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Ernaballa - Eurelia

Ernaballa
Erskine
Erudina
Ethel Bay
Ethelton
Ettrick
Ettrick, Hundred of
Eucla
Eudunda
Eukaby
Eurelia

Ernaballa

Nomenclature

John Carruthers did extensive triangulation survey work in the Musgrave Ranges in 1888. In 1937, he pointed out that the name 'Ernabella' as commonly used was incorrect. He said he marked it as 'Ernaballa' on his survey map and he had named the waterhole, 424 km north-west of Coober Pedy, after an Aborigine of that name, who claimed he owned the country.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Aboriginal Australians

The Register of 20 May 1897 at page 6c says - "Glen Ferdinand... is known to the natives as Ernaballa..."

Information on the Mission is in the Advertiser,
2 and 24 April 1937, pages 24f-25a and 11c,
The News,
2 and 20 April 1937, page 3c and 2g:

As the first step in one of the largest schemes yet devised in South Australia for assisting the Aborigines, arrangements were made to purchase Mr. S. Ferguson's station... on behalf of the Medical Mission to Aborigines and the land and homestead will be vested in the Presbyterian Church of South Australia...

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Erskine

Nomenclature

W.A.E. West-Erskine, MP (1871-1881), MLC (1885-1889). Born in Ireland in 1839 he was Minister of Works in the Boucaut Government of 1875-76. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1891 and died at St Anns Hill, County Cork, Ireland on 22 October 1892. Earlier, in 1872 he assumed the name of 'Erskine' by Royal licence.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Politics

For information on early settlers in the Hundred see Register, 21 March 1882, page 6b:

Mr. W.J. Conlon took up 1,000 acres in 1880 and last year got in 200 acres from which he obtained an average of four bushels. He ploughed only three or four inches deep and sowed about three quarters of a bushel per acre of Purple Straw... He gets his supply of water from a neighbour's land where there is a good spring... He estimates that the locusts destroyed about two bushels per acre of his crop last year...

A cartoon on Mr Erskine is in The Lantern,
16 October 1880.

A photograph of the Methodist Church is in the Chronicle,
15 April 1911, page 30,
of a football team on
24 October 1935, page 36.

For an account of its school see Place Names - Dawlish.

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Erudina

Nomenclature

A post office situated on 'Erudina Station', 165 km north of Yunta was established in 1895 when its postmaster was James Baird; it closed on 30 November 1916. Aboriginal for 'gum tree forests'.

General Notes

A photograph of a "Bush Christmas" is in the Chronicle,
8 January 1921, page 26, Also see South Australia - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia
of wool transportation on
11 August 1928, page 41.
Reminiscences of the station are in the Register,
20 August 1923, page 7e:

The recent sale of the station at a high price took my mind back to the last century when, having been well schooled by the late Peter White and Christie Wade, I went through the north and north-east pastoral country with the late W. M. Paterson and wrote a series of articles entitled 'The Story of the Drought'. Erudina was in a bad way then, but Mr. W.H. Boucher-James was young, had a large heart, and could see a silver lining in the dark cloud. In the light of the recent sale the following is worth quoting: 'We crossed the Siccus River without difficulty and before long had entered Erudina. The country for the next couple of miles was as bare as a billiard table. The homestead, reared high up on piles is situated on the edge of the Pasmore...'

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Ethel Bay

Nomenclature

Near Cape Spencer. The sailing ship Ethel grounded there on 2 January 1904. A young sailor drowned trying to swim to safety, but by next morning the sea had abated and the crew waded ashore.

General Notes

Photographs of the wreck are in the Observer,
6 February 1904, page 26.

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Ethelton

Nomenclature

According to deposited plan no. 384, William Wadham, the owner of section 905, Hundred of Port Adelaide, applied the name to a subdivision of this land in 1874 when he purchased the section from the original grantee, Thomas P. Addison; it is bounded by Maud, Harvey and Carlisle Streets. At the time Mr Wadham said:

Rodney Cockburn says it was laid out by Dr James Phillips and named after his daughter, but available primary source information is in contradiction. However, Ethel Mary Phillips was born to James and Catherine Phillips on 15 February 1865.

