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Glenelg
Glenelg River
Glenloth
Glenroy
Glenside
GlenthorneEstate
Glenunga
Glossop
Gloucester
Glue Pot
Gluyas
Glyde, Hundred of
Glynde
Glynn, Hundred of
Gnadenfrei
Gold Diggers Village
Golden Gate
Golden Grove
Goldfields
Golflands
Gomersal
Goode, Hundred of
Goodville
Goodwood

Glenelg River

Nomenclature

Discovered by Major Thomas Mitchell in July 1836 and named after Lord Glenelg.

General Notes

A poem on the Glenelg River is in the Border Watch, 26 September 1866.

It is described in the Chronicle,
5 April 1879, page 5c,
9 March 1889, page 7g,
Express,
9 June 1886, page 6d,
Register,
23 October 1880, page 5g,
26 April 1894, page 6b,
2 April 1896, page 5h,
Observer,
11 April 1896, page 33a,
Advertiser,
22 February 1908, page 16e:

We found it a stream some hundred yards in width, with a depth of about 40 feet. A well kept punt conveyed us to the opposite bank... About a mile away the blue waters of the open sea stretched to the horizon... About the mouth of the river were sandy dunes and long lines of driftwood and sandspits covered with chattering sea birds... Wild duck, teal and black swans were plentiful and fish to be had in abundance... The sportsman fond of quiet might visit many a worse place than the Glenelg River.

A "petroleum" discovery in the vicinity is reported in the Register,
9, 10, 13, 27 and 29 July 1895, pages 6b, 4g, 6f, 6g and 6h,
13 July 1896, page 7f.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Petroleum

Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
March 1883, page 83,
Frearson's Weekly,
28 April 1883, page 136.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
29 October 1904, page 28,
17 February 1906, page 29,
21 December 1907, page 9 (supp.),
Observer,
14 January 1922, pages 24-25.

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Glenloth

Nomenclature

Rodney Cockburn claims it was named after the winner of the 1887 Melbourne Cup but in that year it was 'Dunlop' which was first past the post, being bred at Morphettville by Sir Thomas Elder and owned by a Mr Donovan; Glenloth won in 1892. There is a Glenloth Well in the vicinity but, unfortunately, land tenure maps do not show the date at which the name was applied.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold

"Gold Near Glenloth Well" is in the Advertiser,
17 November 1893, page 6;
the goldfields are described in the Register,
3 August 1908, page 8d.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
21 December 1933, page 38,
30 May 1935, page 36.

The Register of 1 November 1904 at page 5a says:

Register

"Threatened Water Famine" is in the Register, 17 February 1905, page 5a:

This promising field is handicapped by a water difficulty which could be easily overcome. Kingoonya Well is so polluted with dead rabbits that horses will not drink the water... Little Yerda Well, the only standby is also polluted with rabbits... The Glenloth Well, from which the field is being supplied at present, contains good flood water, but when this is exhausted the supply becomes too salty and bitter to drink. The Surveyor-General gave instructions that the fans should be replaced in the windmill...

Also see South Australia - Water Conservation

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Glenroy

Nomenclature

The Hundred in the County of MacDonnell, proclaimed on 4 May 1871 and named by Governor Fergusson after the town of 'Glen Roy' near Inverness, Scotland.

General Notes

Information on the forest reserve is in the Observer, 15 February 1879, page 10b:

The Glenroy Flat Reserve, with few exceptions, has indigenous trees only fit for firewood and the planting of a superior class of timber trees is necessary in order for it to be profitably occupied...

Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Forestry

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Place Names

Glenside

Information on the local cricket club is in the Express,
12 and 30 May 1877, pages 2e and 2c,
Register,
21 August 1878, page 5d,
Observer,
23 May 1885, page 18e,
Express,
7 February 1883, page 2b,
9 June 1883, page 2c,
19 and 21 September 1885, pages 4c and 2g:

A meeting of the cricket club was held on 7 May 1877 at Dittmar's Coffee Rooms, Freeman Street... Rapid progress had been made for it had been in existence for only one year. It had played 18 matches and winning 10 of them. Mr. E.K. Miller secured both the bat and ball offered by the club with a batting average of 13.11 and bowling at three runs per wicket. Mr. J.A. Austin came in second in batting with an average of 11.7 and H.M. Mudie in the bowling at five runs per wicket. Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

Information on a tennis club is in the Express,
29 January 1889, page 4b.
A photograph is in The Critic,
4 April 1906, page 16.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Tennis

A presentation to A. Tilemann is reported in the Register,
11 March 1882, page 5c.

