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+======The Sydney Bushwalker.======
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+A monthly bulletin of matters of interot to the Sydney Bushwalker, The N.S.W. Nurses' Association Rooms "Northcote Building," Reiby Place, Sydney.
-A monthly bulletin of matters' of interot to : k%
- tho Sydney_ BuShwalker, ,Th6 N.S.T. NiirsosTI s...
+Box No. 4476, G.P.O. Sydney. 'Phone 843985.
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+|**Editor**|Bill Gillam, Old Bush Rd., Engadine. 5208423.|
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+|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, Coral Tree Rd., Carlingford.|
+====374. February, 1966. Price 10c.====
+=====Contents.=====
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+|At Our January Meeting|W.G.| 2|
+|Nostalgia|Edna Garrard| 4|
+|The Kosciusko State Park| | 6|
+|Letter to the Editor| |12|
+|Cascading the Lower Kowmung|D. Rostron|13|
+|Social Notes| |15|
+|Federation Report| |16|
+=====Advertisements.=====
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+|Mountain Equipment Co.| 5|
+|Paddy's|11|
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+=====At Our January Meeting.=====
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-. The Sydney Bushwaiker February, 1966.
-AT OUR JANUARY MEETING.
 W. G.
-Political corespondents, if one reads the newspapers, exercise more influence than most peciple addicted to words. At the drop of a cigar ash they can present the intrigues of the latest coup in Central Africa pr the consequences on American aid when a tin miher in Bolivia has an upset stomach. Whether they write for the New York Times or the S.B.W. they 4o descend to_the level of mortals and go on holidays with their families. It was this fact that cause me to assume the mantle of Walterlippman and James Brown and arrive with sharp pencil and virgin notebook to record the January meeting.
-At 8.15 p m the President arose from his chair to count the house. Having agreed the count at 31 in the room and four or five in the anti- -.chamber or Noises-off he declared the meeting open and asked the Social Secretary representing the Secretary to read the minutes. The bulk of the Minutes was devoted to the trust deed concerning the use of our recently acquired ice axes and crampons. This appeared to have boon drawn up by our Treasurer in his most cautious mood after reading the troubles of H.G. Palmer and delinquent debots. The only thing overlodked was an extradition treaty to recover the goods fromforeign lands.
-The 'correspondence was read; from Peter. and Rae Page expressing thanks at their election as Honorary Members; from the dual Minister (for Lands and Mines) repliing to our inquiries of coal mining in the Royal National Park. The Blue Mountains National Park. Trust advised the the fallen
-branches from the snowfall were no longer a possible fire danger and
-to leave the remaining wood to warm ourselves in the winter.
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-The Treasurer came on. Economics and accounting, fascinating as theoretical exercises, are dismal disciplines after the wohd ors of Christmas* Once again we had an excess of expenditure over receipts; the order of Magnitude being one months rent and a sum of five guineas which was the nett cost to the club of its copies of the Bushmaiker Annual* This was a warning it seemed that soon we must face fiscal responsibilitY*:
-There was neither walking or federating to report. The Social Secretary forecast-that we Would enjoy Alan Rigby on Centralia and, the Burtons on Samoa in the coming month. The Noises-off were very quiet. The President cleared, his throat. We were into general business.
-Where would we Rehne?
-Automatically Woods Creek was nominated. Tentatively Macarthurls Flat was proposed. Members were called to physical activity. Self- appointed tellers counted the hands. The results were disputed.
-February, 1966
-Tho Sydn,Dy Bushwaiker 3.
-Another vote. Different and still disputed. Another vote. Agreement on the voting at least. Shades of the Rum Rebellion. Macrtrthur had won. Having seized the initiative the rebels elaborated on the beauties of the Nattai and Macarth-ur's Flat; its pleasant poolsT abundant wood, the sense of a new frontier. They minimised_ the possible difficulties  there was really only less than a mile to walk from where the cars would be parked, one train a day when most people w,uld in any event go to Woods Creek by car, a spokesman assured us that "elderly people" who hadb'eento Woods Creek would get to Eacarthuris. The revolt was a successful one but would it be accomplished? The President warned us that fire regulations may stop us and we have ' to seek, possibly, permission to camp. Nick Elf ick already revealed as a Macarthur man, promised to find out.