General Notes

Its school opened as "Glanville" in 1873 and became "Ethelton" in 1919.
Register,
5 March 1892, page 5b.
The opening of an infant school is reported in the Register,
23 October 1926, page 10h;
for information on its Mothers' Club see The News,
14 March 1929, page 11a,
A photograph of a school's pet day is in the Observer,
24 July 1930, page 31.

A sale of allotments is reported in the Observer,
25 July 1874, page 8b.

Information on a cricket club is in the Express,
6 September 1898, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

A need for a new railway station is discussed in the Express,
9 February 1910, page 1h.

An obituary of Mrs Phoebe E. Griffiths is in the Observer,
2 September 1922, page 20b,
of Thomas A. Pellew in the Register,
17 July 1925, page 13f.

The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs John Gilbert is reported in the Register,
1 March 1928, page 8h.

A photograph of the "storage basin for Canadian uncut logs..." is in The News,
17 August 1935, page 5,
Chronicle,
3 October 1935, page 33.
The caption to the former photograph reads:

Site of the log storage basin behind the Ethelton railway station. The logs will be floated across the river from overseas vessels and stored in rafts in the basin. The saw mill, where the logs will be cut, is shown under construction. The first consignment of logs is due to arrive from Vancouver tomorrow and will be floated down the river on Monday.

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Ettrick

From 1845 until 1862 William and James Kelly leased sections 5247 and 5248, Hundred of Onkaparinga, from the SA Company which was known as "Ettrick Farm". The Register of 24 July 1852, page 3b has a letter on the subject of Landlord and Tenant from "A Farmer from Ettrick - Inverbreckie [sic]".

William Kelly married Jane Inglis and her father, James Inglis, was born in Ettrick, Scotland in 1802.

James and William Kelly moved to near Riverton in 1857 and 1862 respectively and on 18 April 1864 a meeting was held at William Kelly's "Sunnybrae Farm" (sections 466 and 469) when he donated land for a new church. On 9 September 1864 Mrs James Kelly laid the foundation stone of the Ettrick Presbyterian Church which held its opening service on 9 April 1865; see Register, 13 September 1864, page 3f.

The church closed in 1877 and the building and furnishings were sold to Mr John Kelly (no relation to Messrs Kelly) who demolished the church, the pews being given to the new congregation at Belalie East in 1881; also see Ben Evans, From Weavers to Wapstraws and Advertiser, 8 August 1935, page 17b.

The opening of the Ettrick Presbyterian Church is reported in the Express,
15 April 1865, page 2e; also see
Register,
28 April 1866, page 3g,
22 June 1867, page 2e.
It lies "four miles east of Riverton" and is described in the Register,
24 January 1879, page 5b.

A proposal for a school to be conducted in the chapel is reported in the Advertiser,
22 November 1866, page 3e.

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Ettrick, Hundred of

Nomenclature

It was named by Governor Kintore who hailed from Scotland where there is a Parish of that name in Selkirk.

General Notes

The Hundred is described in the Advertiser,
10 February 1911, page 8h.
"Pioneering in the Hundred of Ettrick" is in the Chronicle,
30 December 1911, page 28.

"Patient Ettrick Settlers" is in the Observer,
20 January 1912, page 16b,
30 March 1912, page 14b:

The 50-odd settlers are a patient lot of men, but the difficulties they have to encounter are telling upon the optimism of many. 'We have no roads, no railways and no water', one of them said, 'and unless the Government helps us soon I don't know how we can continue'... Ettrick has been opened nearly two years and nothing has been spent on it... Water and wheat carting have to be done through heavy sand and mallee and, as some of the tracks are being blocked by reason of farmers fencing their holdings, new and roundabout ones have to be begun continually...

"Ettrick Settlers' Troubles" is in the Register,
25 March 1914, page 6d.

The Hundred of Ettrick School opened in 1912 and closed in 1944.

