D.H . Lawrence's 99 Days in Australia
"SPIRIT OF PLACE"
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The places Lawrence went to in Australia
| Lawence and Frieda arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, aboard SS Orsova on May 4, 1922. They stayed in Perth for two nights before travelling 15 miles east to Darlington, before going on to Sydney aboard MV Malwa. They spent two nights and three days in Sydney, then travelled further south to Thirroul, where they rented "Wyewurk", their "cottage by the sea", returning to Sydney from time-to-time. They left Australia on August 14 for New Zealand, en route to the USA. The pictures below and over-page chronicle Lawrence's travels in Australia. |
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In Western Australia Lawrence & Frieda stayed at Leithdale(DHLSA President Rob Darroch in foreground) |
Rose Cottage, Darlington, where Lawrence visited Mollie Skinner's mother |
A commemorative plaque on pavement at Circular Quay, Sydney, where Lawrece arrived on May 27, 1922 |
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Sydney's Circular Quay around 1922 showing ferries arriving & departing & a liner berthed at the P&O wharf |
"Billabong", the Narrabeen house "set sideways to the lagooon" which Lawrence visited on his second day in Sydney. The house was photographed in the 1920s, but today only the palms survive. |
A painting of "Billabong" before it was demolished in the 1960s |
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Painting of Craig Street frontage of "Wyewurk"by Paul Delprat |
"Wyewurk", Thirroul, with Lawrence writing in the garden facing the sea |
McCauley Beach, Thirroul, where Lawrence & Frieda often walked (painting by Grace Cossington-Smith) |
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