Great Dividing Range: Saumarez station, County of Sandon, c 1854
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This station was occupied in 1835 and is situated on one of the tributaries of the Macleay river Description:
Full catalogue record available online at: http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110365882.
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‘This station was occupied in 1835 and is situated on one of the tributaries of the Macleay river … Saumarez is 347 miles from Sydney, 239 miles from Maitland and four miles from Armadale … A large mountain named Bullcoronda by the Aborigines is near to the boundary line and the country occupied by this run is named by them the Bullcoronda country.’
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c 1854Creator:
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