An obituary of John Johnston, "of Glenside", is in the Register,
21 October 1907, page 4h.

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Glenthorne Estate

Mr Norman Brookman's stud farm is described in the Register,
25 November 1907, page 5i;
photographs are in the Observer,
16 September 1905, page 29.

A historical background of the property appears in the Register,
23 March 1910, page 5d:

In view of the sale of Glenthorne, Mr. Norman Brookman's property at O?Halloran Hill, it is interesting to recall that the estate was originally owned by the late Mr. O?Halloran... Mr. T.J. O?Halloran followed his father as owner and disposed of it in 1876 to the late Mr.. TBS. Porter and about six years ago Mr.. Broken purchased it...

"Historic Homestead Burned" is in the Advertiser,
22 August 1932, page 8e.

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Glenunga

The Register of 31 May 1856 at page 3h says, inter alia, under the heading "Slug in Wheat":

Mr D. Ferguson of Glenunga on the eastern plains, informs us that one of his fields has been much injured... Information on the subdivision is in the Register,
17 April 1919, page 4e:

The old Glenunga Homestead on the rising slopes of Glen Osmond has long been recognised as one of the most beautiful and picturesque sites around Adelaide, hence buyers in search of building blocks in a select locality... will be pleased to learn that the remaining portion of the estate is to come under the hammer...

A photograph of "Old Glenunga House built by D. Ferguson in 1847" appears on
1 May 1919, page 5d.

Daniel Ferguson's obituary is in the Express,
27 May 1864, page 2c.

An obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Murdoch is in the Register,
16 August 1915, page 4g,
of James Mansom on 12 April 1926, page 8f,
of Ernest H. March on 31 May 1928, page 15c.

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Glossop

Nomenclature

The town 6 km east of Berri was proclaimed on 25 August 1921. Captain Glossop, commander of HMAS Sydney which sank the German raider vessel Emden during World War I.

General Notes

Its school opened in 1920.

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Gloucester

The town contiguous to Jamestown is advertised in the Observer of 12 May 1877, page 1d:

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Glue Pot

Nomenclature

The name of a road running from the Port Wakefield road to Salisbury. The locality has always been low lying, swampy and saline affected and difficulty was invariably experienced in traversing it after winter rains. In the 1950s State grants enabled the local council to seal it and it is now known as Philip Highway.

General Notes

It is described in the Register,
28 November 1846, page 4a.

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Gluyas

Henry Inglis Gluyas (1863-1936) was born at Tothill's Creek and was the breeder of the "Early Gluyas" rust-resistant wheat which he developed on the family farm on section 27, Hundred of Telowie. It was the first of its type grown in Australia and was used extensively until the 1950s when it was replaced by improved varieties.

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Glyde, Hundred of

Nomenclature

Honorable Lavington Glyde, MP (1857-1875). Born in Devon in 1823 he came to South Australia in the John Bartlett in 1847. He was elected to parliament as the member for East Torrens. G.F. Loyau described him as 'a clever, caustic writer'.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Politics

The following appears in the Observer, 21 October 1871, page 14e:

I am caustic, young Mann, Father Glyde said again,
Let the cause not provoke you to rage,
In my youth I consistently stuck to my friends,
And I don't fear reproach in my age.

You are wise, Father Glyde, your Geoffrey observes,
And the House you're entitled to sway,
If you wish to succeed when your turn comes again,
Now listen to my counsel, I pray.

Human nature is weak, Father Glyde, I'll allow,
It is mingled of good and of ill,
But search out the good, don't ill motives impute,
And the members you'll guide at your will.

