28.4.09

Nullo Mountain-Widden Valley 2006 Excursion - Background Notes by Wal Pilz

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NULLO MOUNTAIN by Bremmer Morrison
My father first took up a selection on Nullo Mountain called "The Hole" about the turn of the century.

Other families on the mountain at that time were John Thompson and family at "Woodlands" - they were our nearest neighbours. 

'SUMMERVALE' – NULL0 MOUNTAIN by Bremmer Morrison
Our first home on Nullo Mountain was at "The Hole” now called "Evermoren.

THE CEDAR CUTTERS by Millie Morrison 
In the latter part of the 1800's there was a fairly large cedar cutters camp in Cedar Gully on the Nullo Mountain. This camp is supposed to have housed some 40 plus men, with some women and children. The gully is very deep and steep so that the logs were brought out by flying fox.  

THE RANGE – NULL0 MOUNTAIN
I lived in the house on "The Range" some thirty three years after the time mentioned in Bremmer Morrison's story. It seemed incredibly primitive to me even then. There was no bathroom, no laundry, kerosene lamps, a drip safe for keeping food fresh. There was no water laid on to the house. 

WIDDEN VALLEY
A valley that has sometimes known flood and fire, but seldom famine. For it is a valley of lush, green springs and golden summers. Its sweet waters, its abundant pastures and sheltered timber are ringed about by steep ramparts. Winter cannot disturb its calm. One could search the world for such a place.
Long before the white man came, the black tribesmen had given it a name that none would change – "Widden" – "stay here"! Here the Thompsons came a century ago and here they stayed. 

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