37.300+10:002011-05-21T22:43:37.300+10:00hello all
well i object to the criticsm of this ...hello all <br /><br />well i object to the criticsm of this entrapenarial gent .. ihave been tracing my lieage to him (because of my familys repeated saying of quote..'my family owned all of point piper in sydney'end of quote. .. and finally i found an article about captain (foolhardy piper !! my study has brought me to the conclusion that he was a flamboyant and friendly man who was given many titles among which was 'prince of Australia ' which ,like it or not was not an easy title back in the early colonies ! <br />so come on give this man credit for much of the european culture we see developed in sydney today .. after all he had more friends in (high places than not. eg wentworth ,gov macquarie <br />i would like to much more acknowledgement given for his achievments than his failures ,which it seems were only imposed by an incoming govdarling ..who may have been unsure of pipers dealings anyway ..<br />pipers lifestyle in colonial times is yet to be seen as impressive by todays measures <br />from michellemichellefromozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13765628624526947697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26498016.post-73281931806123796392008-03-03T19:00:00.000+11:002008-03-03T19:00:00.000+11:00Fascinating history Sally - thanks!Fascinating history Sally - thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26498016.post-54899178513572235702008-02-25T05:47:00.000+11:002008-02-25T05:47:00.000+11:00LOL Julie! I hadn't thought about why he would kno...LOL Julie! I hadn't thought about why he would know the middle name of the Governor's wife. Sally, the photo makes me long to be right there on that beach instead of freezing my tutu off here in my chilly livingroom (your fall is coming soon. . .sigh). Do you think someone would come along and ask me to move my towel if I sat right there? What if I feigned not understanding English? Que senior? No comprende.. . . ;^)<BR/>-Kim<BR/>Seattle Daily PhotoKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687351187791689224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26498016.post-11526853793431934682008-02-24T16:01:00.000+11:002008-02-24T16:01:00.000+11:00And what, pray tell, did this dishonorable gentlem...And what, pray tell, did this dishonorable gentleman have going with the wife of the Governor? Was she the Beth Morgan of her time? If I recall correctly, Mrs Macq's Chair is where she used to have assigntions with a naval type. It really is a lovely stretch of the harbour. Such an outrage that we are made to feel in the wrong just for sitting there. And what the hell is the "the mean high water mark"? Grrrr ... ... <BR/><BR/>I like your "Welcome to country". I was moved to include mine by a post by Spike in Woy Woy. I checked mine on the City of Sydney site. Is yours just that more accurate? I'm not sure how a "welcome" should be phrased and yearn to get it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com