Mount Alexander is approximately 125 km north-west of Melbourne and 40Km south-east of Bendigo, near the town of Harcourt. Mount Alexander rises 744 metres above sea level and its name is associated with the surrounding district known as the the Shire of Mount Alexander, centred on Castlemaine. The mountain is included within the boundaries of the Mount Alexander Regional Park.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/125 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/80 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/40 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/40 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/40 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/30 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/15 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/60 sec
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Large scale quarrying of granite in the Mt Alexander area started in 1859 with stone supplied to the Melbourne to Echuca Railway. From the late 1880s Mt Alexander granite was used extensively on prestigious buildings in the centre of Melbourne includeing the Burke and Wills Memorial in the Melbourne General Cemetery (1864), the Princes Bridge (1888), Block Arcade (1892), Flinders Street Station (1910) and the former National Bank of Australasia Head Office Collins Street (1927)
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/250 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/320 sec
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The presence of flaws meant that there was considerable waste which is why there are many pieces apparently abandoned. The peak for this area's quarries was in the 1910s due to the increasing popularity of the stone for monumental work in cemeteries. With the use of stone in major buildings declining in the 1950s, the monumental use kept the quarries ticking along.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/160 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/400 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/100 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/125 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/1000 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/160 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f2.8, 1/640 sec
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