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January 25, 2024 - A day before the celebration of "Australia day" the statue of Captain Cook in St. Kilda, Australia, was sawn off at the ankles, with the words "The Colony Will Fall" painted on the statue's plinth.
#invasion day#anti-colonialism#st kilda#australia#australia day#statue#vandalism#indigenous#indigenous resistance#aboriginal#2024#monument#graffiti#spray paint#direct action#captain cook
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Today is World Heritage Day
Oiginally known as the International Monuments and Sites Da it is a global celebration of this planet’s heritage. It’s all about increasing the awareness of the importance of the diversity of cultural and natural heritage and preserving this heritage for future generations..
In Scotland we’re lucky enough to have no less than six UNESCO World Heritage Sites. they are;
St Kilda.
The remote Hebridean island archipelago is one of only two-dozen global locations with World Heritage Status for both natural and cultural significance.
The archipelago shares this honour with natural and cultural wonders such as the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru and Mount Athos in Greece.
I'd love to visit, but it is a wee bit too expensive for me.
Edinburgh Old and New Towns.
Some people have asked me which part of Edinburgh is covered by this title, well the simple answer is all of it!
The capital is a city of many eras, and its World Heritage Site comprises both the old and new towns. The Auld Toon has preserved much of its medieval street plan and Reformation-era buildings along the wynds of the Royal Mile.
The (relatively) New town contrasts this perfectly with neoclassical and Georgian architecture in regimented order.
Antonine Wall.
I've explored many parts of the wall. Constructed around 142 AD by the Romans, the Antonine Wall marked the north-west frontier of their empire. Stretching from the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, the Antonine Wall separated the civilised Romans from the wild Caledonians.
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney
I've not visited The Northen Isles as yet, plans were in the early stages to go this year, but my friend ended up in hospita and is still recuprating, hopefully we can get something sorted when she becomes more able.
The Orkney mainland is synonymous with archaeology. It boasts the mysterious standing stones at the Ring of Brodgar and megaliths at Standing Stones of Stenness, as well as the 5,000-year-old settlement of Skara Brae and chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe. Together these four sites form the heart of Neolithic Orkney, which was given World Heritage status in 1999.
The Forth Bridge
I remember as a bairn drawing and painting the bridge with a steam train going over it, but the train going over the "bumps!"
One of our most iconic and beloved bridges, the Forth Bridge was named a World Heritage Site in 2015 just after its 125th anniversary. The bridge was one of the most ambitious projects of its kind ever attempted at the time. When it opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world.
New Lanark
The last mill closed in the 1960s but a restoration programme saved the 18th-century village from falling into dilapidation.
It is an early example of utopian socialism in Scotland as well as a planned settlement – making New Lanark an important milestone in the historical development of urban planning. I have never visited, I must say I much prefer my ruined castles and abbeys.
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me: he’s so pretty
friends: he’s a podcast character he doesn’t have a face
me: yeah but have you seen him
#the magnus archives#tma#the penumbra podcast#st kilda#tsosk#this probably applies to like most podcasts but I’ve only listened to so many#the edge of sleep#teos
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The crofters are gone, but St Kilda is still home to millions of seabirds
#St Kilda#Boreray#Outer Hebrides#Atlantic Ocean#gannets#puffins#sea stacks#Scottish heritage#remote#archipelago#UNESCO World Heritage site#seabirds#edge of the world#UK
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🔴 Sold, thank you
St Kilda, Scotland. The UK's only dual UNESCO World Heritage Site. Home to nearly 1 million seabirds, including the UK's largest colony of Atlantic puffins.
My drawing is available…
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Inhabitants of the island of St Kilda, 1890
Albumen print by Alexander Hutchison (Scottish, 1840 - 1924)
St Kilda is located 40 miles west of Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Its inhabitants existed in isolation up until the 1880s when regular summer cruise steamers began to visit the island. The gaunt, pinched faces of the women attest to the harsh conditions of life on the island. In 1936 the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda were evacuated.
