Place Names of South Australia - A
Augusta, Port
Augusta, Port
Buildings and Factories
Information on a proposed Bible Christian Church is in the Register,
6 February 1866, page 3a and
its opening in the Observer,
13 April 1867, page 4g.
Information on a courthouse is in the Register,
27 July 1867, page 2g,
20 August 1867, page 3g.
Its Boiling Down Works are described and discussed in the Register,
18 December 1867, page 2d,
3 January 1868, page 2g,
3 February 1868, page 3d and
4 March 1868, page 3b-f,
Chronicle,
3 and 17 October 1868, pages 6g and 12e,
Register,
25 December 1868, page 3b;
26 August 1869, page 2g,
7 January 1873, page 5b,
Chronicle,
11 January 1873, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Boiling Down.
Information on a proposed freezing and boiling-dowm works is in the Observer,
3 February 1894, page 45a,
Register,
4 May 1894, page 7d; also see
Register,
8 and 13 August 1912, pages 9f and 10e,
Observer,
5 December 1908, page 56a,
13 July 1912, page 54b,
3 and 24 August 1912, page 13c and 53a.
A meeting called to discuss a hospital is reported in the Register,
20 December 1867, page 3g.
A meeting to consider building a public hospital is in the Register,
12 March 1875, page 6d.
It is described on
6 December 1879, page 5a and
21 April 1888, page 6c,
15 January 1894, page 7a.
A patient's experiences are recounted in the Advertiser,
16 January 1893, page 3e.
Flinders Brewery is described in the Register,
17 August 1868, page 3d.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Brewing.
The local gaol and inmates are described in the Register,
11 August 1871, page 5d; also see
6 December 1879, page 5a,
21 April 1888, page 6c.
"Prisoners Wanted" is in the Register,
23 July 1909, page 7c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported in the Register,
22 June 1875, page 6e.
The opening of Dunn's mill is reported in the Register,
18 and 20 February 1880, pages 5d and 5g.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1880,
Frearson's Weekly,
13 November 1880, page 563.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
The opening of Saint Augustine's Church is reported in the Chronicle,
1 July 1882, page 9a.m
The proposed Town Hall is discussed in the Register,
30 October 1885, page 5a,
17 April 1886, page 5e;
its opening is reported in the Chronicle,
21 May 1887, page 7f.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Catholic Church is reported in the Observer,
8 July 1882, page 33c.
A proposed smelting works is discussed in the Chronicle,
5 May 1888, page 19g,
Observer,
19 and 26 August 1899, pages 44e and 41e,
30 September 1899, page 55c,
Chronicle,
19 August 1899, pages 16c-21a and
its opening in the Register,
30 September 1901, page 9a; also see
Express,
9 May 1900, page 2b,
8 June 1900, page 2c,
Observer,
5 October 1901, page 42e,
Chronicle,
5 October 1901, page 34b.
Its closure is reported under the heading in the Register,
"A Fiasco in State Smelting" on
22 January 1902, page 4d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Miscellany.
A proposed freezing works is discussed in the Register,
4 May 1894, page 7d; also see
Observer,
13 July 1912, page 54b.
The public baths are discussed in the Register,
19 January 1911, page 9a,
Observer,
15 June 1912, page 41e,
Register,
26 July 1912, page 5d.
A photograph of a swimming club's clubhouse is in the Chronicle,
15 March 1934, page 38.
A proposed salt works is reported upon in the Register,
30 August 1912, page 8f,
Chronicle,
7 September 1912, page 13c.
Photographs of the Crystal Salt Company's works are in the Observer,
18 October 1919, page 26.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.
A photograph of the unveiling of a monument to Thomas Young is in the Observer,
17 July 1915, page 29.
Dedication of the War Memorial is reported in the Advertiser,
20 November 1923, page 19f.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
Augusta, Port
Camels and Donkeys
Camels and donkeys were imported in 1866 - see Register,
12 and 15 January, pages 2f and 2c,
24 June 1884, page 5a,
14 November 1885, page 5a and South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Camels.
On 19 November 1868, page 2e it is reported that:
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The barque Kohinoor arrived... bringing a fresh importation of Arabs [sic] to take charge of the camels... Several of them visited the chapel during divine service and behaved themselves with the utmost decorum - a lesson, I should think, to a great number of their white brethren.
19 December 1868, page 2e.
Also see note under Place Names - Holowilena Creek for the presence of camels in the area, believed to have been remnants of the tragic Burke and Wills expedition sponsored by the government of Victoria and Place Names - Angorichina and Place Names - Castambul .
