Lake Bathurst

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains, Borrelier writes, The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canaan Bagel tribe because they wanted to kill him.

barallier says that bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals governor king spoke of the chief as canna bygal c a n n a b y g a l or canna michael c a n n a m i k e l and mentioned that george cayley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and king writes cayley describes cannabaigle and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness on march ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with hamilton hume which culminated in their discovery of lake bathurst on april third eighteen eighteen surveyor james mehan wrote tent at mittigong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in 1821, for on May 21st of that year, Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on Portion 82, Parish of Mittagong, and in November 1830, Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on Portion 73 on the site now occupied by the boys' home No. 8.

Pass Mittagong January 28th course west-south-west the land runs much the same the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it here we saw a party of natives wilson run and caught one of them a girl thinking to learn something from them but her language was so different from that one that we had with us that we could not understand her We kept her all night, but she cried and fretted so much that the next morning we gave her a tomahawk and sent her to the rest of the natives, which were covered with large skins, which reached down to their heels.

Here we came to the top of a fine hill in the middle of the day and took a view of the country.

The hill which answers these conditions is Mount Taurang, 2,849 feet above sea level, and situated south of the main southern road, at about six miles in a direct line east by north from Goulburn.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang, while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it.

and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from taurang to the goulburn plains the view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad to the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of mount taurang the southern end of the goulburn plains on the eastern margin of lake bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly, from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

The plains near Lake Bathurst are also visible from Cookbundoon, 2,973 feet.

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains, Borrelier writes, The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canaan Bagel tribe because they wanted to kill him.

barallier says that bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals governor king spoke of the chief as canna bygal c a n n a b y g a l or canna michael c a n n a m i k e l and mentioned that george cayley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and king writes cayley describes cannabaigle and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness on march ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with hamilton hume which culminated in their discovery of lake bathurst on april third eighteen eighteen surveyor james mehan wrote tent at mittigong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in 1821, for on May 21st of that year, Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on Portion 82, Parish of Mittagong, and in November 1830, Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on Portion 73 on the site now occupied by the boys' home No. 8.

Pass Mittagong January 28th course west-south-west the land runs much the same the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it here we saw a party of natives wilson run and caught one of them a girl thinking to learn something from them but her language was so different from that one that we had with us that we could not understand her We kept her all night, but she cried and fretted so much, that the next morning we gave her a tomahawk and sent her to the rest of the natives, which were covered with large skins, which reached down to their heels.

Here we came to the top of a fine hill in the middle of the day, and took a view of the country.

The hill which answers these conditions is Mount Taurang, 2,849 feet above sea level, and situated south of the main southern road, at about six miles in a direct line east by north from Goulburn.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang, while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it.

and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from taurang to the goulburn plains the view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad to the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of mount taurang the southern end of the goulburn plains on the eastern margin of lake bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly, from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

The plains near Lake Bathurst are also visible from Cookbundoon, 2,973 feet.

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains, Borrelier writes, The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canan Bagel tribe because they wanted to kill him.

barallier says that bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals governor king spoke of the chief as canna bygal c a n n a b y g a l or canna michael c a n n a m i k e l and mentioned that george cayley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and king writes cayley describes cannabaigle and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness on march ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with hamilton hume which culminated in their discovery of lake bathurst on april third eighteen eighteen surveyor james mehan wrote tent at mittigong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in 1821, for on May 21st of that year, Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on Portion 82, Parish of Mittagong, and in November 1830, Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on Portion 73 on the site now occupied by the boys' home No. 8.

Pass Mittagong January 28th course west-south-west the land runs much the same the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it here we saw a party of natives wilson run and caught one of them a girl thinking to learn something from them but her language was so different from that one that we had with us that we could not understand her We kept her all night, but she cried and fretted so much that the next morning we gave her a tomahawk and sent her to the rest of the natives, which were covered with large skins, which reached down to their heels.