-On the basis that we would and could go to the Nattai, Ian Dillon was PreSidentially appointed Organiser, Barbara Edwards'and Ruth Constable as Supper organisers and. Bill Gillam as Transport Organiser. Pertinent duties were 'explained. For the specialist position of Builder!of'the ladies Toilet we stuck to tradition and called on Jack Perry who also would_ be the area cleanerupper.
-The matter of entertainment :vas stood over. One could feel the
-. tension fall from the meeting and slink down the stairs. Our Treasurer
-joined the revolution, moving the Keynosian proposition,that we should spend our way out of financial difficulty; to wit moving that ten,
-pounds be spent on entertaining the children. Betty Farquar offered to do_ the spending. 'There was-nothing further to do, atAhe moment, 'for the reuniOn.
-David Ingram waved the Walks Secretary's betting boards, reminding us that confirmation date for the:Walks Programme was, as ever, almost upon us. Gladys Roberts had heard of a-proposal for aerodrome 'on the North side and was reassured that the=matter had been mentioned in Federation. The refusal of the Kuringai Chase Trust to lop trees in the approach path had deterred wouldbe users'ana effectively stopped the proposal.
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-- Circulars and Magazines were -noted together with 'a-list of financial meMbers of the LauncestonUalking Cldb.' Once more the meeting hushed
+Political corespondents, if one reads the newspapers, exercise more influence than most people addicted to words. At the drop of a cigar ash they can present the intrigues of the latest coup in Central Africa or the consequences on American aid when a tin miner in Bolivia has an upset stomach. Whether they write for the New York Times or the S.B.W. they do descend to the level of mortals and go on holidays with their families. It was this fact that caused me to assume the mantle of Walter Lippman and James Brown and arrive with sharp pencil and virgin notebook to record the January meeting.
-as bur-Pre6ident in his most sombre mood declared that a dadble dissolution was'inent aid we would or should start thinking who we wanted for our officers in the next year. Before we took the long view we despatched the ihort rieC'eisity of appointing room stewards and heardwho was going where inthe-very near future and adjourned at 8.55 p m.
- Over coffee-while the shadow ministry was being assqmedand discussed I brooded on the closeness of the vote. _Was mine the" fifteenth, deciding vote. Was this- the best way to decide the venue? The' host time to decide? Was the demographic nature of the club changing with more little -children to be carried and more "elderly people" Is the reunion for 'members Who see each other every week or those who we only see once a year. I watched the sugar sink through the fr-,th of the third coffee. My night of political reporting was over.
-. The Sydney Bushwalker February, 1966:-
-NOSTALGIA. Edna Garrard.
-During October I went down to Victoria to do a Pioneer "Roof
-Top Tour", reasoning that if a sprained ankle prevents you walking you can still have the joy of being amongst mountains.
-It was a great success. We had glorious views of the King, Ovens arid Kiewa River Valleys (so green after drought striken N.S.W.) with their tidy farms and preponderance of leafy English trees. With
-a backdrop of the mountains, still streaked with snow, blue skies and photogenic cloudsl what more could anyone ask?
-The trip lasted four days and we stayed: overnight at Bright,
-Mount Beauty and Omeo. Bright of course is a well known tourist centre. My favourite recollection is of the park, in the early morning, with the sun rays slanting through the lovely trees, and the swift running stream.
-. Mount Beauty was a surprise. When I was las there it was a very ray construction centre for the S.E.C. Now with its manmade lake and the trees planted by the Commistion growing to maturity, it is quite delightful.
-, The outstanding feature at Omeo was a "local" with a pet Wombat.
-It followed him around like a dog. Sleeps on the foot of his bed and' shares his beer and stout:
-I was delighted to be on Mount Buffalo. I had seen it from so many trig stations in the Victorian Alps-and it was good to be there looking back on to the impressive mountains.
-Ve had a picnic lunch at Rocky Valley and I was _interested to See the colourful buildings of the Falls Creek Ski Village, looking rather stark in Summer but no doubt attractive when surrounded by anow.
-lacked, at the dammed waters in Rockey Valley I thought of our -walks in Rocky and Pretty Valileys  then crisscrossed with tiny-clear streams, and the mosses starred with tiny alpine flowers. -Mount  Hotham was a thrill. When last there the overall impression was one of. desolation due to the legacy of the dreadful 1939 fires stark black tree trunks everywhere. In the meantime other trees have grown up. Whilst the other bus passengers drank their beer at the Callet,
-I dashed up to the Trig and the views were magnificent. Still patches of snow with a few folk practicing their ski turns and quite a lot of snow on Fainter and Feathertop. My mind went back to our arrival at Hotham in a howling gale at dusk. (The party comprised. Marion and Harry Ellis, Dorothy Hasluak and myself). How gratefully we took
-February, 1966
-The 'Sydney Bushwalker 5.
