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-THE SYDNEY BUSHIITALKER
 Established June 1931
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-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001.	Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, telephone 798-8607.
+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W. 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, telephone 798-8607.
-EDITOR;
-BUSINESS MANAGER: PRODUCTION MANAGER: TYPIST:
+|**Editor**|Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street, Rozelle, 2039. Telephone 827-3695.|
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+|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871-1207.|
-Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Telepiabne 827-3695.
+|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray. Telephone 86-6263.|
-Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Telephone 871-1207.
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-Helen Gray. Telephone 86-6263.
+|**Duplicator Operator**|Phil Butt.|
-Kpth Brown.
-Street, Rozelle, 2039. Drive, Carlingford, 2118.
+===March, 1983===
-DUPLICATOR OPERATOR:	Phil Butt.
-MARCH, 1983.
+=====Contents.=====
-S.B.W. Office Bearers - 1983		Page	2
-Who Won the Election?	by Alex Colley		3
+| | |Page|
-Let My Waters Flow	Peter Harris		5
+|S.B.W. Office Bearers - 1983| | 2|
-New Year at Tin Mine Hut - K.N.P.	Rudi Dezelin		6
+|Who Won the Election?|Alex Colley| 3|
-Crossed Paths	Bill Gamble		7
+|Let My Waters Flow|Peter Harris| 5|
-Social Notes for April	Jo Van Sommers		a
+|New Year at Tin Mine Hut - K.N.P.|Rudi Dezelin| 6|
-Annual Subscriptions 1983			8
+|Crossed Paths|Bill Gamble| 7|
-Search & Rescue Practice - Mt. Wilson	Wendy Hodgman		9
+|Social Notes for April|Jo Van Sommers| 8|
-Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre			11
+|Annual Subscriptions 1983| | 8|
-The February General Meeting	Barry Wallace		12
+|Search & Rescue Practice - Mt. Wilson|Wendy Hodgman| 9|
-Letter to the Editor	Warwick Blayden		13
+|The February General Meeting|Barry Wallace|12|
-Ramsheads Revisited -	Christine Austin		14
+|Letter to the Editor|Warwick Blayden|13|
-The Isle of the Dammed	Jim Brown		16
+|Ramsheads Revisited - K.N.P.|Christine Austin|14|
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+|The Isle of the Dammed|Jim Brown|16|
-Page 2	THE SYDNEY BUSRMIIKER	March, 1983.
-esMOileliIIMIM.
+=====Advertisements.=====
-S.B.W. OFFICE BEARERS - 1983.
+| |Page|
+|Eastwood Camping Centre|11|
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+=====S.B.W. Office Bearers - 1983.=====
 The following office-bearers and committee members were elected at the S.B.W. Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 9th March, 1983:-
-President	*
-Vice-Presidents	*
-	*
-Secretary	*
-Assistant Secretary
-Treasurer	*
-Walks Secretary	*
-Barry MUrdoch Jim Percy
-*	Jo Van Sommers
-*	Bill Holland
-*	Denise Shaw	* Frank Woodgate
-*	Margaret Conley	* Bill Capon
-*	Gordon Lee	Wendy Hodgman
-*	Spiro Hajinakitas	Steve Hodgman
-Alex Colley
-Alex Colley Evelyn Walker
-Bill Burke Helen Gray Phil Butt John'Holly
-Tony Marshall 713,6985(H). 264,7654(B) Ray Hookway 4114873 Ixt.294 Steve Hodgman 519,6633(H) 406,6177(B)
-Phil Butt Gordon Redmond
-Colin Broad
-Heather White	Gordon Redmond Bill Burke
-Dot Butler	Fazeley Read
-George Gray,	John Redfern
-Bill Burka	Barry Wallace Peter Miller
-Bill Burke
-Don Cornell	Ainslie Morris
-Tony Marshall
-Ainslie Morris Barry Wallace
-Barbara Bruce
-elm um.
