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| 194901 [2016/04/17 21:00] – [Swimming Carnival February 19 & 20] kennettj | 194901 [2016/04/17 21:01] – [Births Marriages and Engagements] kennettj | ||
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| ====== Births Marriages and Engagements ====== | ====== Births Marriages and Engagements ====== | ||
| - | Our hearty congratulations and best wishes to | + | Our hearty congratulations and best wishes to Joan and John Hunter, who are the proud parents of twins. Betty and Jack Rose, who now have a son. Norma Phillips and Russ Wilkins, who were married, last week. |
| - | Joan and'John Hunter, who are the proud parents of twins. Betty and Jack Rose, who now have a son. | + | |
| - | Norma Phillips and Russ Wilkins, who were married, last week. | + | |
| - | And to the two recently engaged couples - Kath Hardy and Zim Brown; Norma Barden and Eric Rowen. | + | And to the two recently engaged couples - Kath Hardy and Jim Brown; Norma Barden and Eric Rowen. |
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| - | Mounting a spur on the divide between the Clycle | + | Mounting a spur on the divide between the Clyde and Endrick we came upon an open expanse of flat sandstone. On the rock lay a number of large stones. Strange to find them there on top of the range; stranger still to find they were arranged in rows. |
| Then the significance of the place dawned upon us. We were looking upon an aboriginal Bawra ground, perhaps undisturbed since the last initiation ceremony somewhere in the early part of last century. No, not quite undisturbed - the outlines of a kangaroo were too neat for the aboriginals - this symbol had been rearranged by whites. But thereat we were sure was genuine. The central pattern was a large oval, perhaps 20 yards long, divided by a partition running down its long axis. The situation was magnificent - high above the great gorges and sandstone walls of the upper Clyde - a place that could not be overlooked, so that the women, and members of other tribes, could not witness the secret and solemn rites of initiation. The scene was unchanged since that last sad corroboree. Only the people were missing. | Then the significance of the place dawned upon us. We were looking upon an aboriginal Bawra ground, perhaps undisturbed since the last initiation ceremony somewhere in the early part of last century. No, not quite undisturbed - the outlines of a kangaroo were too neat for the aboriginals - this symbol had been rearranged by whites. But thereat we were sure was genuine. The central pattern was a large oval, perhaps 20 yards long, divided by a partition running down its long axis. The situation was magnificent - high above the great gorges and sandstone walls of the upper Clyde - a place that could not be overlooked, so that the women, and members of other tribes, could not witness the secret and solemn rites of initiation. The scene was unchanged since that last sad corroboree. Only the people were missing. | ||
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| Mr. E. Caines Phillips advises that canoeing map No.46 of the Fish and Macquarie Rivers (Tarana to Bathurst) is now available. | Mr. E. Caines Phillips advises that canoeing map No.46 of the Fish and Macquarie Rivers (Tarana to Bathurst) is now available. | ||
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