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Discussion id : 88-097
most recent 27 SEP 15 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 27 SEP 15 by Eric Timewell
Available from - Kurinda Rose Nursery
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Discussion id : 86-104
most recent 20 JUN 15 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 20 JUN 15 by Patricia Routley
Information from Eric Timewell in his June 21, 2015 comment under 'Lubra':
I guess but don't know he [Stan Nieuwesteeg] also has 'Warrawee' from his brother, but the 'Warrawee' at Morwell comes from Golden Vale,
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Discussion id : 65-482
most recent 3 JUL 12 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 30 JUN 12 by Margaret Furness
McFarland (Roses of the World in Colour p 280) states that "Warrawee" means "rest a while".
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Reply #1 of 3 posted 1 JUL 12 by Eric Timewell
Margaret, The Book of Sydney Suburbs, compiled by Frances Pollon, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990, ISBN 0-207-14495-8 says "warrawee" in the local aboriginal language means "rest a while", "stop here" or "stand." But I doubt that Mrs Fitzhardinge had that in mind. It would be like saying Mayfair means a fair in the month of May. It did but something has been added since.
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Reply #2 of 3 posted 2 JUL 12 by Margaret Furness
Along those lines, my family tradition says that "Kombacy" (the name of my great-grandparents' house, hence part of the study name of several roses found there) means "here we sit down" in one of the Aboriginal languages. It's not as mellifluous as many Aboriginal names.
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Reply #3 of 3 posted 3 JUL 12 by Patricia Routley
Thanks Margaret. That reference has now been added. It has enabled us to put back the date for 'Warrawee' further from before 1932 to before 1927
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Discussion id : 63-396
most recent 9 APR 12 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 9 APR 12 by Eric Timewell
Warrawee in Mrs Fitzhardinge's day was a suburb exclusive beyond the dreams of any estate agent, with no shops, offices, post office, public school, churches, or cross roads, just 1–4-acre blocks of well-watered volcanic soil. The Fitzhardinges lived there 1917–1937 in a beautiful garden they had made and had close friends and relations nearby. Calling her rose 'Warrawee' expressed a strong esprit de banlieue.

The photo below shows the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in Warrawee a decade before the Fitzhardinges moved there.
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