-shelter in a roadmens but On the following days we had explored Fainter and Feathertopl-strolling-amongstthe_ lovely snow daisies. I thought of several delightful campsites on the edge of the Bogong High 'Plains and some "odd bods" with whom we shared huts. Of Mount Bogong where we had a snow storm and how superior we felt snug in our tents to the many men crowded into the nearby Cleve Cole hut. They were most S.E.C. workers, inexperienced walkers, without tents, ,who apparently were often mislaid and. arrived at the hut at all 'hours of the night and early-morning. ,Good luck to thein -; 'they -tried!
-remembered that as we can off Bogong it rained, and. the rain continued all day. The thought of camping the night was rather a horror but Harry - who put a lot of research into planning trips - had seen an old but marked on a map and` was determined to find. it. He did! - The walls were lined, with linoleum, which I found-unusual, and the ends of-the pitched. roof, were open - the apertures-being almost completelyr:covered with spider webs. Somehow we got -a fire going and_ as we ate ;our dinner-the ground outside -awash with inches of water - that hut was heaven!
-. .
-, Maybe these :recollections sound a-little nostalgic, but how very _fortunate are we bushwalkers -with our tremendous fund of (mostly) happy and always interesting memories.
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-. The Sydney Bushwalker February, 1966.
-THE KOSCIUSKO STATE PARK. How did it begin?
-See January issue of The Sydney Bushwalker. Myles J. Dunphy.
-I have ,asked the Editor for the favour of "follow-up" space in connection with the above article, not to cause trouble but to protect my veracity as a Sydney Bush Walker and member of the Royal Australian Historical Society. As briefly, as possible this is what I wish to state:
-. The article was not written for the Sydney Bushwalker.
-. It was compiled to- fill out an article written by Mr. Baldur
- Byles, and given to me by a mutual friend for comment. The compilations were posted to the latter on Janilary 5. 1 ad. not
- know what Mr. Byles intended-to do with the articles.
-. Two articles were compiled by me: a longer one "A" to collate
-the relevant facts from my records; and. a shorter one "B" in
-case it was required for publiaation in. any magazine Mr. Byles
-might have had in mind...
-. On 13th Jan. the colleague asked me, by telephone, to consent to the publication of the longer article "A" by instalments in The Sydney Bushwalker; it being an excellent idea I agreed. The shorter article "B" I then learned, had another destination.
-. Next day my copy of January Bushwalker arrived by post; with some astonishment I read. the above-captioned,article cut down and published without my consent` and with Mr. 'Byles' name omitted as co-author.
-. Both articles were statements 'of connected facts concerning a sustained, successful campaign, carried out by the bushwalkingconservation movement; ft is lai6tory, and tile integrity of their authors is the measure of the 'facts.'
-. I feel I should object to my name being mentioned in the published article, whilst the names of colleagues and friends, and other conservators p and societies, who also worked for and supported the schethe -have been excised.
-. If the article had been ,published in unaltered instalments, the arrangement to which I consented, 'readers would have learned more of the facts of this -complex Matter.
-'
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+At 8.15 p m the President arose from his chair to count the house. Having agreed the count at 31 in the room and four or five in the anti-chamber or Noises-off he declared the meeting open and asked the Social Secretary representing the Secretary to read the minutes. The bulk of the Minutes was devoted to the trust deed concerning the use of our recently acquired ice axes and crampons. This appeared to have been drawn up by our Treasurer in his most cautious mood after reading the troubles of H.G. Palmer and delinquent debots. The only thing overlooked was an extradition treaty to recover the goods from foreign lands.
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+The correspondence was read; from Peter and Rae Page expressing thanks at their election as Honorary Members; from the dual Minister (for Lands and Mines) replying to our inquiries of coal mining in the Royal National Park. The Blue Mountains National Park Trust advised that the fallen branches from the snowfall were no longer a possible fire danger and to leave the remaining wood to warm ourselves in the winter.
- nt;
+The Treasurer came on. Economics and accounting, fascinating as theoretical exercises, are dismal disciplines after the wonders of Christmas. Once again we had an excess of expenditure over receipts; the order of magnitude being one months rent and a sum of five guineas which was the nett cost to the club of its copies of the Bushmaiker Annual. This was a warning it seemed that soon we must face fiscal responsibility.