A dinner accorded Mr Glyde is reported in the Register,
11 September 1875, page 6c,
Observer,
18 September 1875, page 10a;
Register,
1 August 1890, pages 5a- 6c,
Observer,
12 January 1901, page 29b:

At a dinner given in his honour in September 1875 Mr. Glyde said that: ?He felt quite as confident of the future of South Australia if properly governed... We were pretty certain to go up, while Victoria was pretty certain to go down or stand still. When in Victoria he was struck with the modest way in which they spoke of themselves to what they did two or three years ago. They were beginning to see that they had made mistakes and to think more of South Australia. Two or three years ago we were sneered at and snubbed as coming from the farinaceous village but now they were beginning to think that this was an important place.... He had tried since he had been in office to be a statesman - which was very different to being a politician - and to do his best for the country generally while doing something for the district he represented...?

"Mr Glyde and the Treasurer" is in the Observer,
20 September 1879, page 13e,
24 May 1884, page 38c for biographical details and
Register,
17 May 1884, page 4b:

He, 'dressed in the little brief authority of a Minister of the Crown', thought that the local authority would not dare to enforce the recommendations of their health officer, he being only an 'unwise young doctor' and drag an honourable into court about the non-emptying of a miserable cesspit. The sequel showed otherwise, and notwithstanding that he was defended by the wisest being created, ie., himself, he was fined by the bench in the Norwood Magistrates' Court...

Some weeks after this there was a fatal case of typhoid in Mr Glyde's household; comment on this would be superfluous, but to the minds of most men it will seem that there was every reason for the order of the local authority... Apart from Mr Glyde's house, I know of four cases of typhoid fever which have occurred within the last six weeks within three minutes walk of his residence and one of them has proved fatal...

The sneer at the value of Dr Sprod's unpaid services is uncalled for and suggests to one's mind the price which the country will yet have to pay for the thousand a year services which Mr Glyde has rendered to this colony for the past three years.
Express & Telegraph, 7 May 1884, p. 7.)

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Glynde

Nomenclature

Edward Castres Gwynne purchased land and built a cottage at Payneham which he called 'Glynde Place'. He laid out the village circa 1856. Edward Castres Gwynne was born at Lewes in Sussex, England which is near the towns of Firle and Glynde, while his father was the Rector of Glynde.

General Notes

Mr Justice Gwynne's house "Glynde" is described in the Register,
16 July 1866, page 3f:

Are the public aware that within a few miles of the metropolis is one of the largest orangeries in the world... having for its owner His Honour, Mr. Justice Gwynne... The estate is situated to the southward of the road leading to the Glynde Hotel and is approached by an extensive carriage -drive, hedged in by a row of native gums which form a complete avenue... The orangery covers fully eight acres...

Also see
The News,
1 May 1929, page 10e.
"How Glynde Came Into Being" is in the Chronicle,
22 July 1937, page 49a.

A private horse race match "on a mile of the road leading from the Glynde to North Kensington" is reported in the Chronicle,
18 May 1861, page 7f.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
2 September 1865, page 7f,
Advertiser,
28 February 1867, page 3b,
Observer,
22 December 1872, page 4b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse racing

A mowing match is reported in the Chronicle,
11 November 1865, page 3c.

Mr Gwynne's orangery is described in the Register,
19 July 1875, page 6f.
His retirement is reported in the Register,
28 February 1881, page 4f.

A "strawberry picnic" is reported in the Register,
30 November 1885, page 5c.

Biographical details of E.C. Gwynne are in the Register,
11 June 1888, pages 4g-6e.
An obituary of his son is in the Observer,
26 August 1905, page 24b and
of Mrs Helen Gwynne in the Register,
4 June 1925, page 8g,
of Lloyd G. Gwynne on 5 May 1928, page 12e.

An obituary of Mrs Catherine Lewis is in the Register,
16 April 1901, page 5a,
of Richard Gwynne on 21 June 1923, page 6h.

Mr T.B. Robson's property "Ellythorp" is described in the Advertiser,
12 January 1893, page 7f.