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Eucla

Nomenclature

A corruption of the Aboriginal jirkila meaning 'rattle of flints', from the flint boulders on the sea shore derived from the miocene cliffs.

General Notes

"No Man's Land and Eucla Harbour" is in the Chronicle, 12 October 1867, page 4c:

Some time ago Mr. Delisser discovered what he thought would prove a safe landing place in what is now known as the harbour of Eucla... For sheep farming the new country found by him may be found of no small value when the question of water supply is settled...

"Settlement at Port Eucla" is in the Register,
27 May 1872, page 5b.

"Eucla Telegraph" is in the Register,
11 October 1876, page 5c.
Information on the telegraph and its workers is in the Chronicle,
26 July 1902, page 33a,
Advertiser,
5 June 1907, page 8a.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telegraphic

The town and district are described in the Register,
28 April 1880, page 7c.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
December 1879,
Frearson's Weekly,
29 November 1879, page 357.

"Examination of the Eucla Country" is in the Chronicle,
23 October 1880, page 9e,
"My Trip to Eucla and Back" on
3 December 1887, page 20d.

"Wells on the Eucla Route" is in the Register,
12 December 1891, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs

"The Eucla Country" is in the Observer,
27 August 1892, page 10a,
"The Eucla Land - Grant Scheme" on
11 March 1893, page 24d,
Register,
11 May 1893, page 7d.

"Subterranean Lakes at Eucla" is in the Register,
16 June 1900, page 6d,
"A Curious Cave" on
3 April 1905, page 4f.

"Memories of Eucla" is in the Register,
19 August 1911, page 15g,
Observer,
26 August 1911, page 50e.

Photographs are in the Chronicle,
9 December 1911, page 30,
29 May 1926, page 40.

"Romance of Eucla" is in The Mail,
15 August 1925, page 1f.

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Eudunda

Nomenclature

'The town was surveyed in 1872 taking its name from a spring west of the township the Aborigines called judandakawi - 'sheltered water' - 'It was known as far back as 1843 when the country was first taken up by F.H. Dutton'.

General Notes

A horse race meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
8 March 1873, page 7c,
Express,
14 April 1874, page 2g.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing

"The Wants of Eudunda" is in the Advertiser,
11 January 1877, page 6a.

A meeting of the Eudunda Farmers' Association is reported in the Observer,
20 July 1878, page 9d,
9 August 1879, page 9d.

A history of the town and photographs are in the Observer,
21 July 1928, page 37,
Chronicle,
14 July 1932, pages 31 and 42.

The town and the Rabbit Meat Processing Works are described in The Irish Harp,
15 August 1873, page 6a,
Express,
31 August 1877, page 2f:

We are about to have a public house at Eudunda... The business establishment consists of a mill, a post office, butcher's shop and a wine shop - the latter being the intended place for the future public house...

Also see Register,
11 January 1877, page 5h,
3 September 1877, page 6e; also see
29 December 1877, page 5c,
Advertiser,
25 September 1886, page 7d,
Register,
18 January 1902, page 10e,
Observer,
25 January 1902, page 10e.
23 August 1909, page 5g,
Advertiser,
19 February 1910, page 18a,
Register,
5 August 1922, page 11b,
Observer,
6 August 1927, page 10.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Rabbits

"A Run Around the District" is in the Register,
27 November 1925, page 10a,
28 July 1927, page 7.

The laying of the foundation stone of the Catholic Church is reported in the Chronicle,
8 May 1886, page 8f.

Information on a cricket club is in the Express,
31 August 1886, page 5d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

Jubilee demonstrations are reported in the Observer,
8 October 1887, page 8b.

An interesting letter on the plight of some local farmers is in the Register,
20 August 1889, page 3h.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Comments on Goyder's Line.

