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 For those who may not be aware of the history of the Blue Gum Forest, the following article is a reprint from page 32 of the book "The Sydney Bush Walkers, The first sixty years". For reference, in 1931 there was a basic weekly wage of about £3 and an average weekly wage of about £5.
-		Eddy Giacomel, President
+Eddy Giacomel, President
 ====== How the Blue Gum Forest was Saved from the Axe ======
-  by Tom Herbert *
+by Tom Herbert *
 In 1931 Mr. C. Hungerford, a farmer of Bilpin, obtained a Conditional Purchase Lease in the valley of the Grose River which included what is now Reserve 63,521.  On the Eight-Hour Weekend he started to ringbark the trees on that flat, but fortunately, a small party of bushwalkers was camping in the Blue Gum Forest that weekend.  Some of them were members of the Mountain Trails Club and some belonged to the Sydney Bush Walkers.  On hearing the chopping, they approached Mr Hungerford, and succeeded in getting him to stop ringbarking and to agree to sell them his rights in the area for £130, provided it was paid by 31st December, 1931.