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Springsure is a great place, its quiet and serene, but has a fascinating history. I visited for 2 days to catch up with a lady who was a part of our church congregation recently. She has volunteered to help us with our websites and so I needed to arrange it. I was also able to view the Virgin Rock and take a photo. This is a naturally occuring phenomenon very popular with Catholics  because they can see the shape of a woman with a child n the rock. It is named Virgin Rock after the virgin Mary and Jesus her child. In the photo at right you can see the whole image (click to enlarge) and in the little one on the left you can see where I have outlined the shapes for you. During World War 2 the United States troops who were stationed at Springsure used the rock as target practice, so the clarity of the outline has deteriorated somewhat as a result. Springsure was also the site of a massacre of white settlers by aboriginals. (it was normally the other way around) and so Fort Rainworth was built to protect settlers. You can still visit the fort today. |