Rocklea Road off Mercy Street

The Fallen

artist: H. Blakey

 

 

 

i do not want to go out as
frenzied molecules trapped by
tough air
as if all moments are this, of this
& more or less, this.

 we dance with jack
through thinning air
our desires a questionnaire.

Shelton Lea

1946-2005
 April 2005

 

 

 

 

Aspiring Australian fashion designers were tasked with creating a glamorous red carpet dress,

inspired by Darrell Lea confectionary

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Jason Durard Lea (1942-2005) was born a candy-man. He inherited his love of chocolate from his grandparents, Harry and Esther Lea. They opened their first confectionary shop - Darrell Lea -  in Sydney’s Haymarket in 1927 and raised their four sons with a consuming commitment to the business. Jason’s father Monty was the second of their four sons

Born in 1943, Jason was Monty and Val’s eldest son – and the first of seven children to grow up in what seemed a children’s paradise. With chocolate factories as playgrounds, Val’s brood was recorded beautifully with her 16mm film camera. But belying the halcyon imagery was an unconventional family where allegiance to business was to rival their love for each other.

Three of Jason’s siblings were adopted. While all were encouraged to work in the factories as youngsters, only biological Leas eventually inherited Lea wealth. As the adopted children - one of whom was Shelton Lea - gradually lost touch with the Leas, Jason and his younger brother Lael were fed into the business. [read more] 

 

Shelton-Lea B&B

Katoomba, Blue Mountains

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