A photograph of the start of a cycling race in front of the hotel is in the Observer,
18 August 1923, page 29.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cycling

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Place Names

Glynn, Hundred of

Nomenclature

Patrick M. Glynn, MP (1887-1901). Born in Galway, Ireland, in 1855, he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, Dublin in 1878. Later, he studied in London and on 4 September 1880 sailed for Melbourne where he obtained temporary admission to the Victorian Bar: 'Trying to get business here as a stranger is like attacking the Devil with an icicle', he confided to his brother. In 1883 he came to South Australia and bought a practice at Kapunda, shifting to Adelaide in 1888. In 1897 he was elected as one of the ten representatives to the Federal Convention when Alfred Deakin remarked that:

He was also described as:

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Politics

Biographical details of Mr Glynn are in the Observer,
15 March 1890, page 33b,
Weekly Herald,
31 May 1895, page 2b,
Register,
10 June 1895, page 6d,
"Recollections of a Great Orator" in The Mail,
1 March 1913, page 8c:

In forensic eloquence he stands alone in interpreting Constitutional law, in memory he has few equals - a set of circumstances which have produced what may be termed a philosophic mind.... Mr. Glynn has never been a leader in politics. He is too fair. The goal he sees ahead has a foreground of philosophic doubt banked up against it and unlike Kingston he would probably be swayed from his track a little by respecting opinions of others instead of using men as a means to an end. Leadership never admits doubt; it sweeps everything before it. In Mr. Glynn's case weight of learning has evolved a wonderful capacity of seeing things as they are - an attribute... that has made him famous. It is in this connection that the little grey-haired man of the lawyer's den exerts such a profound influence over Australia...

His obituary is in the Advertiser,
29 October 1931, page 10f;
also see The News,
28 October 1931, page 3a.

"Some of the Farmers" is in the Register,
17 October 1911, page 3b.

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Gnadenfrei

Nomenclature

This name was applied to a public school situated within section 80, Hundred of Nuriootpa; it means 'freed by the grace of God'. In 1918 it was proposed to build a new school and the local residents on the school committee decided that it should be known in the future as 'Marananga'.

General Notes

Its school opened in 1869 and became "Marananga" in 1918.

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Gold Diggers Village

An event which may have had an influence on its name was a "Gold Diggers' Regatta" on the Port River which took place at the behest of returned diggers in 1852 - see Register, 16 August 1852.

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Golden Gate

A cricket match against Eden Valley is reported in the Chronicle, 2 February 1907, page 15b:

On Saturday last the Golden Gates played the first match on their own ground against the Eden Valley team and were beaten by 15 runs. The local men made 41 runs and the Valleys 54. For the Gates C. Wesley made 14 and took four wickets for 7 runs. W. Tremaine captured three wickets for 12 runs. For the winners Minmie scored 26 not out and E. Murray 18.

Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

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Golden Grove

Nomenclature

Captain Adam Robertson, of the vessel Golden Grove, settled there in 1846.

General Notes

The Register of 16 July 1859, page 3d says:

... Mr Robertson explains that Golden Grove is the name of his own place and not of the surrounding locality. He has apparently forgotten that he conferred that name on the public school... and therefore the settlers cannot be blamed for extending it to the village as well. The opening of the school is reported in the Observer,
30 March 1850, page 3a:

The building now known as ?the Golden Grove School? was opened on 20 March 1850 with a religious service conducted by Rev R. Drummond which was followed in the afternoon by a similar service by Rev T.Q. Stow. The new schoolhouse is situated within a mile of the Bishop's Springs on the Little Para...

Also see
Register,
27 July 1853, page 3f,
18 November 1853, page 3f and
20 June 1855, page 3h.
31 October 1855, page 3e,
28 June 1856, page 3h.
Historical information on it is in the Register,
11 July 1868, page 3a;
It is mentioned in the Government Gazette on
28 April 1853 when the teacher was William Humpage; it closed in 1961.

School examinations are reported in the Chronicle,
9 March 1872, page 7a,
Express,
12 December 1872, page 2e.
Photographs of an Arbor Day are in the Observer,
19 August 1911, page 31 Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days
Observer,
8 August 1914, page 20b.

The opening of the Presbyterian Church is reported in the Register,
26 June 1866, page 2e.
A photograph of the church's picnic committee is in the Chronicle,
27 November 1909, page 31.

A cricket match against Houghton is reported in the Express,
18 February 1876, page 3b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

A field naturalists' excursion is reported in the Register,
5 October 1886, page 6b,
16 October 1888, page 5a,
3 September 1892, page 5d,
4 September 1897, page 9e.

