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- | WHAT PLACE-NAMES MEAN TO US. | + | =====What Place-Names Mean To Us.===== |
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By Myles J. Dunphy. | By Myles J. Dunphy. | ||
- | The writer has been asked to throw some light on the subject of | + | |
- | named features in the Greater Blue Mountains, particularly as they | + | The writer has been asked to throw some light on the subject of named features in the Greater Blue Mountains, particularly as they affect bushwalkers. The subject is too wide and involved to be covered in this article, which only scratches its surface, so to speak. |
- | affect bushwalkers. The subject is too wide and involved to be covered in this article, which only scratches its surface, so to speak. | + | |
- | When the bushwalkers of this generation have passed on to Elysium, the ten million or so people who will be living in the population centres surrounding the Greater Blue Mountains will realize that the | + | When the bushwalkers of this generation have passed on to Elysium, the ten million or so people who will be living in the population centres surrounding the Greater Blue Mountains will realize that the bushwalkers of the past were constructive in their time and had some vision for the future. They not only made persistent efforts to save their bushland wilderness for its environmental value and biologic content, but also invested it with the aura of romantic interest. It will be recognized, thankfully, we hope, that they played a prominent part in the creation of national parklands of great intrinsic value, in the face of insidious destruction caused by commercial interests of one kind and another. The necessarily |
- | bushwalkers of the past were constructive in their time and had some | + | |
- | vision for the future. They not only made persistent efforts to save their bushland wilderness for its environmental value and biologic content, but also invested it with the aura of romantic interest. It | + | Many years have passed since bushwalkers opened up this matter, that is, their angle of conservation, |
- | will be recognized, thankfully, we hope, that they played a prominent | + | |
- | part in the creation of national parklands of great intrinsic value, in | + | It may disappoint some of our colleagues of the outdoors to learn that not many names of bushwalkers appear on the features of our bushland |
- | the face of insidious destruction caused by commercial interests of one kind and another. The necessarily | + | |
- | Many years have passed since bushwalkers opened up this matter, that is, their angle of conservation, | + | There is no objection to euphonious aboriginal place-names, |
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- | our recreation is educational, | + | |
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- | It may disappoint some of our colleagues of the outdoors to learn that not many names of bushwalkers appear on the features of our bush- land environment. Mainly because of origins some early walkers' | + | |
- | topographically but important to bushwalkers, | + | |
- | There is no objection to euphonious aboriginal place-names, | + | |
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In the work the writer has done in this way, in the Greater Blue Mountains region, spread over many years, he has been guided by an urge to provide a basis for a great national park, to fix points of history and to build up a romantic atmosphere about a remarkably scenic tract of country which deserves the best of treatment from everybody. With the help of many walkers the original expressionless blanks on the old parish and tourist maps of this area of some 3,500 square miles have become intelligible to foot travellers, by reason of charted features and a considered nomenclature. The Department of Lands produced the standard map required. Now it is possible to discuss this region with confidence as to places and time-distance, | In the work the writer has done in this way, in the Greater Blue Mountains region, spread over many years, he has been guided by an urge to provide a basis for a great national park, to fix points of history and to build up a romantic atmosphere about a remarkably scenic tract of country which deserves the best of treatment from everybody. With the help of many walkers the original expressionless blanks on the old parish and tourist maps of this area of some 3,500 square miles have become intelligible to foot travellers, by reason of charted features and a considered nomenclature. The Department of Lands produced the standard map required. Now it is possible to discuss this region with confidence as to places and time-distance, | ||
- | The People of the Little Tents have had a lot of high adventure in this region. The grand idea is to preserve both the scene and the | + | |
- | 34. | + | The People of the Little Tents have had a lot of high adventure in this region. The grand idea is to preserve both the scene and the spirit of adventure; for this the primitive wilderness is a necessity. It is considered to be a heritage of inestimable value, to be handed on, in the best possible condition - and cared for - to future generations of appreciative outdoors people. All along we have been taking action to have the unproductive tracts of this scenic wilderness region preserved for this best ultimate use, whilst appealing to the various authorities for assistance. |
- | spirit of adventure; for this the primitive wilderness is a necessity. It is considered to be a heritage of inestimable value, to be handed | + | |
- | on, in the best possible condition - and cared for - to future | + | In our own social way we have learned about the natural |
- | generations of appreciative outdoors people. All along we have been taking action to have the unproductive tracts of this scenic wilderness | + | |