-February, 1966 The Sydney Bushwalker 8.
+There was neither walking or federating to report. The Social Secretary forecast that we would enjoy Alan Rigby on Centralia and the Burtons on Samoa in the coming month. The Noises-off were very quiet. The President cleared his throat. We were into general business.
+Where would we Re-une?
+Automatically Woods Creek was nominated. Tentatively Macarthur's Flat was proposed. Members were called to physical activity. Self-appointed tellers counted the hands. The results were disputed.
+Another vote. Different and still disputed. Another vote. Agreement on the voting at least. Shades of the Rum Rebellion. Macarthur had won. Having seized the initiative the rebels elaborated on the beauties of the Nattai and Macarthur's Flat; its pleasant pools, abundant wood, the sense of a new frontier. They minimised the possible difficulties - there was really only less than a mile to walk from where the cars would be parked, one train a day when most people would in any event go to Woods Creek by car, a spokesman assured us that "elderly people" who had been to Woods Creek would get to Macarthur's. The revolt was a successful one but would it be accomplished? The President warned us that fire regulations may stop us and we have to seek, possibly, permission to camp. Mick Elfick already revealed as a Macarthur man, promised to find out.
+On the basis that we would and could go to the Nattai, Ian Dillon was Presidentially appointed Organiser, Barbara Edwards and Ruth Constable as Supper organisers and Bill Gillam as Transport Organiser. Pertinent duties were explained. For the specialist position of Builder of the Ladies Toilet we stuck to tradition and called on Jack Perry who also would be the area cleaner-upper.
+The matter of entertainment was stood over. One could feel the tension fall from the meeting and slink down the stairs. Our Treasurer joined the revolution, moving the Keynesian proposition that we should spend our way out of financial difficulty; to wit moving that ten pounds be spent on entertaining the children. Betty Farquar offered to do the spending. There was-nothing further to do, at the moment, for the reunion.
+David Ingram waved the Walks Secretary's betting boards, reminding us that confirmation date for the Walks Programme was, as ever, almost upon us. Gladys Roberts had heard of a proposal for aerodrome on the Northside and was reassured that the matter had been mentioned in Federation. The refusal of the Kuringai Chase Trust to lop trees in the approach path had deterred would-be users and effectively stopped the proposal.
+Circulars and Magazines were noted together with a list of financial members of the Launceston Walking Club. Once more the meeting hushed as our President in his most sombre mood declared that a dadble dissolution was imminent and we would or should start thinking who we wanted for our officers in the next year. Before we took the long view we despatched the short necessity of appointing room stewards and heard who was going where in the very near future and adjourned at 8.55 p.m.
+Over coffee while the shadow ministry was being assessed and discussed I brooded on the closeness of the vote. Was mine the fifteenth, deciding vote. Was this the best way to decide the venue? The best time to decide? Was the demographic nature of the club changing with more little children to be carried and more "elderly people"? Is the reunion for members who see each other every week or those who we only see once a year. I watched the sugar sink through the froth of the third coffee. My night of political reporting was over.
+----
+=====Nostalgia.=====
+Edna Garrard.
+During October I went down to Victoria to do a Pioneer "Roof Top Tour", reasoning that if a sprained ankle prevents you walking you can still have the joy of being amongst mountains.
+It was a great success. We had glorious views of the King, Ovens and Kiewa River Valleys (so green after drought striken N.S.W.) with their tidy farms and preponderance of leafy English trees. With a backdrop of the mountains, still streaked with snow, blue skies and photogenic clouds what more could anyone ask?
+The trip lasted four days and we stayed overnight at Bright, Mount Beauty and Omeo. Bright of course is a well known tourist centre. My favourite recollection is of the park, in the early morning, with the sun rays slanting through the lovely trees, and the swift running stream.
+Mount Beauty was a surprise. When I was last there it was a very raw construction centre for the S.E.C. Now with its manmade lake and the trees planted by the Commistion growing to maturity, it is quite delightful.
+The outstanding feature at Omeo was a "local" with a pet Wombat. It followed him around like a dog. Sleeps on the foot of his bed and shares his beer and stout!
+I was delighted to be on Mount Buffalo. I had seen it from so many trig stations in the Victorian Alps and it was good to be there looking back on to the impressive mountains.
