Marie Byles
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Marie Beuzeville Byles was an Australian solicitor, conservationist, feminist, explorer and journalist who was the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales. She was an original member of t
Byles, c. 1924
Marie Byles at graduation, University of Sydney, c. 1921
The Marie Byles lookout
'Ahimsa', the house that Byles built on the edge of Cheltenham, as it looked in 2015
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
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Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a mountain massif or small mountain range in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang, in Yunnan province, China. Its highest peak is named Shanzidou or Shan-Tzu-tou and it
Marie Byles
…In 1935 she climbed Mt Cook in New Zealand. After finding that an expedition to Alaska would be too expensive, in 1938 she led a large expedition to Mt Sansato, in Western China near the Tibetan border. At times her party of six in China, which included Dora de Beer, Mick Bowie and Marjorie Edgar-Jones, traveled…
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain towering over nearby Lijiang
High on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, tourists frolic (2013)
Public performance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre.
Yak and cascading pools with the mountain in the background