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Fix this text"1974 marks the 150th anniversary of the epic Journey by Hum
Fix this textand Hovoll from Sydney to Port Phillip in 1824. Their great feat of
Fix this textexploration began where the road from Sydney ended, not far from
Fix this textGunning. The trail they Mrked from there is not that followed
Fix this textin NSW by the present Hum Highway.
Fix this textBoth Gunning and Albury have organized festivities to celebrate
Fix this textthe Joprney, and hone to attract visitors and forMr residents back
Fix this textto the areas to Join the celebrations.
Fix this textGunning, 60 miles from Canberra, has planned a number of activitiea,
Fix this textculminating in a procession, barbecue and dance on 19 October. Other
Fix this textattractions organized by the townspeople include a variety of sporting
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Fix this textOctober will see the 150th anniversary of an eoic Journey of
Fix this textdiscovery from what was then the farthesdt point of civilisation in
Fix this textthe young colony of NSW through completely unknown territory to the
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Fix this textIn 1821 Alexander Hamilton Hume discovered ths rich Yass Plains
Fix this textnnd took up land there..•
Fix this textHum and Hovell's party left from Appin on 3 October 1824, and
Fix this textfollowed the track from Sydney as far as Hum's property at Collingwood,
Fix this textnorth-east of the present township of Gunning, where the road ended.
Fix this textToday's occupants of Collingwood, Mr and Mrs Dohn EMry, are descendants
Fix this textof Hums younger brother, Dohn Kennedy Hum, who was shot dead in
Fix this textGunning by bushrangers. The family believe the expedition left the
Fix this textproperty froe a spot which is now imMdiately outside the rear courtyard
Fix this textof the existing Hom stead.
Fix this textLeaving Collingwood on 17 October, they followed a south-easterly
Fix this textlino, crossing the Mundoonen range between Gunning and Yass, and
Fix this textreaching the banks of the Murrumbidgee close to Goodhope, about 25th
Fix this textOctober 1824...
Fix this textThe expedition's link with our local ares has been reinforced
Fix this textlately with the proposed building of a new section of highway between
Fix this textCollector and Tueut. If this coms about, the eein road could then
Fix this textfollow alaoat identically the route taken by Hum and Howell on their
Fix this texthistoric Journey 150 years ego."
Fix this text(Extract free Dan Hodgkinson, "An Expedition South 150 vaars tgo"
Fix this textin Canberra & District Historical Society Newsletter, No 158,
Fix this textNovember 1974, p 11-14.)
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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