+We had a picnic lunch at Rocky Valley and I was interested to see the colourful buildings of the Falls Creek Ski Village, looking rather stark in Summer but no doubt attractive when surrounded by snow. A I looked at the dammed waters in Rockey Valley I thought of our walks in Rocky and Pretty Valleys - then criss-crossed with tiny clear streams, and the mosses starred with tiny alpine flowers. Mount Hotham was a thrill. When last there the overall impression was one of desolation due to the legacy of the dreadful 1939 fires - stark black tree trunks everywhere. In the meantime other trees have grown up. Whilst the other bus passengers drank their beer at the Callet, I dashed up to the Trig and the views were magnificent. Still patches of snow with a few folk practicing their ski turns and quite a lot of snow on Fainter and Feathertop. My mind went back to our arrival at Hotham in a howling gale at dusk. (The party comprised Marion and Harry Ellis, Dorothy Hasluak and myself). How gratefully we took shelter in a roadmens hut! On the following days we had explored Fainter and Feathertop, strolling amongst the lovely snow daisies. I thought of several delightful campsites on the edge of the Bogong High Plains and some "odd bods" with whom we shared huts. Of Mount Bogong where we had a snow storm and how superior we felt snug in our tents to the many men crowded into the nearby Cleve Cole hut. They were most S.E.C. workers, inexperienced walkers, without tents, who apparently were often mislaid and arrived at the hut at all hours of the night and early morning. Good luck to them - they tried!
+I remembered that as we came off Bogong it rained, and the rain continued all day. The thought of camping the night was rather a horror but Harry - who put a lot of research into planning trips - had seen an old but marked on a map and was determined to find it. He did! The walls were lined with linoleum, which I found unusual, and the ends of the pitched roof were open - the apertures being almost completely covered with spider webs. Somehow we got a fire going and as we ate our dinner - the ground outside awash with inches of water - that hut was heaven!
+Maybe these recollections sound a little nostalgic, but how very fortunate are we bushwalkers with our tremendous fund of (mostly) happy and always interesting memories.
+----
+=====The Kosciusko State Park - How Did It All Begin?=====
+See January issue of The Sydney Bushwalker.
+Myles J. Dunphy.
+I have asked the Editor for the favour of "follow-up" space in connection with the above article, not to cause trouble but to protect my veracity as a Sydney Bush Walker and member of the Royal Australian Historical Society. As briefly as possible this is what I wish to state:
+  - The article was not written for the Sydney Bushwalker.
+  - It was compiled to fill out an article written by Mr. Baldur Byles, and given to me by a mutual friend for comment. The compilations were posted to the latter on January 5. I did not know what Mr. Byles intended to do with the articles.
+  - Two articles were compiled by me: a longer one "A" to collate the relevant facts from my records; and a shorter one "B" in case it was required for publication in any magazine Mr. Byles might have had in mind.
+  - On 13th Jan. the colleague asked me, by telephone, to consent to the publication of the longer article "A" by instalments in The Sydney Bushwalker; it being an excellent idea I agreed. The shorter article "B" I then learned, had another destination.
+  - __Next day__ my copy of January Bushwalker arrived by post; with some astonishment I read the above-captioned article cut down and published without my consent and with Mr. Byles' name omitted as co-author.
+  - Both articles were statements of connected facts concerning a sustained, successful campaign, carried out by the bushwalking-conservation movement; it is history, and the integrity of their authors is the measure of the facts.
+  - I feel I should object to my name being mentioned in the published article, whilst the names of colleagues and friends, and other conservators, and societies, who also worked for and supported the scheme, have been excised.
+  - If the article had been published in unaltered instalments, the arrangement to which I consented, readers would have learned more of the facts of this complex matter.
 The following notes cover most of the factual subject matter omitted or altered from the original article "A".
-Page 1. heading. The authors should have been noted -as Balder U. Byles and Myles J. Dunphy.
-Page 5. par 2: After 1914 read: In that year the Mountain Trails Club of N.S.17. was founded in Sydney and consisted. of a small band of hardy young men who loved the bushland for its own sake, and carried their camping swags happily on extended expeditions into rugged country. Their maxim -was: "You were not the first over the trail; leave the pleasant places along the way just as pleasant for those who follow you". This bush brOtherhood is still in existence. This Club founded the recreation of camping-.walking in roadless rugged country in New South rrales.
-Page 6. after par. 3: The names pf a, feW of. -the many helpful
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-colleagues in the movement, should be. recorded for historical
-interest: M.L..Berry:- Rigby: H.J. Chardon: C.G.
