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 John Richard Green.
-===== Camping Thirthy Years Ago =====
+===== Camping Thirty Years Ago =====
 In 1907 there was published in London "The Campers' Handbook", written by T. H. Holding, in which is offered friendly advice on all aspects of camping to those interested in following this sport.
-The author tells us that he himself first camped when a lad of nine, on the prairies of ',,merica before the building of the railway, when the plains were inhabited by Redskins, antelopes and buffalo. The love of camping evidently got into his blood, and later there followed canoe trips and cycling trips through England, Ireland and Scotland* He thought out gadgets, tested equip ent and experimented to such a degree as fully to qualify ha.: to give advice to others.' Much of this advice stands good for to-day, but many of his unjunctions must bring a smile to the lips of bushwalkers. Here are some extracts from his views on Women (or, rather, Ladies) and camping. Read carefully, oh you tigers and tigeresses -- the latter may blush becomingly, if they know the art!
-"The influx of women into camping has proved one thing of great importance to the movemant, viz, that it is NOT a dangerous and absurd pastime fit only fer those who are reckless of their health and reputation* We can see the most delicate matrons and maids walking about with their bare legs and feet in the dew, fetching and carrying, cooking and tidying about the camp, and all tiL while doing it with a smile that won't wash off, and with such a large sense of enjoyment as to suggest a honeymoon on a large scale l They not only grace a camp by their presence but give to it a homeliness and happiness it could not otherwise have."
+The author tells us that he himself first camped when a lad of nine, on the prairies of America before the building of the railway, when the plains were inhabited by Redskins, antelopes and buffalo. The love of camping evidently got into his blood, and later there followed canoe trips and cycling trips through England, Ireland and Scotland. He thought out gadgets, tested equipment and experimented to such a degree as fully to qualify him to give advice to others. Much of this advice stands good for to-day, but many of his unjunctions must bring a smile to the lips of bushwalkers. Here are some extracts from his views on Women (or, rather, Ladies) and camping. Read carefully, oh you tigers and tigeresses -- the latter may blush becomingly, if they know the art!
+"The influx of women into camping has proved one thing of great importance to the movement, viz. that it is NOT a dangerous and absurd pastime fit only for those who are reckless of their health and reputation. We can see the most delicate matrons and maids walking about with their bare legs and feet in the dew, fetching and carrying, cooking and tidying about the camp, and all the while doing it with a smile that won't wash off, and with such a large sense of enjoyment as to suggest a honeymoon on a large scale! They not only grace a camp by their presence but give to it a homeliness and happiness it could not otherwise have."
 And here is praise indeed for these "delicate matrons and maids":-
-"Perhaps I may be permitted to say here that I have seen them excel men
-in smartness and cleverness. How quickly they pick up the making and mounting of a tent and its appliances; the cooking and tidying up; and how they take to the Bathing! How the beautiful spirit of brightness and the marry ring of their laughter within hearing of the man is an added pleasure to
+"Perhaps I may be permitted to say here that I have seen them excel men in smartness and cleverness. How quickly they pick up the making and mounting of a tent and its appliances; the cooking and tidying up; and how they take to the Bathing! How the beautiful spirit of brightness and the merry ring of their laughter within hearing of the man is an added pleasure to all."
-In regard to mixed camping Mr*Holding's advice is that "single ladies should camp not far from the married quarters but quite separate. It should be an understood thing that the chaperonage of the senior lady present should be recognised throughout. It is extremely pleasant to have ladies in camp who have the necessary adaptability, not to mention the genius for affability and good fellowship. Ladies exercise a reserve, give an agreeable tone and add grace to the camps Where brother and sister camp together he recommends separate tents, or a larger tent made into two by a DIVISION.
+In regard to mixed camping Mr.Holding's advice is that "single ladies should camp not far from the married quarters but quite separate. It should be an understood thing that the chaperonage of the senior lady present should be recognised throughout. It is extremely pleasant to have ladies in camp who have the necessary adaptability, not to mention the genius for affability and good fellowship. Ladies exercise a reserve, give an agreeable tone and add grace to the camps! Where brother and sister camp together he recommends separate tents, or a larger tent made into two by a DIVISION.
 A whole chapter is devoted to Ladies' Camping Dress..
-"THE SKIRT. The one beat for camping should finish three inches off the ground. It will do three yards in length around the boton." (I would say "hem"). "Knickerbockers should be worn - not too full and with a band at the knee. All undergarments should be of wool and certainly not heavy. The best are combinations which keep their position during exercise and, while fitting the figure, give all
-the necessary freedom. Being wool, they kcal) the temperature of the body more even."
+"THE SKIRT. The one beat for camping should finish three inches off the ground. It will do three yards in length around the bottom." (I would say "hem"). "Knickerbockers should be worn - not too full and with a band at the knee. All undergarments should be of wool and certainly not heavy. The best are combinations which keep their position during exercise and, while fitting the figure, give all the necessary freedom. Being wool, they keep the temperature of the body more even."
-Mr.Holding found it "difficult and possibly dangerous" to write about women's headgear. "Caps do not suit a lady. Ak bowler hat she cannot well year camping -- it is not possible for the majority of ladies to have any kind of hat that goes on the head as it has to be pinned on the top of arranged hair."
-One cannot help but heave a sigh of regret for the "good old days" of trailing skirts, bird's-nest's hair, and delicate womanly laughterS
+Mr.Holding found it "difficult and possibly dangerous" to write about women's headgear. "Caps do not suit a lady. A bowler hat she cannot well wear camping -- it is not possible for the majority of ladies to have any kind of hat that goes on the head as it has to be pinned on the top of arranged hair."
