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 ===== IN THIS ISSUE =====
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-|Editorial| |Page 2|
+|Editorial| |2|
 |At The April General Meeting|Jim Brown|3|
 |Flannel Flower Pass & Lacy's Creek|Pat Harrison|5|
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 If you enjoy fine music come along and have a good time; if you don't enjoy fine music, come along and be educated. Bring your own cheese. WINE & BISCUITS SUPPLIED. If interested ring either Owen (30-1827) or Kath (81-2675):
-====== LIGHTNING RIDGE- AND BACK. ======
+===== LIGHTNING RIDGE- AND BACK. =====
 We left about 8 p.m. on Thursday and drove through the mild and starry night to a meeting point, eleven miles beyond Orange. Three cars arrived about midnight. The fourth was somewhat late, having taken a wrong turning and come via Singleton, Muswellbrook and Rylstone. Having driven for three hours over dusty unmade roads, the
 weary all night drivers camped at the appointed place about 4 a.m. They were given a small compensation by sighting Bennetts comet, impressively large and beautiful, heading into an eastern sky just showing faint traces of dawn.
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 Below are the suggested names with their respective meanings. These words are taken from the vocabulary of the Wodi Wodi Tribe, which extended from Wollongong to the Shoalhaven River area. The words themselves have been extracted from Rev. William Ridley's dictionary.
-|Banban|tea trees|
+|Banban|tea trees|Koondu|tree|
-|Barima|ironbark trees|
+|Barima|ironbark trees| Kuroo|cloud |
-(not to be confused with Berrima towards the south)| |
+|(not to be confused with Berrima towards the south)| |Koondi|native hut|
-|Birribain|emu|
+|Birribain|emu|Kuninda|bark|
-|Booloowa|paddymelon|
+|Booloowa|paddymelon|Koorifa|honeysuckle|
-|Bukurun|sun |
+|Bukurun|sun |Mirrir|sky|
-|Bunbari|boy |
+|Bunbari|boy |Mumbara|swamp oak trees|
-|Booroo|kangaroo |
+|Booroo|kangaroo |Murrung|ground|
-|Gooralga|topknot pigeon |
+|Gooralga|topknot pigeon |Wonga Wonga|place of many pigeons|
-|Kanbi|fire |
+|Kanbi|fire |Wodi Wodi|name of local tribe|
-Karinya
+|Wuranaing or Wuranain|boomerang|
-Weerona Wandandian
+|Karinya| peaceful home|Kywong|resting or camping place|
-Koondu
+|Weerona|resting place| ||
-Kuroo
+|Wandandian|home of the lost lovers| Coolana|happy meeting place of the future|
-Koondi
+|Too Roo|bird|
-Kuninda
+|Moollattoo / Yerriyong|nearby parish names|
-Koorifa
+|Orana| home of the perch (an authentic aboriginal name from this location) (similarly)|
-	Mdrrir
-	Mubbara
-	Murrung
-Tonga Wonga
-	Wodi Wodi
-Wuranaing or Wuranain  boomerang
-******
-peaceful home	Kywong resting place
-home of the lost Coolana
-lovers
-tree cloud .
-native hut
-bark honeysuckle
-sky
-swamp oak trees ground
-place of many
-pigeons
-name of local tribe
-resting or
-camping place
-happy meeting place of the future
-Too Roo	bird Moollattoo ) Yerriyong
-nearby parish names
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-Orana
-******
-home of the perch (an authentic aboriginal name from this location) (similarly)
 Another name which has been suggested for the land is "Banksia Terrace" because of the existence of Banksia Serrata which grows on our land in a series of terraces.