I believe the first bridge to span Diamond Creek was built by my great-grandfather Joshua Higgs in1853. Joshua was also a renowned artist and this is his original sketch painting of that structure which was the first of many construction works he completed after leaving England in 1852.
Much of his fine art and history is housed in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston.
Geoff Smedley Launceston, Tasmania
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