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Report on the Examination of Crown Lands etc. in the County of Wellington
Appendix I. Exploration, County of Wellington - From Roger River to Marrawah Plain
Appendix II. Exploration 5700 acres State Forest Reserve - Parish of Lerunna
Appendix III. Parish of Warra
Appendix IV. Parish of Marrawah
Appendix V. Parish of Lerunna
Appendix VI. Parish of Riengeena
Appendix VII. V.D.L. Co's Woolnorth Block
Appendix VIII. Parish of Williams
Appendix IX. Parish of Togari
Appendix X. Parishes of Malompto and Terragomna
Appendix XI. Parish of Mowbray
Appendix XII. Parish of Ford
Appendix XIII. Parish of Poilinna
Appendix XIV. Parish of Gibson
Appendix XV. Parishes of Trowutta and Meryanna
Appendix XVI. Hunters Islands
APPENDIX II.
Exploration 5700 acres State Forest Reserve
Parish of Lerunna
As instructed I commenced to run a line westerly from the
north west angle of the Copper Reward mineral section, but finding a
line had been run there by the Forestry Department I only had to open
it out again and adopt their chainage.
Starting in poor country with old stringy bark, blue fern etc,
with a little rejuvenation near the Salmon River it rose about a
couple of hundred feet on a plateau which constitutes the main portion
of the area which is only broken by a few small creeks falling into
the Arthur River. The land was poor grey soil carrying a good deal
of gravel, and of little use for pastoral purposes. Similar country
extended to about 5350 where a good creek ran through slate and
schist country southerly toward the Arthur River, the vegetation
being old stringy bark, small myrtle, lancewood and a few manfern.
About 65 chains the Arthur River appeared to be about 10 chains to the
South. Rising up over a poor bluff, falling steeply into the river,
another strong creek was met at 1m. 4c. 50l, running into the Arthur
about 5 chains to the South that River running a little south of west
for another 10 chains and bending back to the South. The Arthur
River was shown on the F. D. tracing as a mile further south, and it
is hard to understand how its position here was overlooked as the
creek backs up in flood time to within 20 or 30 yards of this line.
From 1m.5 c to about 1m. 35c. was fair second class land with myrtle,
stringy bark, sword grass and some cathead. From 1m. 35c. gravelly
country of poor quality with a patch of bauera from 1m. 44c. to 1m.
47 c., thence poor country with some patches of second growth to 1m.74 c.
where cross lines were noted. From 1m.74c. to 2m.30 c. similar poor
country of clayey soil and some gravel with patches of second growth
and old original stringy bark. From 2m.30c. to 2m.45 c. dense growth
of young titree and bauera, then fair second class land to a strong
creek at 3m.5c. running south, and thence poor gravelly soil to about
3m. 25c. where the line ended on rough plain.
A rough line south from 1m. 74c. was followed for about 70
chains and there lost in heavy bauera. The country was very poor
quality with a little second class greyish in colour and gravelly
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APPENDIX II.
Parish of Lerunna (2)
timbered with stringy bark, titree etc. mostly second growth and of
little commercial value.
Going north from the 1m. 74c. a very rough blazed line was
found for about 55 chains and I then broke through for about another
25 chains to about the mile peg. The whole of this was inferior
flat land, mostly poor second class with stringy bark, gum, myrtle,
lancewood, leatherwood and titree etc. of which about half was
second growth. From the mile I broke out North East about 15 chains
through stringy bark country on to the open buttongrass plains.
Generally speaking this lot would appear to be of little
value for pastoral and agricultural purposes as no first class land
was noted and the soil appeared consistently poor throughout, and of
the same grey colour and tendency to be gravelly. About a dozen
blackwood trees were noticed and very little or no good timber of
any other kind. As the country appeared so uniform and of such
poor quality no further exploration was effected in this vicinity.
The Forest Reserve apparently touches plain on the west and north west
as well as on the North East, at the mile on my line it is almost
cut in two by the plain and river which are about 30 chains apart.
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