The illegal sale of liquor through alleged "bogus clubs" is reported in the Register,
11 February 1891, page 4g:

The recent prosecutions at Eudunda have once more brought prominently under notice the abuse of the club system... The persons connected with the Sutherland's and Eudunda clubs, who were put on trial, were heavily fined... The method of detection employed was ingenious... A constable disguised as a swagman visited the so-called clubs and, in that character, was supplied with drink... When a Moses has risen who will add performance to the promise to lead us through the wilderness of the licensing question, the difficulties of dealing with these bogus clubs will no doubt be solved...

Also see Register,
20 February 1891, page 7b,
Observer,
7 and 14 February 1891, pages 32c and 24e.

An Arbor Day is reported in the Observer,
9 July 1892, page 12c.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days

A coursing meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
29 June 1895, page 15a and
a friendly society's picnic on
11 April 1896, page 4b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing

A Show is reported in the Observer,
12 September 1896, page 29e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
1 October 1904, page 28,
10 October 1908, page 30.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows

The effects of drought are described in the Register,
4 May 1897, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Droughts

A baptism performed in a sheep dip is reported in the Observer,
21 July 1900, page 51d.

An obituary of Trooper T.B. Marsden is in the Register,
9 April 1900, page 4i,
of James Pollard on 7 November 1900, page 5c, Observer,
10 November 1900, page 22c.

A patriotic demonstration is reported in the Chronicle,
24 March 1900, page 15b.
Also see South Australia- The Boer War

A school "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1901, page 19d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Flags and Patriotic Songs.

A boiler explosion at Davey's mill is reported in the Register,
27 August 1900, page 3c.
Information on a local mill is in the Observer,
20 October 1900, page 14b. Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills
A photograph is in the Observer,
22 February 1919, page 26.

Biographical details of John Lewis Hare are in the Register,
13 November 1900, page 3c.

A serious water "famine' is reported in the Observer,
18 January 1902, page 40b.
Information on the town's water supply is in the Express,
16 January 1902, page 2c,
Register,
7 February 1908, page 7e,
Advertiser,
30 January 1909, page 11e,
29 February 1912, page 8h,
Express,
2 April 1909, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation

A supposed discovery of coal is reported in the Register,
14 June 1902, page 6h.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal

Information on the mallee wood industry is in the Chronicle,
12 November 1904, page 13a.

The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Wilhelm Lindner is reported in the Register,
30 November 1906, page 5b.

Biographical details of Ernst Appelt are in the Register,
20 November 1907, page 7b,
of Dr A. Feige on 16 July 1910, page 11g.

Photographs of rifle shooting are in the Observer,
7 May 1910, page 27,
of cave explorers on
25 February 1928, page 38.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting

"Loyal Eudunda - German Colonists Enthusiastic" is in the Register,
7 September 1914, page 9d.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Germans in Australia

Information on a proposed hospital is in the Chronicle,
24 May 1919, page 15d.
"Hospital for Eudunda" is in the Register,
3 June 1920, page 5d.

"Asbestos Near Eudunda" is in the Register,
1 October 1920, page 6h,
Observer,
9 October 1920, page 28d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Miscellany

"District Picnic at Semaphore" is in the Register,
14 March 1925, page 8f.
Also see Adelaide - Beaches and Bathing

The opening of a branch of the Savings Bank of SA is reported in the Register,
4 August 1926, page 10d.

Biographical details of W. Owen are in the Obserever,
1 December 1928, page 70e.

A band concert is reported in the Register,
13 and 14 August 1928, pages 15e and 10 (photos.).

A photograph of the fire station is in the Chronicle,
9 April 1931, page 36,
of a "Back to Eudunda" celebration on
7 November 1935, page 32.

Eudunda - Obituaries

An obituary of Dr Thomas is in the Register, 28 July 1903, page 3e,
of Mrs Mary J. Edson on 15 March 1910, page 7a,
of Mrs H.G. Pfitzner on 11 May 1926, page 8h.

An obituary of Mrs M. Martin is in the Observer, 3 March 1917, page 21d,
of A.T. West on 9 March 1918, page 29e,
of E.P. Pollard on 30 March 1918, page 19a,
of H.W. Mucklow on 10 June 1922, page 34b,
of W.F. Sieber on 28 June 1924, page 29b,
of Tom Nicholls on 4 August 1928, page 49b.

