Place Names of South Australia - B
Barossa
Nomenclature
The spelling of the name is discussed, and editorial comment made, in the Register of
18 January 1870, page 6f.
In a response a correspondent referred interested parties to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Maunder's Biographical Treasury both of which render the foreign name as "Barossa" - see Register,
28 January 1870, page 3d.
On 31 January 1870, page 3c another person said that he was "inclined to search for the etymology in the name of Barbarossa (the terror of the Mediterranean in his day)...". Another letter on the same day lists other authorities which show "Barossa".
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With reference to "Barossa" instead of "Barrosa" I believe Light only followed the military rule - for in all military annals the battle is spoken of as that of the "Heights of Barossa". Barrosa itself was the name given to a signal station or town...
(Advertiser,
7 January 1926, page 11b,
Observer,
16 January 1926, page 60c.)
Mining
"A Legend of Barossa", a story of the discovery of local goldfields, is in the Observer,
1 July 1882, page 41c.
Likely gold prospects in the district are discussed in the Register,
13 and 25 June 1856, pages 3e and 3f.
"Gold at Last" is in the Observer,
19 July 1856, page 1b (supp.); also see
9 August 1856, pages 6h-7e.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
An editorial entitled "The Search for Gold" in the Barossa Valley is in the Register,
30 March 1863, page 2g.
"The New Barossa Gold Diggings" are the subject of all but daily reports, etc, during 1868 commencing on
6 October - see Register, page 2h.
"New Diggings Township" is in the Observer,
21 November 1868, page 15e.
"Public Houses on the Gold Diggings" is in the Express,
2 December 1868, page 2e.
A cricket match Barossa Goldfields versus Tanunda is reported in the Express,
17 February 1869, page 2e.
"The Discovery of the Barossa Goldfields" is in the Chronicle,
5 June 1869, page 13b,
"New Crushing Machinery" on
18 December 1869, page 4f.
The Victoria Quartz and Cement Crushing Company's plant at the goldfield is described in the Register,
15 December 1869.
The suicide of a gold digger is reported in the Observer,
8 January 1870, page 2g.
"Mr Cavanagh and the Gold Diggers" is in the Register,
15 December 1869, page 2c.
"Gold in the Grass Roots" is in the Advertiser,
28 March 1936, page 25c,
"The Barossa Gold and Copper District - Historical and Descriptive" on
27 September 1873, page 2h,
4 October 1873, page 2h.
The Governor's visit to the goldfields is reported in the Register,
29 June 1869, page 2h; also see
7 and 15 May 1878, pages 5c and 5b.
The Victoria Quartz and Cement Crushing Company's plant at the goldfield is described in the Register,
15 December 1869.
An anniversary of the Barossa diggings is reported in the Express,
8 October 1870, page 3e.
"Gold Mining at Barossa" is in the Chronicle,
11 May 1878, page 17d.
Sketches are in the Adelaide Illustrated Post,
6 September 1869, page 1
Pictorial Australian in
May 1886, page 72,
October 1892, page 161.
A historical account of the gold diggings is in the Express,
27 and 29 September 1873, pages 2b and 3b,
4 and 8 October 1873, pages 3b and 3f,
Register,
9 December 1880, page 5g; also see
10 December 1880, page 6a and
8 March 1881, page 7c,
2, 5 and 12 July 1881, pages 6e, 6a and 6c,
12 December 1881, page 6c.
Also see Register,
22 February 1886, pages 5b-6e,
29 and 31 January 1887, pages 6e and 5c,
2 January 1887, page 7c,
29 March 1887, page 6h,
26 May 1887, page 6d,
29 November 1888, page 6f,
16 April 1889, page 7b,
16 May 1889, page 7b,
16 August 1889, page 6h,
10 September 1896, page 6d,
2 October 1897, page 9b,
9 and 10 March 1898, pages 6b and 7a,
24 and 25 April 1898, pages 6e and 7c,
4 May 1898, page 6d,
24 May 1898, page 7f,
17 June 1898, page 7g,
23 December 1898, page 4i.
See Place Names - Goldfields for information on a school of that name.
