John, I would be pretty sure that it is not Majorca as that school was constructed of red-brick. The only one I know of bluestone in the district iwould be at Craigie - about half-way to Maryborough from Majorca. That building still stands although has been a private residence for many years. Regards John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Holmes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: Help to identify photo - Majorca? > Does anyone know anything that might help to identify this old school > photo? > http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2yzm0ly&s=5 > > I suspect it may be the Majorca school around mid-late 1890s, though it > also might be Carisbrook about 10-15 years later. > The photo was found among my father's papers after he died and we think > it came from his father b. 1891 who was a pupil at Majorca and later a > student teacher at Carisbrook. We can't identify anyone in the photo. > > The photographer Charlie Farr of Maryborough has been discussed here > before. From the archives I see he was active in Maryborough from 1892 > to 1904 (info posted by Lois Broad), which tends to rule out the > Carisbrook theory. > > If anyone is interested in the photo, I have it scanned at higher > resolution. > > Regards, > John Holmes > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.6/1889 - Release Date: 12/01/2009 8:18 PM