"Visit to Golden Grove" is in the Chronicle,
11 June 1892, page 8e,
Register,
15 June 1892, page 2f (supp.).

A letter from Mr Robertson in respect of horse racing at a a local church picnic appears in the Register,
28 February 1893, page 7g; also see
10 and 13 March 1893, pages 7c and 6h,
Observer,
25 February 1893, page 30a.

The district is described in the Advertiser,
11 June 1892, page 11e.

Photographs of a trial of agricultural implements are in the Chronicle,
28 February 1903, page 43,
The Critic,
28 February 1903, page 9; also see
Observer,
28 February 1903, page 24.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Farm Implements

"Golden Grove Pioneers [Mr & Mrs Alexander Kirk and Mr & Mrs Robert Smart]" is in the Register,
5 April 1906, page 6g,
Observer,
14 April 1906, page 29a; also see
Register,
15 August 1908, page 9a for further information on Mr Kirk.

The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs A. Kirk is reported in the Register,
9 May 1905, page 5b.
Biographical details of Mr & Mrs A. Kirk are in the Observer,
22 August 1908, page 32d.
An obituary of Mrs Kirk is in the Register,
31 March 1909, page 8d and
of Alexander Kirk in the Register,
29 July 1912, page 6g,
Observer,
3 August 1912, page 41a.

"Pig Eating Rats" is in the Observer,
23 February 1907, page 45d.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Mice, Snakes & Rats

A report and photographs of an Arbor Day are in the Observer,
19 August 1911, pages 18e-31.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days

A local Show is reported in the Register,
18 March 1912, page 10f,
15 March 1921, page 5d,
Chronicle,
11 March 1916, page 11a,
16 March 1929, page 42 (photographs) (see South Australia - Agricultural Floricultural & Horticultural Shows) and
the opening of a municipal quarry in the Advertiser,
7 October 1912, page 11b.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Building Stone

"Plane Incinerated - Crash at Golden Grove" is in the Observer,
8 September 1928, page 34a.
Also see South Australia - Tranport - Aeroplanes

Golden Grove - Obituaries

An obituary of Charles Watson is in the Register,
27 and 28 September 1893, pages 5d and 5d,
Observer,
30 September 1893, page 31d,
of John Byers on 25 September 1897, page 12a,
of Reuben Richardson on 29 November 1902, page 34a,
of Mrs R. Smyth on 25 November 1905, page 38a,
of John Tilley on 10 August 1907, page 40c,
of Mrs J.R. Smart on 9 January 1915, page 41a,
of Andrew O'Leary on 24 January 1920, page 18e.

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Goldfields

Parliamentary Paper 18/1870-71 shows it as a school on the Barossa goldfields with 50 enrolled pupils - subsequent Education Department reports show it as "Barossa Goldfields". It opened in 1869 and closed in 1954.

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Golflands

Nomenclature

A subdivision of part section 183, Hundreds of Adelaide and Noarlunga; now included in Glenelg North. C. Sandison laid it out in 1922; so named as it was adjacent to the Glenelg Golf Links.

General Notes

The Register of 3 July 1920, page 8g says:

Well-illustrated descriptive booklets are now available containing plans, photographs, and fullest information regarding Mr. C. Sanderson's subdivision of 30 building sites, comprising the western portion of their well-known Glenelg Golf Links adjoining McDonald's Railway Station...

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Gomersal

Its school opened as "New Mecklenburg" in 1864 and became "Gomersal" in 1918; closed in 1952.

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Goode, Hundred of

Nomenclature

C.H. Goode, MP (1865-1866). Born in Herefordshire in May 1827 he came to Adelaide in 1849, when he opened a shop at North Adelaide and peddled goods around the district. He was a founder of the mercantile firm of Goode and Durrant. Well known as a philanthropist, he was prominent in the founding of the Royal Institution for the Blind in 1884 and was its only President until his death on 5 February 1922.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Politics

His reminiscences are in the Observer; 3 June 1911, page 41c:

His long and prosperous career has been crowned with useful works. He conceives it the duty of every man when his own needs have been satisfied to think of his less fortunate fellows and the suffering world that calls for practical sympathy. Hardly any great charity board is complete without the name of Charles Goode upon it. The public eight years ago showed respect for the veteran merchant by presenting him with his portrait in oils to be hung in the National Gallery as a token of acknowledgment of the general indebtedness to one who in so many ways had ?wrought his people lasting good.?

