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    Admiral Arch - Albert, Lake

    Admiral Arch

    On Kangaroo Island at Cape du Couedic. It was accepted in 1989 as a place name by the Department of Lands whose early maps and other sources do not reveal any evidence of it being "officially" named. Therefore, it can be reasonably assumed that it is a name applied by local citizens and adopted through common usage. It bears a resemblance to Admiralty Arch in London.

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    Agery

    Nomenclature

    Sixteen kilometres south-east of Moonta; the name was taken from the local Agery Swamp and is a corruption of the Aboriginal ngadjali - 'pipe clay'.

    General Notes

    A sketchy report of a copper discovery in the area is in Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition) page 159.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.

    The Agery Post Office stood on section 19, Hundred of Tiparra and opened in December 1890, while the Agery School opened in 1880 with Elisha Williams as teacher; it closed in 1982.

    A photograph of a football team is in the Observer,
    22 October 1910, page 30,
    of Mr H.J. Coote's son and pet dog on
    3 July 1915, page 29.

    An obituary of Joseph E. Hicks is in the Observer,
    24 March 1928, page 50a.

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    Ajax Creek

    The mine was also known as "Emu Creek" and " Elvena" - details of it are in Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition) page 20.

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    Alawoona

    Nomenclature

    A corruption of the Aboriginal ngalawuna - 'place of hot winds'. The town, 35 km south of Loxton, was proclaimed on 9 July 1914.

    In 1916 the Murray Pioneer sang the praises of the infant town and district:

    General Notes

    The railway station is described in the Observer,
    1 August 1914, page 47b:

    Its school operated from 1 January 1915 until 1967 when it was consolidated with the Browns Well Area School.

    A photograph of scrub rolling is in the Observer,
    16 December 1922, page 45.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary & Secondary - Farming- Mallee and Dry Farming.

    The opening of a new Institute hall is reported in the Advertiser,
    26 January 1929, page 20d.
    A photograph is in the Chronicle,
    2 February 1929, page 16,
    of a football team on
    24 October 1935, page 36.

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    Albert Park

    Nomenclature

    Honours Queen Victoria's consort and was laid out by W.R. Cave in 1877 on part sections 418 and 424, Hundred of Yatala. Mr Cave's obituary is in the Register, 7 July 1916, page 6c. It was advertised as:

    General Notes

    A football match against Woodville is reported in the Observer,
    6 July 1878, page 8a; also see
    Express,
    21 August 1878, page 2e.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.

    A local ostrich farm owned by Mr W.R. Cave is described in the Observer,
    4 August 1883, page 12d,
    Register,
    6 February 1884, page 6g,
    6 December 1884, page 5f,
    Express,
    5 December 1884, page 2d,
    Observer,
    11 April 1885, page 38e, and
    Register,
    10 August 1886, page 5c.
    Also see South Autralia - Industries - Rural, Primary & Secondary - Ostrich Farming.

    "The Fatal Fight" is in the Register,
    4 April 1888, page 7e.

    Local piggeries and their proprietors in the Register,
    23 July 1903, page 4g:

    The reminiscences of Mr L. Flitcroft are in The Mail,
    7 March 1914, page 9f.

    Biographical information on W.R. Cave is in the Register,
    19 March 1900, page 5b,
    Observer, 24 March 1900;
    an obituary is in the Register, 7 July 1916, page 6c(8c?).

    Historical information on the Albert Park Tramway is in the Register,
    22 August 1913, page 7c.

    Biographical details of Mrs Elizabeth L. Windsor are in the Observer,
    19 April 1919, page 28c.

    "A New Aerodrome" is in the Observer,
    6 August 1927, page 35d.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Aeroplanes.

    Information on a proposed oval is in The News,
    16 January 1929, page 5b.

    Albert Park - Obituaries

    An obituary of Mrs Barton is in the Register,
    17 December 1894, page 5b.

    An obituary of W.D. Cook is in the Register,
    5 July 1910, page 6h,
    of R.W. Waters on 21 February 1912, page 7a,
    of Mrs Elizabeth L. Windsor on 16 April 1919, page 6i,
    of James Love on 28 May 1926, page 8h.

