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Buninyong and District Community News Inc.
Fix this textMay 2006.
Fix this textReg. No. A0034918L
Fix this textIssue No. 318
Fix this textDistribution - 1300 copies.
Fix this textABN 97 574 052 024
Fix this textFirst I ssue 26/7/1977
Fix this text‘Lindersfarne. ’
Fix this textBy
Fix this textRobert W. Bell.
Fix this textThis is the story of a pioneers’ journey to live in Buninyong. 1840 to 1914.
Fix this textAlthough placed in a historic context, the central character, his background, his property name and his family are all fictitious.
Fix this textPart 13 of a series.
Fix this textContinued from the April 2005
Fix this textedition of the Buninyong and
Fix this textDistrict Community News.
Fix this textIt was hot summer weather as John
Fix this textStuart travelled inland from his stay
Fix this textat George Russell’s hut, and the
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Fix this textThrough gently undulating country,
Fix this textJohn could see two mountains in the
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Fix this textgiven to him he was aware that the
Fix this textmount ahead on the left was
Fix this textBonninyong [Buninyong] and he
Fix this textknew that near the mount the
Fix this textLearmonth Brothers had their hut.
Fix this textLater he was to learn that the other
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Fix this textintended to travel to Bonninyong as
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Fix this textAs he neared the mount he crossed
Fix this textover a creek and paused wondering
Fix this textif later he should return and make
Fix this textthis area his own selection. In later
Fix this textlife he was to remember that day
Fix this textand regret the fact that he did not
Fix this texttake up land, for the area around
Fix this textWilliamson’s Creek proved to be
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Fix this textHe noted the track on which he was
Fix this texttravelling was well worn, and even
Fix this textto his untrained eye he could
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Fix this textsheep and the occasional imprint of
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Fix this textAway to - the south he could see
Fix this textplumes of smoke which indicted
Fix this textbush fires, and by now he was also
Fix this textaware that the aboriginals often set
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Fix this textThe fact that the area in which he
Fix this texttravelled had previously been burnt
Fix this textwas obvious by blackened trees, yet
Fix this textthe same eucalyptus trees, which
Fix this texthad once been burnt, were sprouting
Fix this textheavily showing the resilience of
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Fix this textHe paused to watch in the distance
Fix this texttwo men with several packhorses
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Fix this textThey were too far away for him to
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Fix this textNow level with the mount on his
Fix this textright, he looked down into a valley
Fix this textwhere there were pools of water and
Fix this textat what appeared to be some
Fix this textactivity. [JVow ‘The Gong’ next to
Fix this textthe Botanical Gardens. Auth.]
Fix this textSoon he came across several
Fix this textbullock wagons using the ponds to
Fix this textwater their stock. He found that if
Fix this texthe were to veer left he would come
Fix this textacross the Learmonth’s camp. He
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Fix this textrough attitude and foul language, so
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Fix this textPausing only to watch several emus,
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Fix this textwhere he noted a single wisp of
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Fix this textLate in the afternoon he finally
Fix this textarrived at the Learmonth’s hut.
Fix this textThe hut was very well positioned at
Fix this textthe junction of a large stream and a
Fix this textsmaller tributary. The large stream
Fix this textwas later to be called the Leigh
Fix this textRiver and the smaller one the Dog
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Fix this textTwo men welcomed him, both
Fix this textabout his own age. Thomas and
Fix this textSomerville Learmonth were both
Fix this textlean and well tanned by the hot
Fix this textAustralian sun. Both wore beards
Fix this textand whilst their clothes were
Fix this textobvious working gear, they were
Fix this textneatly dressed but suitable for the
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Fix this textAfter passing on the letters of
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Fix this textanxious for news from home. John
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Fix this textTo be continued ...
Fix this text© Copyright. Robert W. Bell. Buninyong.
Fix this text2004.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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