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“SURVEYOR F.T. RUSDEN.
‘In 1833 Surveyor Rusden made a survey from the Sassafras district along the Table Mountain, and followed what is called the Pigeon House Range southerly to the Pigeon House. This range divides the waters of Jindelara Creek from those of the Upper Clyde River, and it is remarkable that this southern portion of the range should have been traversed at such an early date, for in the whole of the subsequent years, it is improbable that a dozen white men have followed this route. Rusden quotes the native name of the Pigeon House as Tithal, and of the northern portion of the Table Mountain as Womballonay, while Talaterang is the name of the high peak of the south-west portion of the Table Mountain and north of the Pigeon House. Cooyoyo is recorded by Rusden as the native name of the majestic escarpment now shown on maps as ‘The Castle,’ and situated about three miles in a direct line north-westerly from the junction of Yadboro Vreek and the Clyde River. The name of the Castle was bestowed upon it by Surveyor Hoddle, while Surveyor Florance referred to it as Pompey’s Pillar, or the False Pigeon House.”
Cambage, R.H., Captain Cook’s Pigeon House and Early South Coast Explorers, Samuel Lee, Sydney, 1911. p. 21.
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