-Kilpatrick: :A. .Fre -man: J Perrott: Ti.J.Roots: R. Savage: Miss LB. Byleg:Mibs,-D. Lawry: T.B. Atkinson: T. Herbert:. J V Turner: W. Holesgrove: T.W.Moppett: A. Colley and many others. Both N.P.P.A:,.Council and N.S.7. Federation-of BuShWalking:Clas owed mUch. to Ile personal views of and: influence of_Surveyor7General H.B. Mathews:
-..Dr. MX. Bean: 7.J.Huradi . J  G. Lockley:
-.Cleary: R.F. Bennett: P.J. Hurley: Trinick: . J.D. Tipper and other front-line conservators; all of whom
-were glad to assist in:impressing the authorities with the need for action along the lines indicated in the several schemes.
-Page 6. par.  4. For 1944 road. 1941.
+|Page 1. Heading|The authors should have been noted as Balder U. Byles and Myles J. Dunphy.|
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+|Page 5. par 2|After 1914 read: In that year the Mountain Trails Club of N.S.W. was founded in Sydney and consisted of a small band of hardy young men who loved the bushland for its own sake, and carried their camping swags happily on extended expeditions into rugged country. Their maxim was: "You were not the first over the trail; leave the pleasant places along the way just as pleasant for those who follow you". This bush brotherhood is still in existence. This Club founded the recreation of camping-walking in roadless rugged country in New South Wales.|
-Page 7. line].. Read: trampled Underfoot in the bataes of the giants.'
+|Page 6. after par. 3|The names of a few of the many helpful colleagues in the movement, should be recorded for historical interest: M.L. Berry: A.P. Rigby: H.J. Chardon: C.G. Kilpatrick: H.A. Colton: H. Freeman: J. Perrott: W.J. Roots: R. Savage: Miss M.B. Byleg: Miss D. Lawry: T.B. Atkinson: T. Herbert:. J.V. Turner: W. Holesgrove: T.W. Moppett: A. Colley and many others. Both N.P.P.A, Council and N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs owed much to the personal views of and influence of Surveyor-General H.B. Mathews: Dr. C.E.W. Bean: W.J. Hume: J.G. Lockley: W.J. Cleary: R.F. Bennett: P.J. Hurley: W. Trinick: J.D. Tipper and other front-line conservators, all of whom were glad to assist in impressing the authorities with the need for action along the lines indicated in the several schemes.|
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+|Page 6. par. 4|For 1944 read 1941.|
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+|Page 7. line 1|Read: trampled underfoot in the battles of the giants.|
+|Page 7. between lines 3 and 4|Read: Mr W.J. Muir, a school-teacher formerly of Cooma, in 1939 wrote a grade thesis entitled "The Murray Valley as a potential national park". This analytical, well-illustrated work, after being duly appraised, was lost in the archives of the Department of Education. However, Muir's idea and supporting studies were remembered by Gordon Young, director of National Fitness Council. In 1943 he brought them to the notice of the Minister for Education, Mr. C.R. Evatt; and then to the Premier, Mr. W.J. McKell. By this time other organisations and individuals, including the Government Tourist Bureau (H.J. Lamble, director) and Miss Elyne Mitchell, had published matter extolling the Snowy Mountains for public recreation.|
+|Page 7. Par 2|Read: Dated 14th June, 1943, the N.P.P.A. Council's Scheme was lodged with the Under Secretary for Lands; Hon. W.J. McKell: Hon. C.R. Evatt; Under Secretary, Department of Lands, Melbourne; River Murray Commission, Department of Interior, Canberra; Soil Conservation Service, N.S.W.; Rural Reconstruction Board, at Premier's Department, Sydney; Parks and Playgrounds Movement, Sydney; N.S.W. Federation of Bush- walking Clubs; State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Melbourne.|
+|Page 7|Between two last paragrphs: Earlier researchers by N.P.P.A. Council had shown that, with exception of the old Snowy Mountains Chase, 1906, and Trefle Park, and a few minor reserves, until Council's scheme for a large parkland appeared, there seemed to have been no previous attempt to reserve a large representative area of the Snowy Mountains.|
+|Page 8. par. 2 Line 5.|After erosion read: The Schedule of Snow Leases and Permissive Occupancies, with regulations and instructions to tenderers, was issued as a Supplement to Govt. Gazette No. 99 of 3rd September, 1943. Special condition (18) gave bona fide pleasure seekers free access into and use of the whole area of leases and occupancies. This was a promising beginning.|
