The Lady Parkes

Photograph of Henry Parkes on one of his many visits to the Shire that would one day bear his name. The sign in front of the gold (now faded) originally read ‘New Bushman’s Hill Tribute – Parkes. “The Lady Parkes” 1347 oz’ In this photograph (standing, left to right) T Faull, J Mackay, Sir Henry Parkes, D Jones, H Ensor, Albert William Buzzacott (local manager of the Bank of Australasia), R Copp, M Fifield, J Warn, J Faull, HS Harwood, (sitting) R Wright (Mine Manager), Lady Eleanor Parkes and son Charles Henry. Source: Parkes: A Photographic History by Ian Chambers, 1988 Self-published: Parkes, NSW page 45

Photograph of Henry Parkes on one of his many visits to the Shire that would one day bear his name. The sign in front of the gold (now faded) originally read ‘New Bushman’s Hill Tribute – Parkes. “The Lady Parkes” 1347 oz’ In this photograph (standing, left to right) T Faull, J Mackay, Sir Henry Parkes, D Jones, H Ensor, Albert William Buzzacott (local manager of the Bank of Australasia), R Copp, M Fifield, J Warn, J Faull, HS Harwood, (sitting) R Wright (Mine Manager), Lady Eleanor Parkes and son Charles Henry. Source: Parkes: A Photographic History by Ian Chambers, 1988 Self-published: Parkes, NSW page 45