In the National Gallery of Scotland
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St. Kilda and Gair-fowl
I was recently gifted some water color materials and decided to practice with them by painting a island on the horizon
#speculative biology#speculative ecology#speculative evolution#traditional art#speculative zoology#traditional sketch#spectember#specposium#fanart#paleontology#paleo meme#paleo art#paleontologist#paleostream#paleomedia#paleoillustration#great auk#st kilda#watercolor#island#paleoart#paleoblr#paleobird#archipelago
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St Kilda Cemetery
St Kilda East, June 2023
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Western Bulldogs: hey can we have some north melbourne to play us into shape like everyone else
AFL: we have north melbourne at home
North Melbourne at home:
#afl#st kilda#western bulldogs#im just glad the doggies get this one after the media week they've had#i do not envy ross lyon#surely he'll get the bevo attention now
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📷 john johnstone
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Found slide: Luna Park entrance, St Kilda, Boon Wurrung country, Naarm Melbourne, 10 November 1968. Photo by Robert C Cook. Happy 110th birthday, Luna Park
#found slide#luna park#st kilda#boon wurrung country#naarm#melbourne#victoria#australia#ektachrome#robert c cook 1916-2002#1968
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On August 29th 1930 36 people, the entire population of St Kilda were evacuated from the island.
On 10 May 1930 the people of St Kilda sent a collective letter to William Adamson, the Secretary of State for Scotland, requesting that they should be evacuated from their home. By the end of August that year the evacuation was completed and the process of resettlement on the Scottish mainland had begun. The abandonment of St Kilda is sometimes described as one of the few occasions when the ending of a community has taken place in a voluntary fashion.
Generations had struggled to scrape a living from the unforgiving land far out in the Atlantic, but the 20th century had finally caught up with the harsh reality of existence there. It was a brutal process, as they carried their possessions and their furniture on their backs to the pier, the men had the unenviable task of drowning their working dogs in the sea, as they were not allowed to take them with them to the mainland, it was either that or leave them to starve, a very harsh ending to their life on the archipelago. Their cats were left to fend for themselves, but from what I can gather were eventually all killed off by the military over the next few years.
St Kilda is not unique, other Scottish Islands were abandoned beforehand, most notably, Handa, off Sutherland which met its doom in the 1840s. Mingulay, in the Outer Hebrides that was deserted by 1912. The Islands of St Kilda though had become a curiosity, a sort of freak show for tourists to observe.
St Kilda is actually the name given to the group of islands, though most people when quoting St Kilda, really mean the largest island where the actual village was, that is actually called Hirta, I myself when posting here have occasionally just title the photos St Kilda, rather than correcting myself, lazy, a wee bit I just find it easier than explaining the Island group each post.
Hirta was occupied by humans for over two thousands of years by various residents and there were many traditions handed down the generations, traditions influenced by monks, viking sailors, medieval rulers and landowners.
What remains there now are the ruins of both their original houses, mainly blackhouse type houses, alongside slightly newer houses which had been built for them in the later years. The layout of the 19th-century village remains to this day, and over 1,400 stone-built Cleit for storing food and fuel are scattered all over the islands, and even on the sea stacs.
In 1726 a St Kildan visited Harris, caught smallpox there, and died from it. His clothes were returned to St Kilda in 1727, and brought the disease with them. Most of the islanders died, only 1 adult and 18 children survived the outbreak. However, 3 men and 8 boys escaped the disease as they had been left on Stac an Armin to collect gannets. The disease spread while they were there and nobody could go to fetch them. They were eventually rescued 9 months later. The owner of St Kilda had to send people from Harris to repopulate St Kilda.
As if the harsh conditions weren’t enough the Islanders had to cope with the effects of the First World War, the Royal Navy erected a signal station on Hirta, and daily communications with the mainland were established for the first time in St Kilda’s history. In a belated response, a German submarine arrived in Village Bay on the morning of 15 May 1918 and, after issuing a warning, started shelling the island.
Seventy-two shells were fired, and the wireless station was destroyed. The manse, church & jetty storehouse were damaged, but no loss of life occurred. As a result of this attack, a 4-inch Mark III QF gun was erected on a promontory overlooking Village Bay, but it never saw military use.
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ST KILDA BEACH 🏖️
#fujifilm#photography#vintage#artwork#digital art#shoot2kill#xh2s#melbourne#st kilda#stkilda beach#skateboarding#skateboard#skatepark
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⭐️New Listing!⭐️
Original charcoal drawing - Birds over St Kilda, Scotland
This has just been added to my Etsy shop. If you want to find out more, visit here…
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#Scotland#drawing#St Kilda#Scottish Island#charcoal#Charcoal Drawing#artwork#Scottish Artist#Made In Scotland#Landscape#art#etsy
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