+|Page 8. par 3.|Read: The scientific societies objected to aspects of the proposed State Park. The snow leases matter led Royal Zoological Society (N.L. Roberts. pres: A.F.B. Hull, hon. secretary) to discuss it with other societies and scientists: The Naturalists Society: Rangers League; Parks and Playrounds Movement: N.P.P.A. Council; Wild Life Preservation Society; Linnean Society; Ornithologists Union; Prof. W.R. Brown; R.H.Anderson; C.W. Moore; A.E. Watson; W.L. Hume; A.S. Le Souef; C.K. Allen; A.A. Strom; etc. The R.Z. Society had been writing to the Premier since Feb. 1943, about fauna and flora conservation in Snowy Mts., voicing opinion of their society and other scientific societies. In letters to the Premier, dated 30th Nov. and 17th Dec. 1943, it was suggested, inter alia, that an area one tenth of the total, 1,400,000 acres should be marked as "Strict Natural Reserve", completely exempted from any sort of tenure.|
+|Page 8. par 4|Read: Special Committee instead of Select Committee appointed to meet them: Messrs. Barrier, Allen and Lamble. A.F.D. Hull and others said they failed to see how leased grazing areas could constitute parkland. The societies wanted one-tenth of the total area made a proper reserve for conservation. Act No.14, 1944 (Kosciusko State Park) was assented to on April 19, 1944. Section 5, clause 3 stated: "The Trust may retain as a primitive area such part of the Kosciusko State Park (not exceeding one-tenth of the area of that Park) as it may think fit." Section 13 stated: "Subject to the regulations, land within the Kosciusko State Park shall be available to the public for the purpose of riding, hiking, camping, snow sports, and any other form of recreation, and the public shall have free access to and over all roads and tracks, and to all fishing streams within the park," etc.|
+|Page 8. par. 6 line 3|Read: locks and weirs on Murray River. Read: and expansion of irrigation areas a long way from the Snowy Mountains all depended upon the Burrenjuck Reservoir watershed, __and__ the controlled flows from the Snowy Mountains, __and__ adjacent highland catchments in Victoria. and continue: The newly formed Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Buaeau brought the matter under discussion at the Empire Forestry Conference in 1928: this led to the first erosion survey of the highland catchments of the two States.|
+|Page 9. par. 1. line 5|Read: Mr. Tully, Minister for Lands, brought down the Bill which established Kosciusko State Park and elected a Trust to manage it (Act No. 14 of 1944).|
+|Page 9. par 2. line 3|Read: as planned catchments for combined irrigation and hydro-electric power generation (in 1947 the Premier's Conference had led to a new series af investigations). In July, 1949, "The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act" was passed by Commonwealth Government; and in Aug. 1949, the "Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority" was established. The final "Report of Commonwealth and States Snowy River Committee", 1950, described the scheme. Now the plan for action was building up rapidly and was becoming known to the conservation societies and general public. The S.M.H.A. lost no time in getting down to work.|
+|Page 9. line 3|Read: However there is no room for complacency on the part of any of the authorities, on the score of the ultimate use of scenic wilderness. Realisation of its real value has increased, etc.|
-Page 7. between lines 'land 4 read.: Mr-i-17.3. Muir, a -sohooi-teacher formerly of Cooma,,in 1939 wrote a grade ,thesis entitled "The Murray Valley as a -potential national 3.)ark". This analytical, /well-illustrated work, after-being duly appraised, was lost in the archives of the Department of Education. However, Muir's idea and supporting studies were remembered by Gordon Young, director of National Fitness Council. In 1943 he brought them to-the-notice-of -the Minister for Educa,tion, Mr. C.R. Evatt; and. then to the Premier, Mr. W.3, By this time other organisations and. individuals, including the Government Tourist Bureau (H.J. Lamble,director) and. Miss Elyne Mitchell, had published matter extolling the Snowy Mountains for public recreation.
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-The Sydney Bushwalker
-February, 1966.
-Page 7. Par 2. Read: Dated 14th June, 1943, the N.P.P.A, Council's Scheme was lodged with the Under Secretary for Lands; Hon.
-MCKell: Hon. C0R.E7attu Under Secretary, Department
-of Lands, Melbourne; RiNier Murray Commission, Department of Interior, Canberra; Scil Conservation Service, N0S.17.; Rural Reconstruction Board, at Premier's Department, Sydney: Parks and Flaygrounds Movement, Sydney; N.S.7. Federation of Bush- walking Clubs; State Rivers and Water Supply Commission,
-  Melbourne.