Augusta, Port
Railways
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
The "Proposed Port Augusta Railway" is discussed in the Register,
11 and 13 June 1864, pages 2g and 3b respectively.
An editorial entitled "Railway from Port Augusta" is in the Register,
25 August 1865, page 2f; also see
7 and 15 August 1866, pages 2d and 2c and,
in 1867, -
2 April (p. 2f),
11 July (p. 2b),
16 July (p. 3f),
3 September (p. 2d),
14 September (p. 2b) and
26 October (p. 2c); -
in 1868 -
18 January, (p. 2g),
27 August, (p. 2b),
7, 9, 19, 21, 22, 25 January 1869, pages 2e, 2g, 2d, 2c, 3a and 3f.
Also see Parliamentary Papers
104/1869-70, 119/1869/70 and 180/1876;
Register,
4 December 1869, page 2d;
15 February 1870, page 3f;
11 May 1870, page 4d;
11 and 19 August 1870, pages 4d and 5d;
16 September 1870, page 4e;
3, 15, 16 and 21 December 1870, pages 4e, 4f, 4e and 4f;
31 July 1871, page 4d,
28 June 1876, page 4e.
Plans and specifications are in the Register,
10 August 1877, page 5e; also see
6 October 1877, page 4f,
18 January 1878, page 5e.
A history of the railway is in the Register,
19 January 1878, page 5d; also see
21 January 1878, page 4e,
30 May 1878, page 4d,
20 June 1878 (supp.), page 2e.
The route of the railway is traversed and described in the Register,
7 February 1879, page 6a and
6 January 1880, page 5e.
A history of the railway to "Government Gums" appears on
20 May 1882 (supp.), page 1a.
Reminiscences of the construction of the line to Farina are in the Register,
6 November 1922, page 10e,
4 December 1922, page 11d.
Information on railway lines within the town is in the Observer,
9 August 1879, page 5d.
"The Port Augusta and Government Gums Railway" is in the Chronicle,
17, 24 and 31 December 1881, pages 21e, 6c and 5f,
7 January 1882, page 18c;
these articles also describe towns and country en route.
Photographs of the turning of the first sod on the East-West line are in the Observer,
10 August 1912, page 30,
14 and 21 September 1912, pages 30-31 and 4-5 (supp.),
Chronicle,
21 September 1912, page 34; also see
5 June 1915, page 30 and South
Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
"Port Augusta - Hay Railway" is in the Observer,
19 January 1924, page 46d,
2 February 1924, page 18c.
Augusta, Port
The Town and Harbour
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.
Early maritime history is in the Register, 30 May 1918, page 3d:
The government schooner Yatala (Captain Dowsett) sailed from Port Adelaide on 6 May 1852 with A.L. Elder, MLC, John Grainger, MLC, one sapper and one assistant as passengers. On Friday, 21 May, Messrs Elder, Grainger, Peters, Henderson and Harris went ashore to form a township and find a place to build a wool store, but apparently without success, as they sailed further up the gulf. The log for Sunday, 23 May, says:
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Went on shore to first high land through a dense mangrove swamp. At 3 pm came aboard. Messrs Elder, Harris and Stuckey found a beach and deep water, hard ground appearing from the range to form a road down to the beach. Monday, 24 May - At 7.30 am manned the whaleboat, myself (Captain Dowsett), Messrs Elder, Grainger, Harris and Peters. Sailed up to Port Augusta and sounded the channel right to the landing place. Went on shore to look at a salt lake. Erected on the beacon a flagstaff. Gave cheers three times and three and named it Port Augusta. Came on board, made sail, and beat down the gulf...
"In the Early Days" is in the Register,
22 July 1912, page 9e, Observer,
27 July 1912, page 54d:
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The town was surveyed in 1854 and sold on 17 August the same year. Shortly after the sale the schooner Bandicoot (Captain J. Hay) arrived with stores for Mr. Minchin, Protector of Aborigines, and anchored abreast of the present wharf. The captain had been instructed to find the site of the town and thereupon land his cargo. The Union Jack, attached to a stick, had been fastened to a large mangrove by the surveyors to indicate the spot. The flag had disappeared. The entire ship's company joined hand in hand and, in this manner, tramped along the beach and made incursions inland, searching for pegs. For three days they followed this course but found nothing. Captain Hay then landed and stacked the stores above high-water mark, securing them by a tarpaulin firmly weighted
and pegged down. Two or three of the crew walked a distance of five miles to the wells, just before completed by Mr. Minchin, but found the place deserted...
