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Subject: Re: ODD DESTINATIONS
From: petanREMOVE@ion.com.au (PETer and susAN)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:52:19 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct
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Hi Eddie,

The Oolong / Toolong story is quite possible.

The land around there on both sides of the trainline was originally
owned by Lord Beresford from England.

My grandparents purchased most of it in 1920.  

I did a check. No one in the family can remember the origin of the
name Oolong.

PS I am not responsible for any stray sheep on the tracks in that
area!

Cheers
Peter Cokley
>
>Also Oolong has a wonderful ring to it.
>
>I think it was that very reputable publication of some years back, New
>South Ales Digest, which explained the origin of that name. It was
>originally Toolong and so it was shortened.
>
>Eddie

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