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RE:The box thorns....

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Subject: RE:The box thorns....
From: "terry gourlay" <>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:56:31 +0000
Dear All,
about twenty years ago the thorn bushes next to the Yarralumla woolshed ,about the size of the Kellies Thorns,were similarly treated....At the time I asked a chap in Parks and gardens if the work could be halted as there were a number of breeding birds in them,he came out to inspect and ventured an opinion that they were ancient formed a corral or Boma,and were probably contemperaneous with the old shepherd who was the first tenant in Campbells Cottage close by,as he,by repute,had fought at the battle of Waterloo that is by Australian standards old,if any stumps of these old chaps at Kellies are left then a cross section might be interesting to age....On a more constructive note,wouldn't it be a good idea to suggest,casuarinas and locally occurring native Grevillias be replanted,coming under you letterhead such a suggestion would have real clout...Terry Gourlay.



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