The Hundred of Goode School opened in 1911 and closed in 1950.

The Hundred of Goode West School opened in 1919 and closed in 1936;
a photograph of an Arbor Day is in the Chronicle, 19 July 1934, page 33.

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Goodville

The school opened as "Hundred of Wudinna" in 1924 becoming "Goodville" in the same year.
It was changed to "Wudinna East" in 1926 and closed in 1938.

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Goodwood

Nomenclature

On 12 February 1839 section 221 of 'Survey A' which fronted the South Parklands was granted to the South Australian Company and documentation in the General Registry Office shows that it was known as 'Goodwood'. The 1840 census mentions the 'Village of Goodwood' on section 221 with a population of 100, but the first contract of sale of an allotment was not registered until 1846.

In the Register of 4 January 1913, page 6e, Samuel Mills, junior, makes the comment that 'Hardy's section was the first to be cut up into small blocks and sold'; he omits any comment on the SA Company's creation. In May 1838 sections 222 and 223, Hundred of Adelaide were granted to Thomas Hardy, who sold the land to his son, Arthur Hardy in May 1841. The new owner leased the land in October 1842 to Messrs Richard E. Borrow and James Goodiar, who called it 'Goodwood Farm'.

In 1849, Arthur Hardy cut the land up into several four acre blocks, calling it Goodwood Park.

General Notes

The Register of 27 January 1853, page 3b says:

This little suburban village is in a very disorderly state... [It] is beyond the limits of the Metropolitan Police, but it might be useful if any of the Mounted Police travelling on the Southern road could occasionally take it in their way, so as to hold the more disorderly spirits in a little check... "Early Goodwood" - Reminiscences of the Pioneer Days" is in the Register,
23 December 1912, page 11a; also see
4 January 1913, page 6e

The Register of 27 March 1841 at page 3d reproduces a letter from W. Blyth re a dinner at the village of Goodwood given by Messrs Borrow and Goodiar to "the numerous workmen in their employ":

I have seldom been more gratified than by a visit on Thursday last to the village of Goodwood on the occasion of an entertainment given by Messrs Borrow & Goodier [sic] to the numerous workmen in their employ... The scene was enlivened by a well appointed band provided by the workmen and the party broke up with hearts warmed by right feelings, no doubt stimulated by good cheer, but with a regard to temperance which might well afford a useful lesson to more refined meetings...

A reaping match on Mr Samuel Mills' property is reported in the Register,
18 December 1861, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Farm Implements

A stick-up is reported in the Observer,
5 May 1866, page 3c (supp.).

A proposed railway station is discussed in the Register,
25 August 1877, page 5c.

New buildings are described in the Register,
1 and 3 January 1878, pages 7b and 5d.

The laying of the foundation stone of the Goodwood Park Bible Christian Church is reported in the Observer,
8 and 29 September 1877, pages 18g and 7c; also see
10 October 1877, page 5c,
29 February 1884, page 6c.
Its opening is reported on
7 November 1884, page 6d.

The opening of a Baptist Chapel is reported in the Observer,
12 January 1878, page 19e.

A letter about the Goodwood township is in the Register,
3 January 1878, page 5d and
an editorial on
1 March 1878, page 4e; also see
5 and 13 March 1878, pages 6d and 5a-6c,
27 and 29 August 1878, pages 5c and 4f.
It is described in the Register,
2 May 1879, page 5e; also see
28 and 29 November 1882, pages 5b.

"Goodwood Park Township" is in the Chronicle,
27 April 1878, page 10f,
4 May 1878, page 13f. Also see
Observer,
9, 16 and 30 March 1878, pages 10f, 10g and 11e.

The opening of the Goodwood Park Baptist Chapel is reported in the Observer,
12 January 1878, page 19g and
the laying of the foundation stone of the Baptist Church in the Register,
25 August 1882, page 6f; also see
Express,
27 November 1882, page 2e,
The News,
19 March 1929, page 8f.