-Social Secretary
-New Members Secretary Committee Members
-Federation Delegates
+|President|Tony Marshall*|
-Substitute Federation
+|Vice-Presidents|Ainslie Morris*, Barry Wallace*|
-Delegate Conservation Secretary
+|Secretary|Barbara Bruce*|
-Magazine Editor
+|Assistant Secretary| |
-Magazine Business Manager Magazine Production Manager
+|Treasurer|Barry Murdoch*|
-Duplicator Operator
+|Walks Secretary|Jim Percy*|
-Keeper of Maps & Timetables Search & Rescue Contacts
+|Social Secretary|Jo Van Sommers*|
-Archivist Auditor
+|New Members Secretary|Bill Holland*|
-Solicitor Trustees
+|Committee Members|Denise Shaw*, Frank Woodgate*, Margaret Conley*, Bill Capon*|
-Coolana Management Committee
+|Federation Delegates|Gordon Lee*, Wendy Hodgman, Spiro Hajinakitas*, Steve Hodgman|
-Kosciusko Huts Assn.Delegate Projectionists
+|Substitute Federation Delegate|Alex Colley|
+|Conservation Secretary|Alex Colley|
+|Magazine Editor|Evelyn Walker|
+|Magazine Business Manager|Bill Burke|
+|Magazine Production Manager|Helen Gray|
+|Duplicator Operator|Phil Butt|
+|Keeper of Maps & Timetables|John Holly|
+|Search & Rescue Contacts|Tony Marshall 713,6985(H) 264,7654(B), Ray Hookway 411,4873 Ext.294, Steve Hodgman 519,6633(H) 406,6177(B)|
+|Archivist|Phil Butt|
+|Auditor|Gordon Redmond|
+|Solicitor|Colin Broad|
+|Trustees|Heather White, Gordon Redmond, Bill Burke|
+|Coolana Management Committee|Dot Butler, Fazeley Read, George Gray, John Redfern, Bill Burke, Barry Wallace, Peter Miller|
+|Kosciusko Huts Assn. Delegate|Bill Burke|
+|Projectionists|Don Cornell, Ainslie Morris|
 * Indicates members of the Committee.
-Page 3 .	THE SYDNEY BU.SHWALKER. 	March, 1983.
-NHO WON THE ELECTION?	by Alex Colley.
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-"Our concern is not politics, but the Franklin	 and so we must ask you to vote for those parties committed to saving the Franklin. Even though you may never have voted for them
-before and may never again."	(Fram full page coloured advertisement _costing $50,000 published in the S.M.H. by the National South-West Coalition)
+=====Who Won The election?=====
-Our Club is, and should remain, an a-political organisation, but it donated $500 to the Tasmanian Wilderness Society, knowing it would be used
-	to canvass votes for the A.L.P. and the Australian Democrats, while individual.mambers made private donations totalling over $5,000 which paid for ..car. stickers. Bushwaikers particularly those who have been in the South- Nest, appreciate more than most the importance of preserving this scenic and irreplaceable remnant of our rapidly, diminishing wilderness heritage.
+by Alex Colley.
-Party policies were clear: The Tasmanian Government declared that it
-had a right to build the dam, and that nothing would stop it from doing so. The Federal Government agreed that State rights must be upheld (it was prepared to buy out these alleged rights but not to over-ride them). The Australian Democrats said that Tasmania had no right to destroy a'part of the
+"Our concern is not politics, but the Franklin... and so we must ask you to vote for those parties committed to saving the Franklin. Even though you may never have voted for them before and may never again." (From full page coloured advertisement costing $50,000 published in the S.M.H. by the National South-West Coalition)
-national and world heritage, but that the Commonwealth had both the power and
-the respansibility to preserve it.. The Federal A.L.P., despite the opposition of its Tasmanian Division, agreed with the Democrats. Wilderness supporters therefore had no option but tovote for the Democrats and the A.L.P. Senator Chipp summed it up as follows:-
+Our Club is, and should remain, an a-political organisation, but it donated $500 to the Tasmanian Wilderness Society, knowing it would be used to canvass votes for the A.L.P. and the Australian Democrats, while individual mambers made private donations totalling over $5,000 which paid for car stickers. Bushwaikers, particularly those who have been in the South-West, appreciate more than most the importance of preserving this scenic and irreplaceable remnant of our rapidly, diminishing wilderness heritage.