A photograph of the Menzies Barossa Gold Mine is in the Chronicle,
2 September 1899, page 25 (supp).
Miners homes are described in the Advertiser,
17 July 1937, page 12d.
Miscellany
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
The district and its towns are described in the Register,
27 March 1856, page 2f.
"A Sentimental and Something Else Journey in SA" (Gawler to Angas Park) is in the Register,
25 June 1868, page 3f.
"The Cement Hills of Barossa" is in the Chronicle,
27 March 1869, page 6a,
17 July 1869, page 11f.
An amusing letter about the condition of roads in the area is in the Register,
12 July 1870, page 7a; it includes a poem; the first and last verses read:
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Tell me not, ye Angastonians, that your roads are in repair,
For I judge by sad experience, having once, alas, been there;
From Kapunda down to Greenock mud still meets the traveller's eye,
And fissures deep, and dark, and yawning make the startled horses shy.
For 16 knots of voyage lasted o'er that tideless sea of slush,
And all that time we victims fasted or else we'd not have cared a rush,
Oh! ye men that tend the main roads, would that ye had travelled oft
Not the highways from the city, but the country tracks so soft.
18 January 1879, page 13c.
A bicycle trip through the Barossa Valley is described in the Register,
27 January 1883 (supp.), page 1b,
24 January 1884 (supp.), page 1a,
10 March 1891, page 6e,
25 February 1892, page 6e.
A proposed irrigation scheme is reported in the Observer,
1 November 1884, page 9e,
10 January 1885, page 36c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Irrigation.
A report headed "Immense Reservoir in Barossa Range" is in the Register,
8 January 1885, page 5h; also see
10, 12 and 13 January 1885, pages 7b, 3d and 4e-5h.
6 November 1885, pages 4g-6e,
8 December 1885, page 7c,
31 May 1886, page 6c,
10 June 1886, pages 4f-6g,
16 and 18 January 1889, pages 4g and 6f,
14 February 1889, page 7b,
25 and 28 September 1889, pages 4f-6a and 4f,
18 April 1891, page 7c,
11 May 1891, page 3d.
A history of the water works appears in the Register,
4 and 7 April 1904, pages 6e and 7c,
30 November 1906, page 6c;
photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 September 1902, page 32,
20 December 1902, page 56b.
A history of the scheme is in the Register,
4 April 1904, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
A trip through the Barossa Valley is described in the Register,
13, 14, 15 and 16 December 1887, pages 6d, 6a, 6d and 6a.
Vineyards are described in the Advertiser,
17 November 1890, page 6a;
Saltram and Kalimna on
22 June 1907, page 10g,
Register,
22 and 24 February 1910, pages 9a and 8g.
"A Splendid Vintage" is in the Observer,
15 June 1918, page 6a,
"The Vintage" on
3 April 1926, page 17a.
Also see Place Names - Yalumba and South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
Farms in the Nuriootpa and Angaston area are described in the Register,
11 November 1889, page 6g and
"Vignerons and Fruitgrowers" on
24 February 1896, page 6d.
"Deer Stalking in the Barossa Ranges" is in the Observer,
9 January 1892, page 41c.
An obituary of Samuel Pope is in the Register,
6 December 1892, page 5c.
"From Tanunda to Freeling" is in the Advertiser,
28 November 1902, page 5i,
"A Railway Wanted" on
5 December 1902, page 6d.
An obituary of W.R.M. Dawes is in the Observer,
27 January 1906, page 38a.
A field naturalists excursion is reported in the Register,
16 November 1905, page 3f.
"Barossa Fruit Industry - Phenomenal Profits" is in the Register,
18 March 1909, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fruit and Vegetables.
A meeting of the Barossa Winegrowers' Association is reported in the Observer,
14 October 1911, page 46a.
"The Coming Vintage" is in the Register;
24 February 1910, page 8g,
"In Garden Land" on
13 May 1911, page 14h,
"Tour Through Barossa" on
26 March 1919, page 7b.
A photograph of members of the Barossa Teachers' Association is in the Chronicle,
1 April 1911, page 31.
Photographs of Barossa children at Semaphore are in the Observer,
4 November 1911, page 32.
"Barossa Vineyards" is in the Observer,
11 March 1916, page 9c,
"Barossa Wineries" on
19 March 1927, page 4c.
