Volume 01: Production and resources of the northern and western districts of New South Wales, 1854 [ca. 1850-1857] - Page 78
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DISTRICT OF NEW ENGLAND
BYRON PLAINS
During the time Alexander Campbell Esqr of Inverell occupied a Station on the Bundarra River, now occupied by Allan Macpherson Esqr as an out Sheep Station he had been frequently importuned by the blacks to go to the Northward. "That there was a Canbone Kallie or great river Meaning the Macintyre now ascertained to be the principal Southern branch of the Barwan, the "Canbone Coonigal" of the Blacks pointing in that direction & telling him in their own language of large plains and plenty of good grass & water, This induced him in 1838 or early 1839 to Make an excursion to the Northward in the direction of Yarra a Station at present occupied by Mr Mcibtyre as a Cattle run ------ In this excursion Mr Campbell was accompanied by Mr King they crossed the gap now named Kings gap & the Ulbelbatora range of Mountains which divide the Gwyder & Macintyre rivers and Came upon extensive plains They were the first to See the Macintyre Since that river was discovered by Cunningham ------ The appearance of this part of the Country induced Mr Campbell immediately to occupy the plains named Yarra by the Blacks for Peter Macintyre Esqr and the Station named Inverell now occupied by himself
The byron Country which extends from ClerKness on the South to the Macintyre Brook the Northern boundary of this excursion, has been named by Mr Campbell in Compliment to the Memory of the late Lord Byron whose writings Mr Campbell has a great partiality for
THE BUNDARRA COUNTRY
This Country lays to the westward of & immediately under the table land of New England & extends from the Peel river on the South to ClerKness Creek in the North it is bounded by the Counties of Liverpool plains on the South, on the east by New England, on the North by Byron plains, and on the west by the fistrict of Gwyder
The Climate of the Bundarra Country is much warmer than that on the table land of New England This track of Country obtained the name of Pundarra from George Clerk Esqr from the immense number of Pundarra or Kangaroo he found every where in this Country. This gentleman Settled on the Bundarra at the junction of Clerkness Creek with that river. Pundarra is the native name in this part of the Country for Kangaroo. The large river which flows through this Country he named the Pundarra. This river has its Source at Kentucky in New England and is the Source of the rivers Gwyder and Mehi The Horton a Small river joins the Gwyder river from the South on the run of Bangheet occupied by Dr Mitchell ------ In the Course of a few years the name of the Country was corrupted from Pundarra by the whites to Bundarra and as corruptions of a Similar nature occur every year with many of the beautiful musical names of the natives I think proper to instance a few of these names with the corruptions. Since the occupation of the Pundarra Country by the Sheep & Cattle Stations of the Settlers, the kangaroo have left the plains, and are not to be Seen in droves as formerly