"The Goodwood Park Difficulty" is in the Observer,
9, 16 and 30 March 1878, pages 10f, 10g and 11e.

A letter in respect of the partition of Goodwood from Unley is in the Register,
22 October 1878, page 6d; also see
23 November 1878, page 5b,
Advertiser,
1 and 5 January 1891, pages 3f and 7a,
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government
Register,
3 January 1891, page 7h,
11 February 1891, page 5c,
5, 8, 9, 12 and 16 October 1891, pages 3b, 7h, 4h, 3g and 6e,
Advertiser,
5 and 6 October 1891, pages 6g and 7e,
Register,
5, 7 and 9 April 1897, pages 3h, 6f and 5e,
21 October 1898, page 6c,
15 April 1908, page 6i,
19 September 1912, page 9f and Unley

Information on a proposed school is in the Register,
23 November 1878, page 5d; also see
11 and 14 January 1879, pages 5c and 5a.
An obituary of a former headmaster, John Wilson, is in the Register,
10 January 1896, page 6d,
Chronicle,
11 January 1896, page 16b.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Register,
13 August 1898, page 7b.Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days
A concert is reported in the Express,
23 June 1902, page 1c.

The opening of an infant school is reported in the Register,
19 May 1906, page 4c.

A photograph of the school band is in the Observer,
31 January 1903, page 24,
of students in The Critic,
24 January 1917, page 13,
of a school committee on
12 March 1919, page 9.
A photograph of the unveiling of a German gun at the school is in The Critic,
28 June 1922, page 18.
Its jubilee is reported in the Advertiser,
10 April 1929, page 17d,
1 June 1929, page 19i.

Information on the State School Mothers' Club is in The News,
7 February 1929, page 10b.
Photograph are in the Observer,
26 May 1906, page 29,
of a dressmaking class in the Chronicle,
10 August 1933, page 36.

The district is described in the Register,
2 May 1879, page 5e.

A murder and suicide at Goodwood Park are reported in the Observer,
26 July 1879, page 7a.

Information on an Anglican church is in the Register,
15 September 1880, page 5b.

The opening of the Presbyterian Church is reported in the Register,
4 May 1881, page 5b; also see
The News,
12 March 1929, page 8f.

The foundation of the Adelaide Eye Infirmary is reported in the Register,
12 November 1880, page 5e,
22 August 1881, page 6g; also see
23 August 1882, page 7a,
16 January 1883, page 5c.
Also see Adelaide - Public Health - Miscellany

Information on the Goodwood Park Cricket Club is in the Express,
17 July 1882, page 2c; also see
Express,
20 August 1887, page 4b,
9 June 1888, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

A tramway company meeting is reported in the Register,
1 November 1882 (supp.), page 2g; also see
21 November, page 1b (supp.),
27 April 1883, page 5b,
30 October 1884 (supp.), page 2c,
29 April 1886, page 5c,
17 December 1886, page 5c.
Electric lighting in a tram is discussed in the Register,
9 June 1893, page 5d.
Notice of its sale appears on
8 September 1896, page 5b.
Also see Adelaide - Transport - Tramways

The throwing of eggs at tramcars is reported in the Register, 20 October 1902, page 4h:

Register

"A Tram Experience" is in the Register,
30 July 1904, page 6g,
"A Comedy in Cars" on
5 July 1906, page 4f,
"The Goodwood Trams" is in the Express,
22 May 1911, page 4e.

Information on the proposed post office and telegraph is in the Register,
2 May 1883, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telegraphic

A Catholic picnic is reported in the Chronicle,
2 June 1883, page 7g,
2 January 1886, page 10f,
Express,
2 September 1884, page 3f.
Catholic institutions at Goodwood are discussed in the Express,
1 May 1897, page 7c.

The laying of the foundation stone of the Church of the Holy Cross is reported in the Chronicle,
17 November 1883;
for its opening see
31 May 1884, page 8f.

Information on the Goodwood Park Bible Christian Church is in the Register,
29 February 1884, page 6c.

A pigeon shooting match is reported in the Express,
6 January 1885, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Pigeon racing and shooting

Information on a choral society is in the Express,
1 June 1885, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Entertainment and the Arts - Music

The laying of the foundation stone of the Dominican Convent is reported in the Register,
16 March 1885, page 7c; also see
31 October 1885, pages 5a-6d,
Chronicle,
30 January 1886, page 7e.

