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From: "hbrooks" <>
Subject: Re: [NSW-W] GEWEROO STATION near CANBELEGO
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:33:12 +1100


Thanks to all who replied re above
and Lin maybe your rellies knew mine as 50 Km is not far in that area.
Are they still with us?

Researching RAYNER/SYSON(SISSON) DOUGLAS/WALDREN/GROTHERR/LEAVY(LEVY)/HOOD

Heather from Budgewoi
-----Original Message-----
From: Lindsay Little <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NSW-W] GEWEROO STATION near CANBELEGO


>Hi Heather,
> A Trig Station is normally the highest point in a given
>area from which surveys are conducted. Trig, I assume being an abreviation
>of trigonometry. If you have accessed the geog. names site you will also
>have listed the latitude and longitude of the trig. station, the current
>NRMA maps have these details so it would be easy to establish your point.
>From previous experience, the name of the trig station (don't be confused
by
>the word "station", normally this would only comprise a cairn of stones or
a
>metal frame to which a reflector or something similar is attatched) is
taken
>from an original pastural property. Sorry I can't help you with the names
>you are searching.
> If you go to:
>http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/geog/search.htm you find a listing for the
Parish
>of Geweroo. If you go to:
>http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/maps/pmap/search.html and select pastoral you
>will find two maps of the original pastoral property!
> On the maps I have, the centre of the Parish looks to be
>approximately 12-15 kms. south/east of Canbelego. The Mapping Authority
Map,
>Canbelego 8134 would possibly show the Parish at least.
>Incidentally, Geweroo would be roughly 90 kms.south, as the crow flies,
from
>a property "Glen Arif" my g.grandfather owned in the 1880's and 50kms north
>of Nymagee, where a few of my old relies were born.
>Regards,
>Lin Little
>
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