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A USTRALASIA ILL USTRA TED. 



determined, however, by the Church authorities to remove this college to Sydney so as 

 to be near the University. The principal public institution of the place is a benevolent 

 asylum for old men. This charity has its head-quarters in a rambling old building on 

 the west hank of George's River, with a quadrangle in which sleep, sheltered by a 

 meagre awning of canvas, the tough veterans accustomed to exposure in the bush. The 

 inmates of the asylum number eight hundred. Many of these, years ago, were strong 

 and stalwart busk-men active on the shearing-floor, intrepid in the stock-yard and the 

 cattle-camp ; and some have trod the unknown and sterile desert with early exploring 

 parties. Hut wages went as freely as they came, and age crept on without any provision. 

 Many of them, though old, are remarkably hale, notwithstanding a rough and hard 

 experience ; they afford a proof of the healthiness of a country life, passed in the open 

 air, beneath the blue sky and the fervid sun of Australia. These old fellows no longer 

 take an interest in the affairs that occupy the remainder of the world. They are resting 

 here before passing the final stage. Captious are they on some points. When, a few 

 years ago, a damp corner of the cemetery was set apart for paupers, the old men arose 

 and carried their grievance to the Rev. Mr. Walker, at that time incumbent of the 

 old church of St. Luke's. The reverend gentleman at first argued that it made slight 

 difference to the immortal soul where the spiritless body might be laid, but being unsuc- 

 cessful in convincing his hearers, he concluded his remonstrance with a promise that his 



body should rest with 

 their own. The pro- 

 mise was kept, and the 

 clergyman's tomb is in 

 the damp corner. 



The Anglican 

 church of St. Luke's 

 was erected by convict 

 labour in the year 

 1819. When, several 

 years ago, its interior 

 fittings were removed, 

 there was found, under 

 the floor of the gallery 

 formerly occupied by 

 the convict portion of 

 the congregation, a 

 number of old Spanish 

 dollars. This discovery 

 was taken as evidence 



that during the services a little gambling was done. Besides St. Luke's, a note- 

 worthy piece of prisoners' handiwork is the massive stone bridge over Prospect Creek, 

 consisting of a single arch, the span of which is one hundred and twenty feet. The 

 design is placed to the credit of David Lennox, and the foundation stone was laid 

 over fifty years ago. A monument to Captain Cook ornaments the recreation 



ST. JOHNS CHURCH, CAMPBELLTOWN. 



reserve. 