Here we came to the top of a fine hill in the middle of the day and took a view of the country.

at first this remark might be thought to apply to the river but that is not so the lad's usual method when describing the country is to speak of the particular part as it we have therefore to locate a high hill about two miles south of the wollandilly with scrubby hilly country to the south-west and from the summit of this high hill a glimpse of distant open country may be seen to the southward The hill which answers these conditions is Mount Taurang, 2,849 feet above sea level, and situated south of the main southern road, at about six miles in a direct line east by north from Goulburn.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang, while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it.

and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from taurang to the goulburn plains the view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad to the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of mount taurang the southern end of the goulburn plains on the eastern margin of lake bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly, from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

The plains near Lake Bathurst are also visible from Cookbundoon, 2,973 feet.

Governor King spoke of the chief as Cannabygal, C-A-N-N-A-B-Y-G-A-L or Cannamichael, C-A-N-N-A-M-I-K-E-L and mentioned that George Cayley, a botanist, had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and King writes, Cayley describes Cannabygal and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness.

On March ninth, eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with Hamilton Hume which culminated in their discovery of Lake Bathurst on April third, eighteen eighteen, surveyor James Meehan wrote, Tent at Mittagong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland.

These flats were occupied in eighteen twenty one for on May twenty first of that year surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on portion eighty two, parish of Mittagong and in November eighteen thirty surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on portion seventy three on the site now occupied by the Boys' Home No.

Eight.

The Wollundilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Towrang while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from Towrang to the Goulburn plains.

The view to the southwest is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad.

To the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance, for in a southerly direction from the summit of Mount Towrang, the southern end of the Goulburn Plains on the eastern margin of Lake Bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line.

In going from Sydney, Mount Towrang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wallandilly from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

In regard to the vines referred to, it may be mentioned that there are no jungle vines such as are found on the coast anywhere in the district, but small ones occur in various places.

Nor is there any brush as generally understood The Bargo brush made famous in the old coaching, bullock dray and bushranging days being simply a thick forest of eucalyptus trees with a scrubby undergrowth growing in poor soil Cassitha dodder vines are to be found in the gullies at the head of the Bargo and these are always difficult for the pedestrian to negotiate Smilax glyciphylla sarsaparilla also occurs there The top of Forest or Catherine Hill which is composed of good shale soil and over the summit of which close to the trig station the first road to Bong Bong passed has been mostly cleared but in places vines of Clematis glycinoides Hardenbergia monophylla and the straggling snake vine Hibbertia volubilis may still be seen Also Acacia binervata and Pittosporum revolutum plants which are somewhat rare in the district and which indicate that the flora of this hill differed from that of the surrounding areas Collins mentioned that on the twenty-sixth the party met with a prickly kind of vine This was probably Smilax australis a coastal vine which is growing around Mittagong and Bowral with Eustrephus latifolius and would be likely to occur in the Bargo district The entry in regard to the mountain is somewhat ambiguous and reads The banks of the river on the other side runs very steep and a very high mountain Whether there was a gradual ascent from the bank of the river to the top of the mountain referred to or whether from some point perhaps Forest Hill a high mountain could be seen is not quite clear If the latter then the high mountain would probably be the Mittagong range If we accept Forest Hill as the summit referred to by the expression and particularly at the very top then the rest of the entry accords with what would be found on the other side of that hill For a descent is made into meadow flat country in which kangaroos and emus would have abounded in the early days and in eighteen thirty-two an inn had been built there known as the Kangaroo or Cutter's Inn This meadowland is situated around the small district of Aylmerton a few miles easterly from Mittagong and about a hundred years ago was known as Cannambagel C-A-N-N-A-M-B-A-G-E-L Plains This name was recorded by surveyor W Harper on May twenty-first eighteen twenty-one when surveying in the locality Commissioner of Inquiry Bigg in his report on New South Wales refers to the spot as Kenembegails K-E-N-E-M-B-E-G-A-I-L-S Plains Cannambagel was a native chief of considerable renown and would have been in the district when Barracks and party passed there He was referred to by Ensign Francis Barralier as Canambaigle C-A-N-A-M-B-A-I-G-L-E on November seventh and eighth eighteen hundred and two When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains Barralier writes The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Cannambagel tribe because they wanted to kill him Barralier says that Bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals Governor King spoke of the chief as Cannabaigal C-A-N-N-A-B-Y-G-A-L or Cannamikel C-A-N-N-A-M-I-K-E-L and mentioned that George Caley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the Cowpasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and King writes Caley describes Cannabaigal and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness On March ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with Hamilton Hume which culminated in their discovery of Lake Bathurst on April third eighteen eighteen Surveyor James Meehan wrote Tent at Mittagong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in eighteen twenty-one for on May twenty-first of that year Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on portion eighty-two parish of Mittagong and in November eighteen thirty Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on portion seventy-three on the site now occupied by the Boys' Home No eight Pass Mittagong January twenty-eighth Course west south west The land runs much the same the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it Here we saw a party of natives Wilson run and caught one of them a girl thinking to learn something from them but her language was so different from that one that we had with us that we could not understand her We kept her all night but she cried and fretted so much that the next morning we gave her a tomahawk and sent her to the rest of the natives which were covered with large skins which reached down to their heels Here we came to the top of a fine hill in the middle of the day and took a view of the country We saw nothing very promising The land seemed open few trees We saw to the southward a few high mountains but good land towards them To the westward we saw a brook down the country which we supposed to be a river which seemed to run north west from south east The land seemed very high to the southward but still an open country distance twenty miles The party evidently traveled along the western side of Kanambegil Plains, and here stringy bark trees are still to be found.

