Talk:The Channon, New South Wales

how do you say it???
The "CH" versus The "SH" is a very contentious issue in the region!!! It would be ideal to have a reference for the correct pronounciation. Farmer zazi (talk) 06:23, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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"History" section completely wrong?
User 2001:8003:2c39:ae00:b5d7:46c3:a298:d968 added a "History" section for this article on 29 September 2022‎ that seems completely wrong... Present text reads: "The Channon family have always maintained an oral history that two ancestors, Thomas Channon and James Channon were in this area assaying for gold. They had both been active in the Adelong goldfields (Thomas topping the gold yield there in 1859, and being a partner in the Great Western Battery, used for stamping the gold from quartz); he then applied for a claim in Gympie (the Lucknow Reef claim) on 26 Feb 1868. One of the main streets of Gympie is Channon Street, declared such in 1870, to honour the Channon brothers contribution to Gympie. They also had major gold mines in West Wyalong ('True Blue' and 'Brilliant' mines) in 1886. In the nine year period between their Adelong presence, and arrival at the Gympie gold rush in 1868, we believe they spent time in the area now known as 'The Channon' (pronounced with the 'ch' as in 'church') and that is why the town still retains that name. (Sources: 'Looking Backward: The Adelong Goldfields' by EW Northwood; Gympie Regional Council website. Supplied by B.H.Channon.)" I have in front of me the book "Around the Channon: A History of its places and people" published by Pauline Barratt in 1999. It makes no mention of the "Channon Family" as cited above, or their being in the area "looking for gold" between 1859 and 1868. In fact the area was not even "selected" (opened for European settler occupation) until 1882 (to brothers Don and Jim Thorburn). The land was mainly opened up in 1903-1911, still heavily forested; the early settlers had to clear their blocks by scrub felling within 3 years. (etc. etc.) The settlement was actually known as Terania, and did not become "The Channon" until 1908 (Barratt, p. 42), although prior to being settled as "Terania" it had indeed been known as "Channon Grass", the derivation of the word "Channon" being from the aboriginal word "Djanang" for the local cycad (a species of Lepidozamia). I think all the text above citing the supposed visit of the Channon Brothers to the area prior to 1868, and use of their name for the area, is entirely fanciful. Thoughts? Tony 1212 (talk) 03:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Given that "the Channon brothers" would have been 11 years of age & under in 1859 & eldest at 20 by 1868, i doubt they would have been prospecting for gold & dwelling in the unmodified rainforest jungle at that time. Its possible but improbable. 49.180.214.107 (talk) 12:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, new "history" section written as of now, all of the old / irrelevant text now gone... Tony 1212 (talk) 17:58, 29 January 2024 (UTC)