Jim, Could I ask you if you remember any Mclean families in that area.? I know they either Managed stations or owned them.. Thanks Julie -----Original Message----- From: Jim Fisher <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:36 AM Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member >Hi there Pam, thanks for your note...Bunnawanna's history only goes back as >far as around 1946 when the Gov't split those big blocks up into Soldiers >Settlers places, my Dad being lucky enough to have returned from WWII okay >and then to have drawn what was to become Bunnawanna, situated roughly half >way between Bre and Bourke, slightly NW (and across the river) from Mount >Yambacoona. (Though someone told me recently that the mount is no longer >called that...I wonder what it is now??)...it was about 25,000 acres, >bordered on the south by the Darling and on the north by the Culgoa...this >meant that there was (usually) enough water to run the sheep. It was on an >old stock route that used a low-water crossing on the Darling, not too far >from the house though this kind of droving had finished by the time we >arrived out there ('46). The remains of an old drovers pub were still to be >seen in the mid 50s but I failed to find them when I went down there on a >Sentimental Journey last year. It must have had some interesting tales to >tell! There were a few gravesites on the place, one of a stockman who was >said to have been done in by his fed-up wife and another of a drover who was >supposed to have been killed by natives in some sort of dispute which in >turn led to some more killings later on...Wild West indeed! Please feel free >to email me any specific questions you may have, if I can't answer then I'll >check with my mother who lives in Sydney and has a very good memory for Town >& Country gossip! > >Thanks again to all who answered my post on the list and best regards to >all, > >Jim Fisher >----- Original Message ----- >From: "pamela pinkerton" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:52 PM >Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member > > >> Hi Jim >> >> I am doing research on properties as opposed to people because I believe >> they have so much history, and I love the old properties. Would you be >able >> to give me any history on "Bunnawanna". >> I would most appreciate it if you could. >> >> Many thanks >> Pam Dalby Qld >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim Fisher" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:59 AM >> Subject: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member >> >> >> > Hello to all, I've just come across the West.NSW list and as I was born >in >> Brewarrina I thought it would be nice to see who else is out there. Though >> our family left the area in 1963 (My Father had "BUNNAWANNA" on the Bourke >> road from the end of the war 'till then..) I have happy memories of >growing >> up there in the 50s.Though I've lived in the US for nearly 30 years now >and >> I'm fairly out of touch I'd still be very pleased to hear from anyone who >> has an interest in Bre' and the surrounding towns..Best regards , >> > Jim Fisher >> > los Angeles, Ca. >> > >> > >> > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== >> > The Home Page for this List is at >> > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ >> > >> >> >> ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== >> The Home Page for this List is at >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ >> >> > > >==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== >Have you registered your surnames on the NSW-WEST home page??? Go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ and from there to Surnames for further details. >

Hi Julie, no I'm afraid I don't recall any McLeans out around Bre but then my memory is not what it should be...I'll check with my mother and sisters though and I'll let you know if they do. You don't happen to have a station name do you? regards, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Mclean" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:26 AM Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member > Jim, Could I ask you if you remember any Mclean families in that area.? > I know they either Managed stations or owned them.. > Thanks Julie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Fisher <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:36 AM > Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member > > > >Hi there Pam, thanks for your note...Bunnawanna's history only goes back as > >far as around 1946 when the Gov't split those big blocks up into Soldiers > >Settlers places, my Dad being lucky enough to have returned from WWII okay > >and then to have drawn what was to become Bunnawanna, situated roughly half > >way between Bre and Bourke, slightly NW (and across the river) from Mount > >Yambacoona. (Though someone told me recently that the mount is no longer > >called that...I wonder what it is now??)...it was about 25,000 acres, > >bordered on the south by the Darling and on the north by the Culgoa...this > >meant that there was (usually) enough water to run the sheep. It was on an > >old stock route that used a low-water crossing on the Darling, not too far > >from the house though this kind of droving had finished by the time we > >arrived out there ('46). The remains of an old drovers pub were still to be > >seen in the mid 50s but I failed to find them when I went down there on a > >Sentimental Journey last year. It must have had some interesting tales to > >tell! There were a few gravesites on the place, one of a stockman who was > >said to have been done in by his fed-up wife and another of a drover who > was > >supposed to have been killed by natives in some sort of dispute which in > >turn led to some more killings later on...Wild West indeed! Please feel > free > >to email me any specific questions you may have, if I can't answer then > I'll > >check with my mother who lives in Sydney and has a very good memory for > Town > >& Country gossip! > > > >Thanks again to all who answered my post on the list and best regards to > >all, > > > >Jim Fisher > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "pamela pinkerton" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:52 PM > >Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member > > > > > >> Hi Jim > >> > >> I am doing research on properties as opposed to people because I believe > >> they have so much history, and I love the old properties. Would you be > >able > >> to give me any history on "Bunnawanna". > >> I would most appreciate it if you could. > >> > >> Many thanks > >> Pam Dalby Qld > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Jim Fisher" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:59 AM > >> Subject: [NSW-W] Greetings from new list member > >> > >> > >> > Hello to all, I've just come across the West.NSW list and as I was born > >in > >> Brewarrina I thought it would be nice to see who else is out there. > Though > >> our family left the area in 1963 (My Father had "BUNNAWANNA" on the > Bourke > >> road from the end of the war 'till then..) I have happy memories of > >growing > >> up there in the 50s.Though I've lived in the US for nearly 30 years now > >and > >> I'm fairly out of touch I'd still be very pleased to hear from anyone who > >> has an interest in Bre' and the surrounding towns..Best regards , > >> > Jim Fisher > >> > los Angeles, Ca. > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > >> > The Home Page for this List is at > >> > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ > >> > > >> > >> > >> ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > >> The Home Page for this List is at > >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ > >> > >> > > > > > >==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > >Have you registered your surnames on the NSW-WEST home page??? Go to > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ and from there to Surnames for > further details. > > >