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 =====The Sydney Bushwalker=====
-A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5
+A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney.
-to matters of interest to Hamilton Street, Sydney.
 ====No 60 Price 3d. December, 1939.====
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 Slow to the measured beat of sea-birds' wings.
-====Here's Paddy's good wish for Xmas=====
+=====Here's Paddy's good wish for Xmas=====
 In case you don't understand genuine Indian sign writing, this is what it means.
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 'Phone B 3101.
-=====Jackeri's Tale
+=====Jackeri's Tale=====
 By Frank Cramp.
-We lived near a black's camp when I was a boy, and I knew most of the old full bloods. There were two who came to be great friends of mine - Jimmy Jack, whose native name was Jackeri, and his wife, Sarah. Sometimes I could get them to tell me tales - whether Jackeri made them up or whether they were authentic legends, I don't know. However, this is Jackeri's tale of how the Blackiellow learned the use of fire.
+We lived near a black's camp when I was a boy, and I knew most of the old full bloods. There were two who came to be great friends of mine - Jimmy Jack, whose native name was Jackeri, and his wife, Sarah. Sometimes I could get them to tell me tales - whether Jackeri made them up or whether they were authentic legends, I don't know. However, this is Jackeri's tale of how the Blackfellow learned the use of fire.
-Long ago, before the white man came, the blackfellow roamed all along the coast. Each tribe had its own hunting and fishing grouns, and woe betide the man who trespassed without permission on any land that was not the property of his tribe. In one tribe lived a young man named Yamuni, which means "Light Giver", who had just finished his initiation and was a proper figure of a man.
+Long ago, before the white man came, the blackfellow roamed all along the coast. Each tribe had its own hunting and fishing grounds, and woe betide the man who trespassed without permission on any land that was not the property of his tribe. In one tribe lived a young man named Yamuni, which means "Light Giver", who had just finished his initiation and was a proper figure of a man.
 Now this Yamuni was something of a rebel, and could not see why, if he had chased a kangaroo all day and it finally crossed the boundary out of his tribal ground, he should give up the chase, so on a certain day he crossed the line and killed a few miles on the wrong side of the border.
-In those days men did not know the use of fire and feared the Fire
-Spirit greatly, because in the summer time he would cause great fires to sweep through the bush and kill and drive away the game, and force the tribes to fight for the right to hunt in territories not their own.
+In those days men did not know the use of fire and feared the Fire Spirit greatly, because in the summer time he would cause great fires to sweep through the bush and kill and drive away the game, and force the tribes to fight for the right to hunt in territories not their own.
 Even in those days, economic forces were the cause of wars and hatred between the tribes.
 But to return to Jackeri's tale. Yamuni, tired from the chase, lay down and slept, and as he slept he dreamed -
-He dreamed that all about him Was smoke and fire, and he was sorely afraid and wished to run away, but was hemmed in by flames and gradually his fear gave way to anger and he cursed the Fire Spirit, saying, "Oh, Fire Spirit, why must thou persecute men Why must thou make them labour so hard in the chase only to deprive them of the fruits thereof, making them glad to escape with their lives? Why must thou forever stand between them and the fruits of their labour? I defy thee and rather than submit to thy will, I will fall upon my Spear and seek hunting grounds in the spirit world where thy rule has no terrors."
-He was about to make good his threat when a great voice cried, "Hold - I offer precious gifts., gifts that, properly used, will make the lot of man more pleasant, fuller and happier,as the ages roll on. It is man that is blind and malignant. I burn and lay waste, but I purify. The wattle from which you gather gum and hardy grubs would not grow if I did not first scorch its seed. The grasses would grow rank and poisonous and the game would not eat of them if I aid not periodically purge them. The very ground would grow sour but for the ashes I spread to give new life to the soil.
+He dreamed that all about him was smoke and fire, and he was sorely afraid and wished to run away, but was hemmed in by flames and gradually his fear gave way to anger and he cursed the Fire Spirit, saying, "Oh, Fire Spirit, why must thou persecute men? Why must thou make them labour so hard in the chase only to deprive them of the fruits thereof, making them glad to escape with their lives? Why must thou forever stand between them and the fruits of their labour? I defy thee and rather than submit to thy will, I will fall upon my spear and seek hunting grounds in the spirit world where thy rule has no terrors."
--12- These are but a few of the things I do for man,
-"You* Yamuni* have been called 'Light Giver', yet, like all your kind, you wallow in darkness, but because of your name, and, because I am the friend, of man* so long as man uses me as a friend, I will teach you secrets, so that you may travel and teach all the tribes that which I will show you.