-"Letting Tasmanians alone - that is, about half the voting
-population of Tasmania - decide on the Franklin River is about
+Party policies were clear. The Tasmanian Government declared that it had a right to build the dam, and that nothing would stop it from doing so. The Federal Government agreed that State rights must be upheld (it was prepared to buy out these alleged rights but not to over-ride them). The Australian Democrats said that Tasmania had no right to destroy a part of the national and world heritage, but that the Commonwealth had both the power and the respansibility to preserve it. The Federal A.L.P., despite the opposition of its Tasmanian Division, agreed with the Democrats. Wilderness supporters therefore had no option but to vote for the Democrats and the A.L.P. Senator Chipp summed it up as follows:-
-the same as allowing the population of Alice Springs and Darwin to vote by referendum to have Ayers Rock crushed by bulldozers
-to make gravel for a road in the middle of the Northern Territory.
+"Letting Tasmanians alone - that is, about half the voting population of Tasmania - decide on the Franklin River is about the same as allowing the population of Alice Springs and Darwin to vote by referendum to have Ayers Rock crushed by bulldozers to make gravel for a road in the middle of the Northern Territory. It is the same as allowing the populations of Townsville, Cairns and Mackay decide that the Great Barrier Reef ought to be drilled far oil. The proposition is absolutely absurd."
-It is the same as alloying the-populations of Townsville, Cairns
-and Viackay decide.that the Great Barrier Reef ought to be drilled far oil. The proposition is absolutely absurd."
+Not long ago a campaign to defeat a government on the single issue of wilderness preservation would have been a futile exercise, as Mr. Fraser believed it would be in 1983, but as I pointed out in our magazine a year ago, conservation has come a long way since Myles Dunphy aroused the Club's interest 50 years ago. No secular movement can claim more voluntary members, or as many voluntary helpers, as the conservation societies, and they were all behind the Franklin campaign. Consequently, in the marginal electorates where the "No Dams" workers opposed the Government, they were able to field more campaigners than either of the major parties. On polling days over 400 workers were available on each of the city marginal seats chosen by the South-West Coalition.
-	Not long ago a campaign to defeat a government on the single issue 'of .wilderness preservation would have.been a futile exercise,, as Mr. Fraser believed it would be in 1983, but as I pointed out in our magazine a year
-ago, conservation has come a long way since Myles Dunphy aroused the Club's
+For a movement with such resources and enthusiasm the task of winning the election was well within their capability. An average overall swing of 1.4% would defeat the government. This meant that if 14 voters in every 1000 could be persuaded to vote for the "no dams" parties instead of the "pro-dam" parties the Franklin could be saved. It could be done with less than a 1.4% overall swing if a swing of that extent were obtained in 11 marginal seats.
-interest 50 years ago. No secular movement can claim more voluntary members, or as many voluntary helpers, as the conservation societies, and they were all behind the Franklin campaign. Consequently, in the marginal electorates
-where the "No. Dams" workers opposed the Government, they were able to field
+In the event the overall swing was 3.8%. How much of this was the work of the conservationists cannot be known. It is probably fair to say that, whereas there was a Tweedledum and Tweedledee element in the economic policies of the parties, the Franklin issue was clear cut and had an emotional appeal to many voters outside the conservation movement. There were some pointers as to the effect of the "No Dams" campaign. In N.S.W., Victoria and Tasmania, where the principal effort was made, the Democrats' Senate vote was up, whereas the overall trend, both in the Senate and the House of Representatives, was down. The vote in Bennelong, uncontested by the Democrats, where Milo Dunphy stood as a National South-West Coalition, was very significant. Milo would undoubtedly have received the majority of Democrat votes - 7.06% in 1960. But his vote was 12.7% of the total. The swing to Labor in this seat was only 0.26%. Some 5% of Milo's 12.7% was therefore at the expense of the Liberals. The biggest anti-dam vote was achieved in the strongest Liberal areas, where it reached up to 18.6%. The vote for Milo was down to 9% in Labor areas of the electorate. This was to be expected, because a vote for the Labor candidate would be equally effective against the dams. Whatever interpretation is placed on the election result, it is clear that the swing to Labor could have been achieved by the intervention of the South-last Coalition. Mr. Anthony, a seasoned campaigner, has attributed the Labor win to the Franklin dam issue. "Clearly the Government suffered, particularly in Victoria," he stated, "from the campaign against the dam". The conservationists got what they wanted. In this sense at least, they wan the election.
