. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . t pioneer in Jumbunna,piloted me over the land. For several years I was engaged in clearing andworking on my land, living in a tent and a rough bush hut. and having toundergo all the hardships of camp life; and not being able to obtain supplies,it was
. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . t pioneer in Jumbunna,piloted me over the land. For several years I was engaged in clearing andworking on my land, living in a tent and a rough bush hut. and having toundergo all the hardships of camp life; and not being able to obtain supplies,it was difficult at times to get enough to eat. My most lively recollection inthis respect was of having to live on wallaby and wdieaten meal for a fort-night. Although the life was hard, itime was found for a little pleasure, anda debating society was formed, the meetings being held at the house of McLeod, and occasionally we would indulge in a game of cricket,thinking nothing of journeying to Kilcunda or the Powlett for the the advent of other settlers and the opening up of the country, theimpro^ements in roads and Ha ing conditions, life became more pleasant, andI have no cause to regret ha\ing been one of the earliest settlers in the Jum-bimna and Movarra districts. Recollections and Experiences. MR. T. J out who were sictuallyscrub. The first,pedition. wIki There is a great fascination for most people in theearly records of those places that ha^e been won fromthe wilderness by the hand of man and made centresof industry and civilisation. Later generationswonder and speculate as to what some particularl)lace Avas like in its w-ild state; who was the firstwhite man to set foot in it, and what he was after;Avho were the first pioneers, what they did andAvhere they came fi-om. And it is well that thoseAvho came first should leave behind them some ac-< omit of what the country was like then, what theydid, what were their experiences and what th
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