+He was about to make good his threat when a great voice cried, "Hold - I offer precious gifts, gifts that, properly used, will make the lot of man more pleasant, fuller and happier, as the ages roll on. It is man that is blind and malignant. I burn and lay waste, but I purify. The wattle from which you gather gum and hardy grubs would not grow if I did not first scorch its seed. The grasses would grow rank and poisonous and the game would not eat of them if I did not periodically purge them. The very ground would grow sour but for the ashes I spread to give new life to the soil.
-"I have chosen you because you are a rebel and need discipline, for are you not at this moment outside your tribal grounds? As punishment, your own people you will teach last and you will know that when your mission is finished* you will die. When you awake you will see my brother* the Wind Spirit, rubbing two dead limbs together. He will shoW you how to make fire. Then you will learn to harden the tips of your spears in my flames and to cook your meat on my embers i You will make your fires small and on clear ground so that they will not get out of your control, for I am your best friend, but the careless use of my gifts will bAng destruction and desolation."
-"Wake, 0 man, and look about you. Taste of the game which I have struck down for you."
+These are but a few of the things I do for man.
-Yamuni answered, Me have been taught not to eat'of the Fire Spirit's slaying, lest it will scorch our insides and burn us forever and ever."
-The great voice spoke again. 'Tat. It is I, the Fire Spirit, who commands."
+"You, Yamuni, have been called 'Light Giver', yet, like all your kind, you wallow in darkness, but because of your name, and, because I am the friend of man, so long as man uses me as a friend, I will teach you secrets, so that you may travel and teach all the tribes that which I will show you.
-Yamuni awoke, and saw that he was indeed hemmed in by flames except
-for one small opening away from the direction of his home. In that direction a terrific fire was burningi Aastily gathering his weapons and some of the kangaroo which was half cooked by the fire which was 40 dlOse to him, he ran; and always a path seemed to open for him through the fire.
+"I have chosen you because you are a rebel and need discipline, for are you not at this moment outside your tribal grounds? As punishment, your own people you will teach last and you will know that when your mission is finished, you will die. When you awake you will see my brother, the Wind Spirit, rubbing two dead limbs together. He will shoW you how to make fire. Then you will learn to harden the tips of your spears in my flames and to cook your meat on my embers. You will make your fires small and on clear ground so that they will not get out of your control, for I am your best friend, but the careless use of my gifts will bring destruction and desolation."
-On he went for a day and a night before he reached the edge of the fire. Then utterly,exhausted, he lay down to sleep. First, however, he took a mouthtul of the first cooked meat that he or any other man before him had tasted, and found it so delicious that he ate all with great hunger.
+"Wake, O man, and look about you. Taste of the game which I have struck down for you."
+Yamuni answered, "We have been taught not to eat of the Fire Spirit's slaying, lest it will scorch our insides and burn us forever and ever."
+The great voice spoke again. "Eat. It is I, the Fire Spirit, who commands."
+Yamuni awoke, and saw that he was indeed hemmed in by flames except for one small opening away from the direction of his home. In that direction a terrific fire was burning. Hastily gathering his weapons and some of the kangaroo which was half cooked by the fire which was so close to him, he ran; and always a path seemed to open for him through the fire.
+On he went for a day and a night before he reached the edge of the fire. Then utterly exhausted, he lay down to sleep. First, however, he took a mouthful of the first cooked meat that he or any other man before him had tasted, and found it so delicious that he ate all with great hunger.
 Next he examined his spears and found that the tips of them had been scorched, and in disgust threw the best of them at a tree, expecting it to break, but instead it penetrated deep into the tree and stuck there quivering. Drawing it out, he found that the tip was now harder than it was before.
 Then, hearing a strange noise, he looked up and saw that the wind was rubbing together a limb of a hardwood tree and a limb of a softwood tree. The wind gradually blew harder and harder until at last smoke and then sparks began to show and the tree burst into flames. Yamuni now understood how fire would be made, and knowing that he was under the protection of the Fire Spirit, he slept.
-When he awoke again, what a scene of desolation met his eyes. The bush was burned out for miles. Yamuni murmured to himself, Talt_yourFJolf
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+When he awoke again, what a scene of desolation met his eyes. The bush was burned out for miles. Yamuni murmured to himself, "__Make yourself small fires__," and so learned his first lesson.
-fires': and so learned his first lesson.
 Picking up his possessions, he included a piece of the soft and a piece of the hardwood that had escaped the fire, so that he could make a fire for himself. He travelled on, stopping now and again to taste a piece of snake or goanno or wallaby which had been caught by the fire and delighting in each new taste.