-more campaigners than either of the major parties. On polling days over 400 workers were.:availabledn each of -the city marginal seats chosen by the South-West Coalition.
-For a movement with such resources and enthusiasm the task of winning the election was well within their capability. An average overall swing of 1.4 % would defeat the government. This meant that if 14 voters in every 1000 could be persuaded to VOte for the "no dams" parties instead of the "pro-dam" parties the Franklin could. be saved. , It could be done with
+The Labor Government is pledged to stop the dam, but how? Premier Gray stands firm on his claim that nothing can over-ride his right to wreck a component of the National Estate and the World Heritage. Mr. Murray Wilcox, Q.C., President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, says that the Commonwealth Government, as a signatory to the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and National Heritage, has both the power and the responsibility to protect South-West Tasmania. The Attorney-General's Department's opinion is that "The Commonwealth has substantial constitutional powers that could be used to preserve South-West Tasmania. Any decision not to intervene must therefore be based on political grounds, not an any constitutional impediment." Professor Michael Coper states that "a Commonwealth Government absolutely determined to intervene in Tasmania has powers which would enable it to do so". Nevertheless there can be little doubt that the Tasmanian Government will not listen to reason and that whichever path the Commonwealth Government takes will lead it into a legal jungle as dense as the horizontal scrub of the South-West. Some of the steps it might take are:-
-Page 4	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	March, 1983.
-less than a 1.0 overall swing if a swing of.that.extent were obtained in 11 marginal seats.
+__Enactment of the World Heritage Properties Protection Bill.__
-In the event the overall swing was 3.6%4 How much of this was the work of the conservationists cannot be known. It is probably fair to say that, whereas there was a Tweedledum and Tweedledee element in the economic policies of the parties, the granklin issue was clear cut and had an emotional appeal to many voters outside the conservation movement. There were some pointers as to the effect of the "No Dams" campaign. In N.S.W., Victoria and Tasmania, where the principal effort was made, the Democrats' Senate vote was up, whereas the overall trend, both in the Senate and the House of Representatives, was down. The vote in Bennelaag, uncontested by the Democrats, where Milo Dunphy stood as a National South-West Coalition, was very significant. Milo would undoubtedly have received the majority of Democrat votes - 7.06% in 1960. But his vote was 11, of the total. The swing to Labor in this seat was only 0.26%. Some 50 of Milo's 12.7%; was therefore at the expense of the Liberals. The biggest anti-dam vote was achieved in the strongest Liberal areas, where it reached up to 18.6%. The vote for Milo was down to 9% in Labor areas of the electorate. This was to be expected, because a vote for the Labor candidate would be equally effective against the dams. Mhatever interpretation is placed on the election result, it is clear that the swing to Labor could have been achieved by the intervention of the South-last Coalition. Mr. Anthony, a seasoned campaigner, has attributed the Labor win to the Franklin dam issue. "Clearly the Government suffered, particularly in Victoria," he stated, from the campaign against the dam". The conservationists got what they wanted. In this sense at least, they wan the election.
-The Labor Government is pledged to stop the dam, but how? Premier Gray stands firm on his claim that nothing can over-ride his right to wreck a component of the National Ps-bate and the World Heritage. Mx. Murray
-Wilcox, Q.C., President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, says that
-the Commonwealth Government, as a signatory to the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and National Heritage, has both the power
-and the responsibility to protect South-:West Tasmania. The Attorney-General's Department's opinion is that "The Commonwealth has substantial constitutional powers that could be used to preserve South-West Tasmania. Any decision not to intervene must therefore be based on political grounds, not an any constitutional impediment." Professor Michael Coper states that "a Commonwealth Government absolutely determined to intervene in Tasmania has powers which would enable it to do so". Nevertheless there can be little doubt that the Tasmanian Government will not listen to reason and that whichever path the Commonwealth Government takes will lead it into a legal jungle as dense as the horizontal scrub of the South-West. Some of the steps it might take are:-
-,Ehactment of the World Heritage Properties Protection Bill,
 This passed the Senate with the support of several Liberal Senators in the old Parliament and will be overwhelmingly supported by both houses in the new.
-Action_under_Section 51 of the Constitution.
-This power is invoked by	signature of the UNESCO Convention.
+__Action under Section 51 of the Constitution.__
-Refusal of in ort licenses for the in ortation of dam buildin machin
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+This power is invoked by signature of the UNESCO Convention.
