Manifold Clock Tower, Camperdown, Victoria between 1897-1905ish. Image from here.
The original construction of the 31.4 metre high Gothic Revival style tower was funded by the pioneering Camperdown family, the Manifolds, in memory of Thomas Peter Manifold who died in a hunting accident in 1895 at the age of 32.
As you do.
the elms that line the street went in around the same time.
A man who knows the tower well
and the Robbie Burns Festival bc Camperdown is, as we all know, also home to the oldest statue of the poet himself. It was once perfectly fine amongst the Gardens until it was vandalised (what could they have against the Scots?!) so now it's in the Council Offices. i hope they're happy.
It's said that as settlement went west,the Irish went as far as Koroit and the Scots folk went on. this isnt entirely true, of course, but a nice enough yarn.

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