-At night fall he stoppedond taking the sticks from his dilly baglplaced the
-larger on the ground, and with the smaller rubbed as he had seen the wind doland at last a little burst df flame came which he fed until it was big enough for him to cook his meat. After he had eaten, he went to a creek nearby to drink, nen he returned he found his possessions in flames. Despe,ately he stamped out the fire and then his second lesson dawned ox him,MA_Lour fire in a clear place."
+At night fall he stopped, and taking the sticks from his dilly bag, placed the larger on the ground, and with the smaller rubbed as he had seen the wind do, and at last a little burst of flame came which he fed until it was big enough for him to cook his meat. After he had eaten, he went to a creek nearby to drink. When he returned he found his possessions in flames. Desperately he stamped out the fire and then his second lesson dawned on him, "__Make your fire in a clear place.__"
-He slept that night with a small fire to keep him warm. Next morning he was on his way again but had not gone very far when he heard the roar of fire behind him. He had to take refuge in a creek until it had passed, Thinking of how his fire had behaved when he was not there to watch it, his third and most important lesson was driven home, alwam_ElLyour_fire out when laaving."
+He slept that night with a small fire to keep him warm. Next morning he was on his way again but had not gone very far when he heard the roar of fire behind him. He had to take refuge in a creek until it had passed. Thinking of how his fire had behaved when he was not there to watch it, his third and most important lesson was driven home, "__Always put your fire out when leaving.__"
 Yamuni travelled on until he reached a tribe and there he started his mission. At first they would have none of his teaching (as is always the way with teachers who have something worth teaching), but eventually after he had shown them what his spears could do against theirs, they listened and learned from him. Which is always the case again, mankind always seems more interested in tools of war than tools of peace. Still, they learned both together, and that may be the answer.
-Yamuni passed from tribe to tribe until at last he came again to his own people, an old man with much experience of warfare and peace, and so was able to teach his tribe more than all the others, which is the reason that the Garrawarra Tribe is superior to all others, said old Jackerilwhose white man name was Jimmy Jack, an opinion for which I am sure they fought and died in their day, thereby showing that the causes of war then ware not so very different to what they are today.
-There is a mountain gully brimmed with trees So old, so grandly tall, that there
+Yamuni passed from tribe to tribe until at last he came again to his own people, an old man with much experience of warfare and peace, and so was able to teach his tribe more than all the others, which is the reason that the Garrawarra Tribe is superior to all others, said old Jacker, lwhose white man name was Jimmy Jack, an opinion for which I am sure they fought and died in their day, thereby showing that the causes of war then were not so very different to what they are today.
-The giant tree-ferns clustering at their feet Seem frail as maidenhair;
-The sea-green moss is velevt underfoot I look through sea-green air
+----
-Upward to lace of leavesi and onwards still
-To see a sheer stream drop
+There is a mountain gully brimmed with trees\\
-In silver curtains from the mountain-top,
+So old, so grandly tall, that there\\
-I'll stay and watch the flying rainbows swoop
+The giant tree-ferns clustering at their feet\\
-About that waterfall
+Seem frail as maidenhair;\\
-With a friend who answers thought --
+The sea-green moss is velevt underfoot,\\
+I look through sea-green air\\
+Upward to lace of leaves, and onwards still\\
+To see a sheer stream drop\\
+In silver curtains from the mountain-top.\\
+I'll stay and watch the flying rainbows swoop\\
+About that waterfall\\
+With a friend who answers thought --\\
 Or nobody at all.
--- Dorothea Mackellar.
-- "HIGHLIGHT 5"
+Dorothea Mackellar.
-Sponsored by
-STEPHENSON & BIRD
+=====Highlights=====
-Opticians, Optometrists and Orthopists, 2 Martin Place, Sydney.
- 'Phones: B1438 Morris M.Stephenson,
+Sponsored by Stephenson & Bird, Opticians, Optometrists and Orthopists
- X134407 A.S.T.C.(Dip.Opt.)F.I.O.
-Morrie Stephenson is still keeping us supplied with interesting "Highlights" on matters optical. So far ho member, or prospective member, has written a "Highlight" on things bushwalking, but some of them do provide Dorothy Lawry with the material...
+Martin Place, Sydney. 'Phones: B1438 XB4407. Morris M. Stephenson, A.S.T.C.(Dip.Opt.) F.I.O.
-This month Morrie writes about the TRIBRELIA-LIKE_GROWTH ON THE IRIS OF THE EYE.