-Without adventure, civilization is in full decay si.Nahitehead.
+One cannot help but heave a sigh of regret for the "good old days" of trailing skirts, bird's-nest's hair, and delicate womanly laughter!
+Without adventure, civilization is in full decay - A.N.Whitehead.
 ===== The Spirit of Garrawarra =====
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 by Frank Cramp.
-The scone is a Blackfellowts camp fire, around which sit a group of young men and one old man.
+The scene is a Blackfellow's camp fire, around which sit a group of young men and one old man.
 YOUNG MAN: The strange people who landed at the Bay of the Stingrays have gone in their great canoes like those who were here when we were still unmade men. Now we can hunt and fish just as we always did.
-OLD MAIN: Never again, or at least only for a little time. Our day is done. Last night, whilst the camp slept, the Fire Spirit spoke to me th:ough the glow of my fire. He said:
-"You are an old man. You have seen the men of the Garrawarra Tribe grow from childhood. You have officiated at the Bora Ceremonies and at the the making of men. You have led the tribe in peace and war, and now you are old - and your time will die with you. For a while those strange- people, who can make lightning and thunder from their spears, will camp at the Bay of Stingrays, but later they will go further north to the Big Bay, and there they will make a camp that will grow and grow, and from there they will over-run all the land, making camps at Burn., Wollongong, Geringong, and other places that you know vell,and north and west further than your greatest travellers have ever been. They will destroy the kangaroo, the wallaby; the very birds will leave their lands. They will cut down the trees, pullute the rivers and creeks, and the Blackfellows will be driven further and further away from the Strange People's camp until at last, except fok a few poor things living upon their charity, the Blackfellow will be no more.
+OLD MAN: Never again, or at least only for a little time. Our day is done. Last night, whilst the camp slept, the Fire Spirit spoke to me through the glow of my fire. He said:
-YOUNG MN: But that can never be. When the Great Spirit divided the lands, said he not to our fathers:-
-"On this place shall the Garrawarra Tribe dwell. From where the high hill slopes down to the beach, to the south, along the shore, where the palms shine as fire in the sun, past the high cliffs to the place whore the river meets the sea, to the north and along the river to the west, there the Spirit of Garrawaria shall have his home."
+"You are an old man. You have seen the men of the Garrawarra Tribe grow from childhood. You have officiated at the Bora Ceremonies and at the the making of men. You have led the tribe in peace and war, and now you are old - and your time will die with you. For a while those strange people, who can make lightning and thunder from their spears, will camp at the Bay of Stingrays, but later they will go further north to the Big Bay, and there they will make a camp that will grow and grow, and from there they will over-run all the land, making camps at Bulli, Wollongong, Geringong, and other places that you know well, and north and west further than your greatest travellers have ever been. They will destroy the kangaroo, the wallaby; the very birds will leave their lands. They will cut down the trees, pollute the rivers and creeks, and the Blackfellows will be driven further and further away from the Strange People's camp until at last, except for a few poor things living upon their charity, the Blackfellow will be no more.
-Said he not this, 0 Fathbr or the Tribe?
-OLD MIN: 4.iye2 the Spirit of Garrawarra! But not the men of Garrawarral These strange People will destroy with one hand and preserve with the other. Our land and the land of the Kuringai, of all the lands in many moons of travel, will remain as they are, and the Spirit of Garrawarra will be kept alive by the love of a select few of the Strange People, who will love our country, and live as we live whilst they are here, and go back to their other lives when they must. But always in their hearts will be the Spirit of Garrawarra. There shall be those who will covet this land and strive to wrest it from those of the Spirlt, but they will fail, for the Spirit of Garramarra is the love of the trees, the birds, the glare of the sun at noon, the shade of the cool jungle, the afterglow merging into night, and soft breezes whispering to the surf on the beach; the moon shining on the sea, and the stars looking down on all.
+YOUNG MAN: But that can never be. When the Great Spirit divided the lands, said he not to our fathers:
-These things are part of man, and while man lives his heart will yearn for them,
-This I saw in the fire embers, whiL_ the Spirit sat with me.
+"On this place shall the Garrawarra Tribe dwell. From where the high hill slopes down to the beach, to the south, along the shore, where the palms shine as fire in the sun, past the high cliffs to the place where the river meets the sea, to the north and along the river to the west, there the Spirit of Garrawarra shall have his home."
+Said he not this, O Father of the Tribe?
+OLD MAN: Aye, the Spirit of Garrawarra! But not the men of Garrawarra! These strange People will destroy with one hand and preserve with the other. Our land and the land of the Kuringai, of all the lands in many moons of travel, will remain as they are, and the Spirit of Garrawarra will be kept alive by the love of a select few of the Strange People, who will love our country, and live as we live whilst they are here, and go back to their other lives when they must. But always in their hearts will be the Spirit of Garrawarra. There shall be those who will covet this land and strive to wrest it from those of the Spirit, but they will fail, for the Spirit of Garrawarra is the love of the trees, the birds, the glare of the sun at noon, the shade of the cool jungle, the afterglow merging into night, and soft breezes whispering to the surf on the beach; the moon shining on the sea, and the stars looking down on all.
+These things are part of man, and while man lives his heart will yearn for them.
+This I saw in the fire embers, while the Spirit sat with me.
 ===== Thirteen Over Thurat =====