点评:What an amazing homestead the Kanyaka Ruins would have been in its time. The other amazing fact it was established in February 1852 by Hugh Proby as a sheep and cattle station. At its pinnacle there were 70 families living and working there. The station had to be self-sufficient and Kanyaka station grew to include a large homestead, cottages for workers, workshops, huts and sheds, mostly built from local stone due to limited supplies of workable local timber.
Like several other properties in the area after severe droughts with severe losses of livestock, the station was abandoned. As we wandered the ruins, we tried to imagine what it may have looked like, what room was where, where the furnishings came from, what were the residents like, after the station was abandoned where did the families go.
The stone creek bed behind the homestead is stunning with well worn rocks and majestic gum trees, but could be hazardous if hit with flash floods. Just over the creek bed is the Farina homestead cemetery - also a must to see when at the ruins. We missed the shearing shed, deliberately leaving it till the next trip.
Don’t drive past Kanyaka on the Flinders Ranges Way, it is amazing piece of South Australian history. I acknowledge the local First nations peoples on whose lands Kanyaka was built.
翻译:坎亚卡遗址在当时是多么令人惊叹的家园。另一个令人惊叹的事实是,它是由休·普罗比于 1852 年 2 月建立的,当时是一个绵羊和牛站。在鼎盛时期,有 70 个家庭在那里生活和工作。该站必须自给自足,坎亚卡站发展成为一个大型家园、工人小屋、车间、小屋和棚屋,由于可加工的当地木材供应有限,这些房屋大多由当地石材建造。
和该地区的其他几处房产一样,在严重干旱和牲畜严重损失后,该站被废弃了。当我们漫步在废墟中时,我们试图想象它可能是什么样子,哪个房间在哪里,家具从哪里来,居民是什么样的,车站被废弃后,家庭去了哪里。
家园后面的石头河床令人惊叹,有磨损严重的岩石和雄伟的桉树,但如果遭遇山洪暴发,可能会很危险。河床对面就是法里纳宅基地墓地——也是参观遗址时必看的地方。我们错过了剪羊毛棚,故意留到下次再去。
不要在弗林德斯山脉路经过坎亚卡,这是南澳大利亚历史上令人惊叹的一页。我感谢当地的原住民,坎亚卡就是在他们的土地上建造的。