Dejected Nomenclature.
Whether tbs early Australian pioneers, .besides being a plucky and determined class, were .a morbid lot,, is a moot point (says the Sydney Daily Tslefctaph). Their geographical nomenclature, at any rate, was not always a cheerful and lk/nt-hoartecl description ;. for it voul-d be hard to find a bush district with any scenery to speak of which does not possess a "Dead Man's Gully," "Mount Misery," "Hangman's Hollow," "Cutthroat Creek," "Devil's Pool," or some such lively and inspiring spot. A pastoral witness in the 'Federal Ar-t bdtration Court was endeavoring to fix the location of his station, Glenmore, in Mr Justice Higgins' mind. 'lt's south of Yea," he explained, "in the north-eastern district of Victoria." "Oh, I think I know the whereabbuts, ' said his Honor, ''there's a Mount Disappointment there ; isn't it so?" "Um-no," said the witness, reflectively, "I don't know of a hill of that name, but there's a Mount Despair near my place."
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Waikato Times, Issue 12186, 22 September 1911, Page 7
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156Dejected Nomenclature. Waikato Times, Issue 12186, 22 September 1911, Page 7
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