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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

Well. 2a.

APPENDIX XIII.
Parish of Poilinna

      The small parish of Poilinna situated between Togari and the
Duck River, contains a narrow strip of hill land, on the south end
of Togari, the whole of the remainder being flat or swampy country.
Of the latter between 2,000 to 3,000 acres is poor heathy sandy
plain confined, with the exception of Waratah Plain, to the north
east of the Parish. There is a little over 1,000 acres selected
in the parish as first class land, consisting of swampy flats on
the Duck River, small extensions of the Mowbray Swamp, and some
swampy flats under the Christmas Hills Tier. The latter, in the
vicinity of 364a. F. Fenton, E.F.P. is in an area of rich swamp
land of probably 600 acres together with about a similar quantity of
first and second class, which should be easily drained, and could be
roaded by a small branch from the Christmas Hills road. The 500
acres E.P. Wells E.F.P. is fair first and second class, low or swampy
country, and the strip of high land on the south west is in average
grey soil, with stringybark, dogwood, laurel and cathead ferns.
Three or four thousand acres down the centre of the parish is dense
scrub and timber, and although not very thoroughly explored appears
to be patchy and variable in quality, but includes a fair proportion
of first and second class land. Messrs. J. S. Lee and Sons had a
mill cutting blackwood for several years, both at the north west and
south east corners of the parish, but the good belts of this timber
have been practically cut out, and except for small quantities in
Laughton's lease there is little commercial hardwood in the parish.
There are no formed roads in the Parish, but the north end can be
approached over the open plains, and there is a road cleared into the
river at Nichols selection, with a bridge across to them. Nearly
the whole parish is about 100 feet above sea level, with a maximum
of about 400 feet in the S. W. corner. It is fairly well watered
by the Duck River, and two or three small streams running into it
from the Christmas Hills Tier, and has a rainfall of about fifty
inches. The parish ranges from one to five miles from the
Trowutta Railway, the north end is about a mile from the Christmas
Hills Road on the West, and about 4 miles from Smithton on the east,
and being surrounded by first and second class land of great width
should be of considerable value as the country develops. The soil
throughout the parish is generally sand or sandy loam with heavier
soil on the west.

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