-Refusal of ermission to-raise loans.
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+__Refusal of import licenses for the importation of dam building machinery.__
-... "disaantagd.state.	. .	..... .
-Senator Missen,.Liberal, Victoria, expressed his intention of voting against financial handouts to Tasmania in these words: "I am not prepared to see my constituents continually taken to the cleaners in the interests of
+__Refusal of permission to raise loans.__
-a State which thumbs its nose at Australia's national responsibilities and threatens to bring this nation into disrepute."
+__Withdrawal of financial privileges granted to Tasmania as a "disadvantaged state".__
+Senator Missen, Liberal, Victoria, expressed his intention of voting against financial handouts to Tasmania in these words: "I am not prepared to see my constituents continually taken to the cleaners in the interests of a State which thumbs its nose at Australia's national responsibilities and threatens to bring this nation into disrepute."
 The Hawke Government will need its map, compass, torch and sustained determination to fight its way through the legal horizontal scrub. Let us hope that it never fails to see beyond the tangle to the real issue - the preservation of an irreplaceable remnant of the world's natural heritage.
 (Note: Final figures were not available when this article was written.)
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-LEI!' MY WATERS FLOW:
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+=====Let My Waters Flow!=====
 by Peter Harris.
-Praise God: The Franklin lives:
-"Now moves its ever-flowing waters Now sings its raptuous sang of joy. Behold the stream of living nature Unbroken past its hydro-ttloy."
+Praise God! The Franklin lives!
-The stream which has a beginning now carries its waters to the end, unhindered and free-flowing. The Franklin lives. The chain is broken.
-, The wilderness is intact. The World Heritage remains. The Franklin and- Gordon Rivers National Park is unrevoked.
+"Now moves its ever-flowing waters\\
-At what cost? Almost 1,600 arrests at an-site protests. A national cost of nearly $200,000 to fund an electoral pressure campaign. A complete
+Now sings its raptuous sang of joy.\\
-farce of Tasmania's police and judicial systems. Conservation and recreation opposition to a Federal Government's failure to intervene under the External Affairs Powers - an opposition of nearly 100%.	And the ultimate cost - division, d*viaiteness and the downfall of a Federal Government.
+Behold the stream of living nature\\
-The issue crossed all polital affiliations. My own decision to take
+Unbroken past its hydro-ploy."
-a prominent role was a very difficult one. It cost me a few friends. It
-made me a few friends. But the successful objective was worth it. I am
+The stream which has a beginning now carries its waters to the end, unhindered and free-flowing. The Franklin lives. The chain is broken. The wilderness is intact. The World Heritage remains. The Franklin and Gordon Rivers National Park is unrevoked.
-proud particularly of the Sydney Bush Walkers whose mammoth contribution in terms of money completely funded the national printing and distribution of
-car stickers - a project upon which the success of the "NO DAMS" campaign depended. The S.B.W. people who willingly gave up their time to actively canvass and campaign on behalf of the Wilderness Society are too numerous to mention, and their efforts will remain their own personal satisfaction. They have given of themselves.
+At what cost? Almost 1,600 arrests at on-site protests. A national cost of nearly $200,000 to fund an electoral pressure campaign. A complete farce of Tasmania's police and judicial systems. Conservation and recreation opposition to a Federal Government's failure to intervene under the External Affairs Powers - an opposition of nearly 100%.	And the ultimate cost - division, diviceveness and the downfall of a Federal Government.
-God bless you all. You have saved the Franklin: **xxxxxxxx
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+The issue crossed all polital affiliations. My own decision to take a prominent role was a very difficult one. It cost me a few friends. It made me a few friends. But the successful objective was worth it. I am proud particularly of the Sydney Bush Walkers whose mammoth contribution in terms of money completely funded the national printing and distribution of car stickers - a project upon which the success of the "NO DAMS" campaign depended. The S.B.W. people who willingly gave up their time to actively canvass and campaign on behalf of the Wilderness Society are too numerous to mention, and their efforts will remain their own personal satisfaction. They have given of themselves.
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER
+God bless you all. You have saved the Franklin!
+----
 NET YEAR. AT TIN Num BUTS., _Kosciusko National Park
 March, 1983.