Place Names of South Australia
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Burra
Burra
Public Buildings and Education
The first school in the town was under the control of Mr and Mrs Francis Jolly in 1847; the government public school opened in 1878.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle, 25 August 1894, page 4g.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
An editorial entitled "Burra Institute" is in the Register,
30 September 1856, page 2e while
a lengthy letter about the Institute is in the Register,
25 August 1858, page 3h;
its first annual general meeting is reported in the Observer,
27 November 1858, page 3b; also see
Chronicle,
19 December 1874, page 12g,
Register,
20 October 1875, page 6f.
Information on the Mechanics' Institute appears in the Register,
2 September 1857, page 3e,
10 March 1858, page 3a,
16 August 1858, page 2g.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Miners' and Mechanics' Institute is reported in the Register,
17 December 1874, page 6d.
Information on a Grammar School is in the Register,
23 March 1863, page 3b,
examinations are reported in the Register,
22 December 1864, page 3h (2h?).
Also see Place Names - Kooringa.
The Register of
28 February 1877, page 6d announces "one of those historical days which occur but seldom in the history of a township in SA", ie, the opening of the hospital and the laying of the foundation stone of the public school (its opening is reported in the Observer on
2 February 1878, page 17b).
For further information on the hospital see Chronicle,
8 February 1879, page 1a (supp.).
Information on Saint Mary's Church is in the Chronicle,
12 July 1879, page 9a;
the unveiling of its memorial windows is reported in the Advertiser,
17 March 1922, page 11e.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
The opening of the high school is reported in the Observer, 25 January 1913, page 16e.
An annual report of the hospital is in the Register,
24 May 1878, page 6e;
the Observer of
5 October 1878, page 22b has an article on it; also see
Register,
28 and 30 September 1878, pages 6b and 6c,
7 October 1878, page 6g,
7 February 1879, page 4g,
26 January 1918, page 10b,
Express,
25 January 1918, page 3c.
Register,
29 August 1922, page 6f,
2 September 1922, page 14c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Anglican Church is reported in the Register,
5 July 1879, page 6a. See
21 January 1880, page 6e for its opening.
Photographs of the laying of the foundation stone of the Methodist Church are in the Chronicle, 4 April 1914, page 31.
The Girls' Reformatory School is described in the Register,
23 May 1898, page 6f.
"Sensation at a Reformatory" is in the Observer,
12 and 19 February 1921, pages 30d and 37a.
Also see Place Names - Redruth.
Burra
Transport
Also see South Australia - Transport.
A proposal by James Chambers to run a weekly conveyance to and from the Burra Burra mines is in the Register, 25 April 1846, page 3c:
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The return journey will commence on Friday morning at 10 a.m. and will be completed by an early arrival in Adelaide on Saturday night.
An account of a journey from Adelaide in 1847 is recounted in the Register, 29 July 1899, page 10d.
A report on a proposed railway from Port Adelaide is in the Register,
4 January 1850, page 2e and
from Gawler Town in Parliamentaty Paper 47/1854.
"Fatal Accident to the Burra Mail" is in the Observer, 26 June 1852, page 5b.
"Travelling to the Burra" is in the Register, 22 and 29 December 1856, pages 3f and 2g.
The need for an extension of the railway to the town is the subject of an editorial in the Register,
7 September 1866, page 2d - also see various references in 1867 -
14 May (p. 2d), 16 May (p. 3b),
24 May (p. 3d) and 15 June (p. 3d),
8 January 1869, page 2g,
24 June 1870, page 5d which includes a description and inspection of the route and
25 June 1870, page 5d - this report includes a description of the town and mine.
The opening is reported on
29 August 1870, page 4e; also see
30 August 1870, page 5d.
A trip by horseback from Clare to Burra is described in the Register, 20 May 1867, page 3d; the town is also commented upon in this report.
Information on a bridge over the Burra Creek is in the Chronicle,
4 July 1868, page, 7b; also see
Express,
1 December 1892, page 3d.
Information on "northern mail routes" is to be found in the Register,
23 May 1870, page 3d; also see
27 May 1870, page 6d,
3 June 1870, page 5c.
A description of labourers' camps on the Hallett railway is in the Register,
5 February 1877, page 6b; also see
14 April 1877, page 7a,
25 August 1877, page 5e.
The opening of the Burra-Hallett railway is reported in the Register,
11 May 1878, page 6a.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1878.
"Exit Old-Time Railway Bridge" is in the Register, 30 March 1909, page 7a.
The reminiscences of Mr S.P. Halls, a local cab driver "for 32 years", are in the Register, 17 July 1912, page 10g.
Photographs of a railway accident are in the Chronicle, 14 August 1915, page 30.
For comment on "bullockies" see Place Names - Devils Garden.