-,Page , between two last paragrphs: Earlier researchers by N.P.P.A. Council had shown that, with exception of the old 'Snowy Mountains Chase, 19069 and Trefle Park, and a few minor reserves, until Council's scheme for a large parkland appeared,, there seemed to have teen no previous. attempt to reserve a large representative area of the Snowy Mountains,
-Page 8.- par. 2* Line 5. After erosion road: The Schedule of Snow
-Leases and Permissive Occupancies, with regulations and instructions to tenderers, was issued as a Supplement to Govt. Gazette No. 99 of 3rd September,, 1943. Special condition,(18) gave bona fide pleasure seekers free access into and use of the whole area of leases and occupancies. This was a promising beginning.
-age 8. par 3. Reads The scientific societies objee;ed tc aspecti of the proposed State Park. The snow leases matter aed-Royal Zoological Society (LL. Roberts. presu A.F.B. Hull, hon. secretary) to discuss it with other societies and scientists: The Naturalists
-Society: Rangers League; Parks and PlaY;rounds Movement:
-N.P.P.A. Council; 7ild Life Preservation Society; Linnean Society; Ornithologists Union; Prof. W.R. Brown;;R.H.Anderson;
-C.7. Moore; A.E. 7atson; 7.L. Hume; A.S.'Le Souef; alien; A.A. Strom; etc.
-The R.Z. Society had been writing to the Premier'dince Feb. 1943, abouut fauna and flora conservation in Snowy Mts.,'-voicing opinion of their society and other scientific societi9s. In
-letters to the Premier,.-dated 30th Nov. and.17th,Dec. 1943, it was suggested, inter alia, that an area one tenth of the total,
-,400,000 acres-should be marked as "Strict Natural Reserve",
-completely exempted from any sort of tenure.
-Page 8. par 4. Read :Special Committee instead of Select Committee
-appointed to meet them: Messrs. Barrier, Allen and.Lamble. A.F.D. Hull and others said they failed to see how leased grazing areas could constitute parkland. The societies wanted
-one-tenth of the total area nada-a proper reserve for conservation.
-February, 1966 The Sydney Bushwalker 10.
-Act N0.14, 1944 (Kosciusko State Park) was assented to on April 19, 1944. Section 5, clause 3 stated-: )'The Trust may retain as a primitive area such part of the Kosciusko State Park (not exceeding one-tenth of the area of that Park) as
-it may think fit."
-Section 13 stated: "Subject to the reguln,tions, land within the Kosciusko State Park shall be available to the public for the purpose of riding, hiking, camping, snow sports, and any other form of recreation, and the public shall have free access
-to and over all roads and tracks, and to all fishing 'streams within the park," etc.
-Page 8. par. 6 line 3. Read: locks and weirs on Murray River.
-line. Read: and expansion of irrigation areas a long lay from the Snowy Mountains all depended upon the Burrenjuck Reservoir watershed, and the controlled flows from the Snowy Mountains, and adjacent highland catchments in Victoria.
-and continue: The newly formed Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Buaeau brnught the matter under discussion at the tmpire Forestry Conference in 1928: this lea to the first erosion survey of the highland catchments of the two States.
-Page 9. par. 1. line 5, Read: Mr. Tully, Minister for Lands, brought down the Bill which established Kosciusko State Park and -elected a Trust to manage it (Act No. 14 of 1944).
-Page 9. par 2. line 3, Read: as planned catchments for combined irrigation and hydro-electric power generation (in:1947 the Premier's Conference had led to a new series af investigations). In July, 1949, "The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act" was passed by Commonwealth Government; and in Aug. 1949, the "Snowy Mout-tains Hydro-electric Authority" was established. The final "Report of Commonwealth and States Snowy River Committee", 1950, described the scheme.,
-'
-Now theplan for action was building up rapidly and was becoming' known to the conservation societies and general public. The S.M.H.A. lost no time in getting down to work.-
-Page 9. line 3. Read: However there is no roam for complacency on the part of. any of the authorities, on the score of the ultimate use of scenic wilderness. Roalisation of its real value has - increasedl'etc. -
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 Letter to the Editor from D.U. Dyles.
 "Having recently been seconded to the Department of Lands in order to assist with the National Parks Organisation I am responsible for collecting and writing up information concerning all our existing and future National Parks.