Description: The name for this town - pronoounced wogga wogga - comes from the local people, the Wiradgeri nation - derived from their word for dance or celebration. Before federation, this city was considered for the role of captial of Australia. This is a continuation of poking fun at T-shirts with big city names on them.
Description: The name for this town - pronoounced wogga wogga - comes from the local people, the Wiradgeri nation - derived from their word for dance or celebration. Before federation, this city was considered for the role of captial of Australia. This is a continuation of poking fun at T-shirts with big city names on them.
Description: There is always a risk when asking a local what to call a town, it might end up being called "Your finger" in the native language. In this case Yackandandah comes from the Dhudhuroa people and means "one boulder on top of another at the junction of two creeks". This is a continuation of poking fun at T-shirts with big city names on them
Description: There is always a risk when asking a local what to call a town, it might end up being called "Your finger" in the native language. In this case Yackandandah comes from Dhudhuroa and means "one boulder on top of another at the junction of two creeks". This is a continuation of poking fun at T-shirts with big city names on them.
Description: An illuminated Z from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated Y from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated X from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right. In fact this is the greek letter Chi which forms the Ch sound in Christ.
Description: An illuminated W from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated V from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated U from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated T from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated S from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated R from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated Q from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated O from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated K from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated E from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right. There is one curly feature of this one.. Prior to the middle ages there was no difference between Is and Js. Js were introduced at that time. This letter comes from the book of Jonah and was the initial to his name.
Description: An illuminated G from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
