Bishop's Well and Bishop Torres'
Beehouse on the east side of the Moore River |
This is the largest surviving example of
the wells sunk by Salvado, and also one of the oldest on
the Victoria Plains. In the early days, wells were made
very wide to hold a large quantity of water. A sapling
was weighted with a stone at one end and a chain and
bucket at the other then set into a forked post and
pivot. Using this age-old technique, water was raised
from the well and poured into a trough made of a hollowed
tree trunk. These wells made it possible to graze large
flocks of sheep on land previously thought too dry.
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