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 10. BORENORE CAVES  The pronunciation appears to be (or close to) " Boreenaw ".  Here are some quotes about this location:  From " Speleo Handbook 1968 ". Situated 11 miles west of Orange . Massive beds of Silurian limestone outcropping for about 2 miles along the Boree Creek. First reported by Mitchell (1841).  Caves: Big Caves ; series of arches. Little Caves  (Tunnel  Cave); 300 yards of cave, extensive silting has occurred. Verandah Cave ; now largely silted up. McDonald's Cave : pothole 80 feet deep in sink; foul air. Other caves exist in the area." From "Limestone Deposits of NSW  1919" by Carne and Jones. Mineral Deposits of NSW 25 (NSW Geological Survey). Pages 148-149. "Situated on Boree Creek, 11 1/4 miles by road from Orange and 3 miles west of Borenore Railway Station, 209 miles from Sydney." "Mitchell mentions the limestone caves of the "Buree" locality which he and others partially explored." "The