It will be noticed that the catching of the native, keeping her all night, and releasing her next day are all entered under the one date, thus showing an absence of accurate sequence.

Collins speaks of the party capturing a native woman and child and writes, "Wilson, understanding something of the language of these mountain natives, hoped to have gained some information of the country from this woman, but she could not comprehend him." From the entry in the journal, it would be supposed that the explorers had a native in their party, but from what Collins writes it would seem that Wilson was the interpreter.

And from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from Taurang to the Goulburn Plains.

The view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad.

To the south-ward it runs to an open country at a great distance, for in a southerly direction from the summit of Mount Taurang the southern end of the Goulburn Plains on the eastern margin of Lake Bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line.

In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains, Borrelier writes, The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canaan Bagel tribe because they wanted to kill him.

barallier says that bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals governor king spoke of the chief as canna bygal c a n n a b y g a l or canna michael c a n n a m i k e l and mentioned that george cayley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and king writes cayley describes cannabaigle and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness on march ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with hamilton hume which culminated in their discovery of lake bathurst on april third eighteen eighteen surveyor james mehan wrote tent at mittigong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in 1821, for on May 21st of that year, Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on Portion 82, Parish of Mittagong, and in November 1830, Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on Portion 73 on the site now occupied by the boys' home No. 8.

Pass Mittagong January 28th course west-south-west.

The land runs much the same, the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees, and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it.

at first this remark might be thought to apply to the river but that is not so the lad's usual method when describing the country is to speak of the particular part as it we have therefore to locate a high hill about two miles south of the wollandilly with scrubby hilly country to the south-west and from the summit of this high hill a glimpse of distant open country may be seen to the southward The hill which answers these conditions is Mount Taurang, 2,849 feet above sea level, and situated south of the main southern road, at about six miles in a direct line east by north from Goulburn.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang, while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it.

and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from taurang to the goulburn plains the view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad to the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of mount taurang the southern end of the goulburn plains on the eastern margin of lake bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly, from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

The plains near Lake Bathurst are also visible from Cookbundoon, 2,973 feet.

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains Borrellier writes, "The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canambaigle tribe because they wanted to kill him." Borrellier says that Bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals.

Governor King spoke of the chief as Cannabaigal, C-A-N-N-A-B-Y-G-A-L or Cannamichel, C-A-N-N-A-M-I-K-E-L and mentioned that George Caley, a botanist, had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and King writes, "Caley describes Cannabaigal and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness." On March ninth, eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with Hamilton Hume which culminated in their discovery of Lake Bathurst on April third, eighteen eighteen surveyor James Meehan wrote, "Tents at Mittygong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadow land." These flats were occupied in eighteen twenty one for on May twenty first of that year surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on portion eighty two, parish of Mittygong and in November eighteen thirty surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on portion seventy three on the site now occupied by the boys home number eight.

Pass Mittygong.