- | region preserved for this best ultimate use, whilst appealing to the various authorities for assistance. | + | The standard tourist |
- | In our own social way we have learned about the natural | + | |
- | ions of the great mountainous barrier region, until now we are very certain of its general value as environment. We know its interesting plateaux and peaks, frescoed walls and vast buttresses, master-ranges, | + | In this limited article there is little space left for information about particular place-names. As an earnest of what is meant by giving interest to the features of this region, let us consider two of the most prominent peaks of Tallarat Crags: Arabanoo Peak and Cambage Spire. Where Christy' |
- | The standard tourist | + | |
- | northern half of the region - shows that MUCh interest has been added | + | Our two peaks stand opposite and close to each other in splendid companionship, |
- | to the face of what was really wild country when heavy-pack exploring walkers first engineered their routes across it. To a certain extent | + | |
- | it was the haunt of cattle-duffers and moonshiners. Its trails were | + | Arabanoo was the first native captured by Governor Phillip and made partly civilized, 1789. He was adopted by the Governor, lived in his house, and was educated to be an intermediary between |
- | known only to local bushmen who had reasons for riding into and across | + | |
- | it. Within its fastnesses were scrubber cattle and brunbies, at least one stag, and a great quantity of marsupial, reptilian and bird life | + | Richard Hind Cambage, F.L.S., M.R.S.(N.S.W.), |
- | up to 1916, when skin-getting became a business. Then trappers, | + | |
- | shooters, timber-getters, | + | For another reason, also, Cambage Spire was so named. It was R.H. Cambage who first realized the importance |
- | wild-life. | + | |
- | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 IP 0 0 | + | Cambage Spire stands as a monument |
- | In this limited article there is little space left for information | + | |
- | about particular place-names. As an earnest of what is meant by giving interest to the features of this region, let us consider two of the | + | Away over on the other side of the Kanangra Tops, beyond Kanangra Deep, the vast Thurat Walls stand up about the bases of Big Thurat (4,200 feet), Mount Danae (4,100 feet) and Big Misty (4,000 feet). Between the Thurat Spires that rise almost |
- | most prominent peaks of Tallarat Crags: Arabanoo Peak and Cambage Spire. Where Christy' | + | |
- | Blue Mountains, there is a chaotic array of canyons, crags and peaks. | + | (Refer to " |
- | The twisting Tiamat Canyon of East Christy7s | + | |
- | upper end of Bulga-Denis Canyon. East Christy' | + | ---- |
- | southward. | + | |
- | Our two peaks stand opposite and close to each other in splendid companionship, | + | |
- | Canyon which, in its special type of ruggedness, may be said to represent the abysmal chaos from which all life has sprung. The two peaks stand as brothers in a ruggedly romantic scene, symbolic of | + | |
- | blackman and whiteman, Neolothic aborigine and modern Caucasian. | + | |
- | They will serve to perpetuate the memory of two remarkable men. They | + | |
- | will remind thoughtful Australians of the understanding union which should have existed between the original inhabitants of this land and | + | |
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- | the white intruders - a union which Governor Phillip and his friends tried to establish in the early days of the First Settlement at Port Jackson, but which others consistently neglected as an unimportant and profitless matter. | + | |
- | Arabanoo was the first native captured by Governor Phillip and | + | |
- | made partly civilized, 1789. He was adopted by the Governor, lived | + | |
- | in his house, and was educated to be an intermediary between | + | |
- | ful to the Governor but died of smallpox and was buried in the Governor' | + | |
- | but not animated. His fidelity and gratitude | + | |
- | undeviating and deserve to be recorded | + | |
- | part | + | |
- | retaliation of merriment he was often happy | + | |
- | docility | + | |
- | from choice | + | |
- | Richard Hind Cambage, F.L.S., M.R.S.(N.S.W.), | + | |
- | For another reason, also., Cambage Spire was so named. It was R.H. Cambage who first realized the importance | + | |
- | Cambage Spire stands as aanonument | + | |
- | *Away over on the other side of the Kanangra Tops, beyond Kanangra Deep, the vast Thurat Walls Stand up about the bases of'Big Thurat (4,200 feet), Mount Danae (4,100 feet) and. Big Misty (4,000 feet). Between the Thurat Spires that rise Almost | + | |
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- | form the rimrocks of the Golden Terrace about Mount Danae, | + | |
- | of The Pooken, the great mist monster, which conceals its tenuous bulk (, in the depths of ferny jungles, rock-crevices and scree-runs for long periods during warm weather, so that it will be overlooked by innocent travellers. Whenever a cool, damp, south-easterly wind blows in from the distant sea, The Pooken stealthily emerges under a darkness of its own making. Its cold, wraithy tentacles rise against the terraced walls; they lap over the rimrocks, then curl with amazing speed across the Thurat moors and rills to envelop the surprised and fleeing travellers upon which the mist monster subsists. | + | |
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- | r (Refer to " | + | |
- | by M.J.D., in "Into the Blue", journal of the Coast and Mountain Walkers of N.S.W., September 1951 issue. It deals. with place- names.) | + | |
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BUSHWALKER ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONSERVATION. | BUSHWALKER ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONSERVATION. | ||
By Ken Matthews | By Ken Matthews |
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