An obituary of Mrs A. Emilie J. Appelt is in the Register, 1 September 1922, page 6g,
of C.B. Secombe on 5 August 1924, page 9f,
of Mrs E.L. Kelley on 13 April 1928, page 12e,
of F. Gaerth on 22 June 1928, page 11g,
of Heinrich J.R. Pfitzner on 11 August 1928, page 3h.

The obituary of the town's founder, John Henry Hannan, is in the Register, 19 July 1928, page 11f, Observer, 28 July 1928, page 49c.

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Eukaby

Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal

The discovery of silver-lead ore "48 miles E. of Hawker by Dr Stephens on his sheep run..." is discussed in Mining Records of South Australia (fourth edition) page 171;
"The Eukaby Silver Mines" is in the Chronicle,
3 March 1888, page 8a:

In 1886, Mr. G.T. O'Hara, manager of the Glen Warwick station, belonging to Dr J.R. Stephens, found what he believed to be silver-bearing stuff at Eukaby Hill about 60 miles north-east of Orroroo and 50 miles north-west of Yunta... An effort was made to float the property in Adelaide, but at that time there was not the same faith in South Australia as a mineral country as there is now, and nothing would do if it was not in sight of the Barrier...

A "deceptive prospectus" is commented upon in the Advertiser,
10 December 1889, page 6a.

The Eukaba (sic) Well near Carrieton was the scene of an athletic sports day in 1894 - see Chronicle,
13 January 1894, page 12f; also see
Register,
11 January 1895, page 6f.

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Eurelia

Nomenclature

An Aboriginal name applied to a dam on Oladdie station and in the Jadliaura tribal dialect means 'place of the ear'.

General Notes

A story surrounding its nomenclature is in the Observer,
21 October 1876, page 8a.

A sale of town allotments is reported in the Chronicle,
12 October 1878, page 4b.

A sports day held in a paddock opposite Fielder's Hotel is reported in the Chronicle,
19 April 1879, page 21e; also see
3 January 1880, page 25e,
15 January 1887, page 4g,
4 January 1896, page 14c:

On Easter Monday, 1879, athletic and other sports were held on the ground in front of Fielder's Hotel. About 200 persons assembled, both sexes being pretty well equally represented. The sports were carried out under the supervision of Messrs Potts and Slater... The day's proceedings were wound up with a ball at the hotel.

The Eurelia School opened in 1881 and closed in 1943;
the Hundred of Eurelia School opened in 1919 and in the same year had its name changed to "Hill View".
Eurelia West School was opened by Nellie Francis in 1888 and closed in 1922.

A public meeting in respect of postal services is reported in the Register,
4 November 1879, page 4c (supp.);
1 February 1883, page 2 (supp.); Also see South Australia - Communications - Mail and Postal
its water supply is discussed on
20 and 29 (supp.) November 1879, pages 4g and 2b; also see
20 May 1881, page 7c,
30 July 1881, page 6d.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Mail and Postal

Information on local water supply is in the Chronicle,
29 October 1881, page 12b.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation

The Hundred is described in the Register,
27 March 1882, page 6d; also see
1 February 1883 (supp.), page 2a.

A picnic on Mr Kinnane's paddock is reported in the Register,
6 January 1883, page 7d,
Chronicle,
22 November 1884, page 13e.

Well sinking by Mr J.C. Potts is reported in the Register,
1 May 1884, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs

The town is described in the Register,
25 June 1885, page 7g.

An obituary of Peter Victory is in the Register,
13 July 1898, page 4c.

Information on a coursing meeting is in the Observer,
13 June 1896, page 19c,
Register,
30 May 1910, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing

The opening of a hall is reported in the Observer,
4 December 1909, page 15c.

A controversy over the railway refreshment rooms is aired in The Mail,
4, 11 and 18 October 1924, pages 2f, 1f and 2e.

The reminiscemces of Mr M.P. Daly are in the Chronicle,
13 July 1933, page 6.

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