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From: "Terri" <>
Subject: Re: [NSWSE] 100 years ago
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:56:01 +1100
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Hi Pam,

Thank you very much for the link to the Richmond River Historical
Society's website. It is most informative and does help to explain
why so many of the 'South Coasters' made the trip to the Big Scrub.

Best wishes,

Terri.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Dowling" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [NSWSE] 100 years ago


> Hi Wendy, Ray, Terri and all,
>
> May I first add my thanks to Wendy for her interesting postings
recently,
> and Terri & Ray for your contributions. I too have interests in both
> Illawarra and the Big Scrub - farming ancestors who moved from one
to the
> other or on into Qld as it too opened up.
>
> I found a very interesting short series of articles on Dairying on
the
> Richmond River Historical Society's website which goes some way to
> explaining the movement from the Illawarra north.
>
> I'd say essentially it boils down to opportunities for land, which
had
> become expensive and somewhat restricted by a system of tenant
farming in
> Illawarra. So new land opening up in the Big Scrub, along with the
> Robertson Land Act in the 1860s which made it easier for settlers to
own
> land, was always going to attract those with a desire to own their
own land
> and have new opportunities.
>
> There were other connections such as the type of cattle being used
in both
> areas and so on.
>
> It's well worth a read at:
> http://www.richhistory.org.au/district_history_dairy.htm
>
> Best wishes
> Pam
> An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ

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