-It is common knowledge that the pupil of the eye varies in size according to the amount of light shining on it in a like manner to the apperture
+Morrie Stephenson is still keeping us supplied with interesting "Highlights" on matters optical. So far no member, or prospective member, has written a "Highlight" on things bushwalking, but some of them do provide Dorothy Lawry with the material...
-variations of the camera, and that with bright lights large pupils are distressing., Furthermore, everyone has experienced difficulty with vision when travelling directly toward the sun, especially when it is low in the heavens, and considerable relief is often given by the brim of a hat pulled well down over the eyes.
-Certain herbivorous animals which habitually graze on the plains would
+This month Morrie writes about the
-be considerably handicapped by the above difficulty, and the lack of a hat, had
-Nature not evolved for them an umbrella-like shade on the upper portion of the pupil margin.
+====Umbrella-like Growth On The Iris Of The Eye.====
-This can be seen in the horse, donkey, gazelle, goat, camel and hyrax. In the last two animals these "umbraculivare movable, and the animal can
-raise or lower his blind according to the height of the sun above the horizon.
+It is common knowledge that the pupil of the eye varies in size according to the amount of light shining on it, in a like manner to the apperture variations of the camera, and that with bright lights large pupils are distressing. Furthermore, everyone has experienced difficulty with vision when travelling directly toward the sun, especially when it is low in the heavens, and considerable relief is often given by the brim of a hat pulled well down over the eyes.
-It might be a good idea to try and grow one on the camera to act as a lens shade,
-Of.
+Certain herbivorous animals which habitually graze on the plains would be considerably handicapped by the above difficulty, and the lack of a hat, had Nature not evolved for them an umbrella-like shade on the upper portion of the pupil margin.
-A HIGHLIGHT ON HOSPITALITY Scene One: The Club Room on Friday night.
-Two women members are overheard inviting a third to spend the week end with them, visiting their home the next day and then going walking with them out towards Church Point. The invitation is accepted,
+This can be seen in the horse, donkey, gazelle, goat, camel and hyrax. In the last two animals these "umbraculi" are movable, and the animal can raise or lower his blind according to the height of the sun above the horizon.
-t,
+It might be a good idea to try and grow one on the camera to act as a lens shade.
-Scene Two: Central Railway Station about 1,15 p m. next day.
-Members are assembling for the official week-end walk to St.Helena.
+====A Highlight On Hospitality====
-Those who had heard the invitation given and accepted the night before stagger as they see coming towards the party from tram and electric trains --- the two hostesses and the guest! They meet unexpectedly as each joins the official trip, for not one of them was on the telephone!
-FEDERATION NEWS
+Scene One: The Club Room on Friday night.
-At the October meeting the S.B.W. was represented by Tom Herbert, Alex. Colley, "Duch" Drewell and JcihnHarvey. Mr. Herbert apologised for their absence from the previous month's meeting, of which they had not received notice:
-Advice was received from Kurin-gai Chase Trust that Messrs. Pryde, Pallin and Debert had been appointed. Honoraiy rangers for that park.
+Two women members are overheard inviting a third to spend the week end with them, visiting their home the next day and then going walking with them out towards Church Point. The invitation is accepted.
-The Ball Committee reported that the "Shaw Boat" has been reserved for 12th October, 1940.
-The newly-formed "Bush Club" applied for affiliation and became a member of the Federation in place of the H,H. Club, which i has absorbed.
+Scene Two: Central Railway Station about 1,15 p.m. next day.
-Owini5 to I,rec4sure of buziness Alex Colley resigned from the position of Conservation Secretary. His successor was to be appointed at the November meeting.
+Members are assembling for the official week-end walk to St.Helena. Those who had heard the invitation given and accepted the night before stagger as they see coming towards the party from tram and electric trains --- the two hostesses and the guest!!! They meet unexpectedly as each joins the official trip, for not one of them was on the telephone!
+=====Federation News=====
+At the October meeting the S.B.W. was represented by Tom Herbert, Alex. Colley, "Duch" Drewell and John Harvey. Mr. Herbert apologised for their absence from the previous month's meeting, of which they had not received notice!
+Advice was received from Kurin-gai Chase Trust that Messrs. Pryde, Pallin and Debert had been appointed Honorary rangers for that park.
+The Ball Committee reported that the "Show Boat" has been reserved for 12th October, 1940.
+The newly-formed "Bush Club" applied for affiliation and became a member of the Federation in place of the H.H. Club, which it has absorbed.
+Owing to pressure of buziness Alex Colley resigned from the position of Conservation Secretary. His successor was to be appointed at the November meeting.
 The Publicity Bureau is still asking for the names and addresses of members willing to act as Lecturers or Bushcraft Instructors. It reported that arrangements had been made for a bushwalking page in each issue of the new "Physical Fitness" Magazine.