The Register of 8 July 1854, page 2g has some informative notes on the Port, while on
21 September 1854 the same newspaper at page 2e has particulars of the sale of town allotments and describes the surrounding district.
"The Crossing Place at the Head of the Gulf" is in the Register,
24 August 1867, page 2f.
A jetty is reported upon in the Register,
8 October 1856, page 2h.
Information on jetty tolls is in the Register,
11 May 1880, page 5b.
The sale of a wharf is reported in the
24 April 1896, page 6c.
An early photograph of the Dover Castle Hotel is in the Observer,
5 October 1912, page 31.
A meeting held to discuss the ferry service is reported in the Register,
21 March 1877, page 5a; also see
28 March 1877, page 5g.
Dredging operations are described in the Register,
26 September 1879 (supp.), page 4a.
"The Entrance to Port Augusta" is in the Chronicle,
27 September 1879, page 3e,
"New Wharfs at Port Augusta" on
1 May 1880, page 25e,
Register,
30 April 1880, pages 3d-5b.
Information on jetty tolls is in the Register,
11 May 1880, page 5b.
Details of wharf accommodation and the owners of same are recorded in the Register,
27 July 1880, page 6a; also see
3, 23 and 24 April 1896, pages 4h, 6c and 6c.
A proposed bridge over the gulf is reported in the Observer,
31 July 1880, page 189c,
14 August 1880, page 272d,
10 September 1881, page 31a.
A controversy over a proposed combined bridge and wharf is debated at length in the Register 1n 1881 - see
8, 16, 20, 22 and 29 September, pages 2g (supp.), 1c (supp.), 7a, 3a (supp.) and 6g,
1, 3 and 12 October, pages 6d, 6g and 5a-b,
14 June 1882, page 6g,
28 and 29 September 1882, pages 4f and 6g,
12 October 1882, page 6d,
30 November 1883, page 6a.
3 September 1926, page 10e,
Observer,
11 September 1926, page 35b.
Photographs of the opening of a bridge are in the Observer,
16 July 1927, page 34.
Bridging Spencer Gulf is discussed in the Register,
17 November 1919, page 9f,
22 March 1926, page 8f,
3 September 1926, pages 8e-10e.
Its opening is reported on
7 July 1927, page 13a.
Photographs and information are in the Chronicle,
2 April 1927, page 39,
9 July 1927, page 46a,
16 September 1927, page 38.
"Shipping Facilities" is in the Chronicle,
8 and 15 October 1881, pages 9d and 6d,
"Wharfs Bill" on
30 September 1882, page 5b.
"The Port Augusta Trade" is in the Chronicle,
20 January 1883, pages 5a-8b,
30 January 1886, page 5e,
9 March 1889, page 5c,
"Early Trade of Port Augusta" is in the Observer,
9 February 1895, page 4e.
Sketches of the town are in the Pictorial Australian in
June 1882, page 88,
July 1889 (supplement),
August 1889, pages 120-121.
A history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
17 November 1932, pages 33 and 42.
The town is described in the Observer,
25 May 1878, page 13b,
Register on
23 January 1878, page 6d,
21 February 1878, page 6c-f,
18 May 1878, page 6b,
20 July 1883, page 5g (including a horse race meeting),
Chronicle,
31 August 1878, page 5,
Observer,
10 December 1881, page 17b,
Register,
30 November 1883, page 6a,
Chronicle,
22 December 1883, page 5g,
Register,
13 February 1885, page 6e,
Parliamentary Papers 66/1885, 67/1888.
Also see
Register,
22 December 1890, page 6f,
10 December 1892 (supp.), page 1f,
Chronicle,
14 September 1895, page 7a,
Register,
14 February 1907, page 7a,
29 January 1910, page 15b,
Observer,
25 December 1926, page 17b,
5 October 1929, page 49e,
Chronicle,
21 July 1932, page 46.
Photographs are in the Observer,
14 September 1912, pages 30-31,
27 July 1929, page 32.
"Shocking Murder at Port Augusta" is in the Express,
7 June 1881, page 3a.
Also see South Australia - Crime, Law and Punishment - Crime - Murders.
Port Augusta West is described in the Chronicle,
9 September 1882, page 7a.
"Pilotage in Spencer Gulf" is in the Register,
9 February 1883, pages 4e-6d.
Also see Port Adelaide - Ships and Shipping - Pilots.