    An obituary of A.E. Henderson is in the Observer,
    8 July 1916, page 19c.

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    Albert, Lake

    Nomenclature

    The narrow arm connecting Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert escaped the notice of Captain Charles Sturt in 1830. The lake was discovered by Charles Bonney in 1839; he left Henty's station on the Glenelg River on 18 March 1839 with ten drovers and 300 head of cattle overlanding to South Australia. The party experienced some privations from heat and lack of water and after nineteen days reached Lake Albert. The cattle were subsequently driven on to pasturage near Gumeracha. Writing of discovery of the lake, Bonney stated later (circa 1890):

    In a despatch of 5 September 1840, written from the 'sea mouth of the Murray'', Governor Gawler refers to 'a fine sheet of water to the southward of Lake Alexandrina, which I have named Lake Albert''. The discovery of the lake was claimed by Lieutenant (later Vice-Admiral) W.J.S. Pullen but Bonney's visit to the lake was apparently earlier. The Southern Australian, 19 January 1841, page 3b claims it was discovered ' by his Excellency [Gov Gawler]'.

    The Commissioner of Police, Major T. O'Halloran, visited Lake Albert while investigating the murder by Aborigines of passengers and crew of the Maria which was wrecked on the Coorong Beach in 1840. In a report to Governor Gawler, O'Halloran said that on 2 September 1840, he had relieved Inspector Tolmer's party and:

    In 1844 Governor George Grey led a party to the South-East. On the outward trip Lake Albert was passed on 17 and 18 April but the expedition had reached the Coorong before it was joined by the Governor. The entrance to the lake was called ngoingho by the Aborigines - 'the going place'. ( See G. Taplin, Native Tribes of South Australia, page 130.)

    General Notes

    A letter from E.C. Frome concerning his exploration is in the Register,
    24 October 1840, page 4a.

    The Southern Australian, 19 January 1841, page 3b claims it was discovered "by his Excellency [Gov Gawler]".

    A trip on the lake is reported in the Express,
    27 December 1866, page 3b,
    17 January 1867, page 3d.
    "A Pleasure Trip on the Lakes" is in the Register,
    4 March 1867, page 3b; also see
    26 March 1867, page 2g.

    Also see South Australia - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia.

    The entrance to the lake was called ngoingho by the Aborigines - "the going place". (G. Taplin. Native Tribes of South Australia, page 130.)

    "Old Time Memories" by Thomas Giles is in the Observer,
    4 January 1890, page 41b.

    Reminiscences of kangaroo hunting in the district are in the Register,
    3 January 1890, page 7a; also see note Place Names - Wellington.

    An ostrich farm established on Lake Albert Peninsula by Thomas Bowman is described in the Register,
    17 February 1893, page 5b; see
    29 July 1905, page 6i for information on the export of birds to Western Australia.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    30 April 1904, page 23.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary & Secondary - Ostrich Farming.

    Reminiscences of life on the pastoral station in the early days are in the Observer,
    5 October 1907, page 41c;
    its sale is reported in the Observer,
    11 October 1902, page 33b.
    Information on "Campbell House" is in the Observer,
    2 and 30 April 1904, pages 23-24a and 23.

    A horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
    19 January 1895, page 17d.
    "Lake Albert Races" is in the Observer,
    25 January 1913, page 22e.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.

    A proposed reclamation scheme is discussed in the Register,
    11 May 1905, page 5c,
    "Big Reclamation Scheme" in the Advertiser,
    22 June 1921, page 7e.

    The third Lake Albert Show is reported in the Register,
    20 October 1909, page 5h.
    Also see Agricultural Floricultural and Horticultural Shows.

    An obituary of Allan McFarlane is in the Observer,
    14 March 1908, page 40a.

    "Draining the Lakes - A Feasible Scheme" is in the Register,
    25 February 1928, page 12a,
    7 March 1928, page 15g.

    "Save Lake Albert" is in The Mail,
    26 January 1929, page 2d.

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