-The N.S3T. Govt.Tourist Bureau has advised that it is now possible to buy one ticket for eny trip on the N.S.W. Govt.Railways regardless of the lines travelled. Applications for such tickets can be made at either Challis House or Central Station.
-The officers of the S & R Section have been doing such good work that they were all re-elected for another twelve months. Who are they? Messrs Batty, Lofts, Melville, Morris, Pallin, Holesgrove, Savage and Freeman, with Miss Jean Trimble as the Secretary. Have you seen their latest circular? The one about the Instructional Week-end they al?e holding on Deember 2nd and 3rd? If you have reaa it you are almost certain to be "aloongst those preseht."
+The N.S.W. Govt. Tourist Bureau has advised that it is now possible to buy one ticket for any trip on the N.S.W. Govt. Railways regardless of the lines travelled. Applications for such tickets can be made at either Challis House or Central Station.
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-When supporting our Advertisers - please mention
+The officers of the S & R Section have been doing such good work that they were all re-elected for another twelve months. Who are they? Messrs Batty, Lofts, Melville, Morris, Pallin, Holesgrove, Savage and Freeman, with Miss Jean Trimble as the Secretary. Have you seen their latest circular? The one about the Instructional Week-end they are holding on Deember 2nd and 3rd? If you have read it you are almost certain to be "amongst those present."
-"THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER"
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+=====Club Gossip=====
-CLUB GOSSIP
-Paddy and May Pallin have decided to name their prize baby - Catherine - Elizabeth.
+Paddy and May Pallin have decided to name their prize baby - Catherine Elizabeth.
 Gwen Lawrie has returned to Sydney to live, so we are looking forward to seeing her in the club room and on the track.
-Chas. Rolfe and Yvonne Douglas were married on November 18th so if you
-miss them at "Morella-karong" you will know that their new home is claiming their week-ends. One thing, if they want any tips about how to hang the pictures, how to cook this, how to make that, etc. etc., they have only to come to the club on Friday night, there are so many other young married members who should know just what to do. Whether married or single, all the S.B.W's join in sending good wishes to these newly-weds.
+Chas. Rolfe and Yvonne Douglas were married on November 18th so if you miss them at "Morella-karong" you will know that their new home is claiming their week-ends. One thing, if they want any tips about how to hang the pictures, how to cook this, how to make that, etc. etc., they have only to come to the club on Friday night, there are so many other young married members who should know just what to do. Whether married or single, all the S.B.W's join in sending good wishes to these newly-weds.
-How long is it since you saw, or heard anything of, George Baker? On November 1st he dropped us a note from the G.P.O.,WellingtoniNew Zealand, saying he had just recovered from a broken ankle, collected whilst ski-ing at the Chateau eight weeks previously, and he was on his way to the South Island for a few months' tramping, camping, etc.
-Joan Savage and her band of enthusiasts are hard at work preparing for the S.B.W. Concert. December 12th is the date. The New Theatre, Pitt Street, is the place. The price is 1/6d per seat, payable at the door, so all you have to do is to -- "Roll up; Roll up:" and provide the players with an enthusiastic audience.
+How long is it since you saw, or heard anything of, George Baker? On November 1st he dropped us a note from the G.P.O., Wellington, New Zealand, saying he had just recovered from a broken ankle, collected whilst ski-ing at the Chateau eight weeks previously, and he was on his way to the South Island for a few months' tramping, camping, etc.
+Joan Savage and her band of enthusiasts are hard at work preparing for the S.B.W. Concert. December 12th is the date. The New Theatre, Pitt Street, is the place. The price is 1/6d per seat, payable at the door, so all you have to do is to -- "Roll up! Roll up!" and provide the players with an enthusiastic audience.
 Norm. Colton is back from his trip round the world, looking very well, but feeling very disappointed that the Castlecrag Openair Theatre is still out of action owing to last year's bushfires.
 Edna Garrad and the Social Committee are extra busy at present. They are preparing for the S.B.W. Christmas Party -- at the Club Room on December 19th. Note this date also.
+----
 I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation for the whole-hearted support of members given to me during my term as Business Manager of this publication. It is most gratifying to know that sales increased some 15%, due entirely to the splendid efforts of our Editor, and the Publication Staff have been greatly encouraged in their work thereby. I congratulate Miss Mary Stoddart on her appointment in my stead and sincerely hope you will all continue to give her the support she deserves. Good luck, Mary!
-BRIAN Cl. HARVEY.
+Brian G. Harvey