Information on the wharfs is in the Chronicle,
27 October 1883, page 21d,
28 August 1884, page 5e.
Lighting of the town is discussed in the Register,
29 July 1887, page 5c.
"The Trade of Port Augusta" is in the Register,
16 January 1888, page 5a.
Biographical details of Captain Melville, harbour master, are in the Register,
30 November 1894, page 5c and
an obituary on 15 March 1895, page 5b.
"Early Trade of Port Augusta" is in the Observer,
9 February 1895, page 4e.
"The Sulphide Trade - First Shipment" is in the Register,
7 January 1897, page 6e.
"Our Northern Ports" is in the Register,
14 March 1900, page 7d.
Bridge tolls are discussed in the Observer,
30 April 1904, page 1a (supp.).
Photographs are in the Observer,
12 August 1905, page 30,
31 March 1906, page 30,
18 April 1914, page 29,
Chronicle,
13 April 1907, page 27,
31 December 1931, page 28.
Reminiscences of Thomas Burgoyne are in the Register, on
10 June 1907, page 7a, Also see Place Names - Burgoyne, Hundred of
N.A Richardson on
5 August 1921, page 8e,
W.J. Whitters on
15 and 21 November 1921, pages 9d and 3g; also see
26 December 1927, page 7g.
"A Winter Cruise - A Trip to Port Augusta" is in the Chronicle,
3 June 1911, page 42a.
Also see South Australia - Leisure and Allied Matters.
The reminiscences of James Bryant are in the Observer,
16 January 1915, page 24e.
"Jubilee Recalls its Ups and Downs" is in The Mail,
21 November 1925, page 17b.
The reminiscences of ex-Inspector C. LeLievre are in the Observer,
21 November 1925, page 18a.
Also see South Australia - Police.
"Disabilities of Port Augusta" is in the Register,
12 August 1926, page 2f; also see
2 November 1926, page 6,
14 December 1926, page 12a,
29 December 1926, page 7f,
13 and 28 February 1928, pages 14g and 6c.
Early historical information on the town and district is in the Observer,
3 March 1928, page 50a.
Information on its water supply is in the Register,
18 May 1858, page 2f,
28 June 1858, page 2f,
25 November 1861, page 3c; also see
30 May 1862, page 2d,
11 September 1862, page 3a;
Parliamentary Paper 106/1862 which has further details of it about to be obtained from a spring at Wollondunga (sic) having a capacity of 12,000 gallons in 24 hours.
Register,
23 October 1865, page 3d,
21 November 1865, page 3g.
See Place Names - Woolundunga.
Also see Register,
13 February 1874, page 5c,
Observer,
24 April 1875, page 14g,
Chronicle,
8 July 1876, page 12a,
6 April 1878, page 7b,
Observer,
16 March 1878, page 11b,
15 March 1879, page 6g.
A "water famine" is described in the Register,
12, 13 (supp.) and 26 March 1879, pages 5g, 1g and 7a.
Also see Register,
1 April 1878, page 6e,
3 November 1881, page 5b,
31 May 1889, page 7f,
Observer,
2 September 1882, page 7d,
Register,
14 May 1886, page 5b,
1 October 1886, page 3h,
16 February 1889, page 6f,
Chronicle,
10 November 1888, page 10c,
Observer,
14 September 1889, page 31c,
5 October 1889, page 34e.
Also see
Express,
28 May 1891, page 2e,
Register,
1 October 1889, page 6h,
29 May 1891, page 6h,
21 June 1893, page 6g,
31 December 1895, page 3g,
24 January 1896, page 7c,
6 October 1896, page 6d,
7 and 20 November 1896, pages 6g and 7e,
10 February 1897, page 6g,
13, 14 and 19 November 1902, pages 6c, 6c and 6h.
Also see Observer,
22 November 1902, page 40a,
Express,
4 and 9 April 1912, pages 2d and 4f,
Advertiser,
10 April 1912, page 10h,
Observer,
27 April 1912, page 47b,
Register,
1 November 1913, page 11f.
Observer,
24 July 1926, page 35b.
Photographs of Davenport Reservoir are in the Observer,
11 September 1926, page 34.
Photographs of the punt are in the Observer,
27 March 1926, page 33.
Bridging Spencer Gulf is discussed in the Register,
3 September 1926, pages 8e-10e.
Its opening is reported on
7 July 1927, page 13a.
Photographs and information are in the Chronicle,
2 April 1927, page 39,
9 July 1927, page 46a,
16 September 1927, page 38.
"High Tides Invades Homes" is in the Advertiser,
10 December 1934, page 9c.
Audley Estate - Ayliffe Crossing
Augusta, Port
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