January twenty-eighth.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from Taurang to the Goulburn Plains.

The view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad.

To the south-ward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of Mount Taurang the southern end of the Goulburn Plains on the eastern margin of Lake Bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of 20 miles away in a straight line.

In going from Sydney Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains, Borrelier writes, The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canaan Bagel tribe because they wanted to kill him.

varelier says that bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals governor king spoke of the chief as canna bygal c a n n a b y g a l or canna michael c a n n a m i k e l and mentioned that george cayley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and king writes cayley describes cannabaigle and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness on march ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with hamilton hume which culminated in their discovery of lake bathurst on april third eighteen eighteen surveyor james mehan wrote tent at mittigong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in 1821, for on May 21st of that year, Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on Portion 82, Parish of Mittagong, and in November 1830, Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on Portion 73 on the site now occupied by the boys' home No. 8.

Pass Mittagong January 28th course west-south-west the land runs much the same the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it here we saw a party of natives wilson run and caught one of them a girl thinking to learn something from them but her language was so different from that one that we had with us that we could not understand her We kept her all night, but she cried and fretted so much, that the next morning we gave her a tomahawk and sent her to the rest of the natives, which were covered with large skins, which reached down to their heels.

Here we came to the top of a fine hill in the middle of the day, and took a view of the country.

The hill which answers these conditions is Mount Taurang, 2,849 feet above sea level, and situated south of the main southern road, at about six miles in a direct line east by north from Goulburn.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang, while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it.

and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from taurang to the goulburn plains the view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad to the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of mount taurang the southern end of the goulburn plains on the eastern margin of lake bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly, from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

The plains near Lake Bathurst are also visible from Cookbundoon, 2,973 feet.

When speaking of a native who joined his party between Menangle and Picton during an expedition to try and cross the Blue Mountains, Borrelier writes, The mountaineer called Bungin was an inhabitant of the south and had left the Canan Bagel tribe because they wanted to kill him.

barallier says that bungin wore a cloak made of skins of animals governor king spoke of the chief as canna bygal c a n n a b y g a l or canna michael c a n n a m i k e l and mentioned that george cayley a botanist had seen him when the sable chief was visiting the cow pasture natives about eighteen hundred and two and king writes cayley describes cannabaigle and his tribe or family to be a stout athletic band far surpassing the other natives in height and stoutness on march ninth eighteen eighteen when in this locality on his expedition with hamilton hume which culminated in their discovery of lake bathurst on april third eighteen eighteen surveyor james mehan wrote tent at mittigong at the south end of a plain of swampy meadowland These flats were occupied in 1821, for on May 21st of that year, Surveyor Harper refers to Chalker's Hut on Portion 82, Parish of Mittagong, and in November 1830, Surveyor Robert Hoddle records the presence of Cutter's Inn on Portion 73 on the site now occupied by the boys' home No. 8.

Pass Mittagong January 28th course west-south-west.

The land runs much the same, the timber thin with a good many stringy bark trees, and a little further we saw a number of meadows and a hundred acres of land without a tree upon it.

at first this remark might be thought to apply to the river but that is not so the lad's usual method when describing the country is to speak of the particular part as it we have therefore to locate a high hill about two miles south of the wollandilly with scrubby hilly country to the south-west and from the summit of this high hill a glimpse of distant open country may be seen to the southward The hill which answers these conditions is Mount Taurang, 2,849 feet above sea level, and situated south of the main southern road, at about six miles in a direct line east by north from Goulburn.

The Wollondilly is just under two miles in a straight line north of Mount Taurang, while Governor's Hill is about four miles west of it.

and from the latter scrubby hills extend southerly and intercept the view from taurang to the goulburn plains the view to the south-west is therefore faithfully recorded by the lad to the southward it runs to an open country at a great distance for in a southerly direction from the summit of mount taurang the southern end of the goulburn plains on the eastern margin of lake bathurst may be clearly seen at a distance of twenty miles away in a straight line In going from Sydney, Mount Taurang is the first hill met with on this side of the Wollondilly, from which any portion of the Goulburn Plains can be seen.

The plains near Lake Bathurst are also visible from Cookbundoon, 2,973 feet.