An outbreak of typhoid fever, allegedly attributed to the local dairy, is reported in the Register,
20 July 1886, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Health - Fevers - Typhoid

Information on a proposed Institute is in the Express,
15 March 1884, page 2c,
7 July 1884, page 4a,
Register,
10 August 1886, page 7e.
For the laying of the foundation stone by Mr George Mills, the donor of the land, see
31 January 1887, page 6f and
25 April 1887, page 6e for its opening; also see
31 May 1887, page 3h,
27 October 1896, page 6f,
30 July 1909, page 3f,
3 May 1912, page 8g,
The News,
20 October 1927, page 9d.

Fox terrier coursing at Goodwood Park is reported upon in the Observer,
10 July 1886, page 18a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing

The opening of the Sisters of St Joseph Orphanage is reported in the Register,
16 August 1888, page 6f; also see
Express,
25 July 1890, page 4c.
Observer,
8 May 1897, page 43a.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
9 January 1904, page 41.
Information on the home is in the Register,
23 January 1911, page 10.
"For the Orphans - The Goodwood Home and Its Wants" is in the Advertiser,
2 November 1915, page 9d; also see
Express,
13 December 1915, page 3e,
Register,
1 June 1925, page 11h.

St Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, Goodwood

(Taken from Geoffrey H Manning's A Colonial Experience, Chapter 116)

In 1888 the Catholic Church purchased a property from the estate of the late W.D. Hewer. The existing residence was improved and, at the rear, buildings were provided for the reception of orphan children. In all 13 acres were purchased and it included beautiful gardens, through which flowed the Brownhill Creek. In the main residence a chapel was erected in which there is a tablet in the memory of Mr J.F. McBride and his wife, Mary Ann, who contributed over two thousand pounds towards the purchase price of £3,500.

Once racehorses were quartered upon the spot and when the church took over the stables were made to lend themselves to the new and noble purpose and in the healthy environment of open fields grew up children deprived of parental care, but not of loving and sympathetic attention.

Perfect cleanliness impresses the visitor immediately on being ushered into the homely atmosphere of the orphanage. The kindliness of those who minister to the needs of the children is typified in the courteous Sister who pilots the visitor through the various buildings. It was holiday time when I walked through the institution and in the grounds little tots played with the happy abandon of innocent childhood, but there was no sign of the boisterous in their rollicking. In such surroundings gentleness is naturally assimilated.

Here poultry strutted in the proud way peculiar to its kind and out beyond the buildings the golden sun shone down upon a green sea of corn. 'Our crop', said the Sister, smilingly. This 'crop' when gathered in would form fodder for the 'great stock' of the institution - four good old cows, which emphasise the delightful rurality of the whole thing. 'We teach the boys to milk', said my guide, 'and we have a separator. Our butter is produced here.'

The boys are taught to effect needed repairs as far as possible, just as the girls are taught to make all their own clothes. One little chap of 11 summers was proclaimed by the Sister to be quite an expert in the manipulation of the stitching machine and the work peculiar to the last.

The deserving nature of the institution should be an insistent appeal to the benevolently-minded. Children whose fate otherwise would be awful to contemplate, are cared for and educated until adopted by good people, or placed in the service in happy homes, on farms, or in city offices.

The results of the good work have repaid the noble souls who have undertaken it and encouraged children to proceed. Girls have grown up to womanhood and married happily and boys have become men and secured positions from which they have made their own way in life.

Information on a football team is in the Express, 11 March 1889, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football

Flooding is reported upon in the Register,
18 April 1889, page 5g,
Chronicle,
15 February 1897, page 5f.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods

Information on a baseball team is in the Express,
3 April 1889, page 2f,
27 October 1890, page 4c,
9 March 1891, page 4b,
28 August 1891.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
26 September 1908, page 32,
Express,
1 July 1910, page 4g,
The Critic,
26 January 1921, page 15.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Baseball

A draughts club is discussed in the Chronicle,
26 October 1889, page 15f.

The Goodwood Flower Show is reported in the Chronicle,
9 November 1889, page 23a; also see
Express,
25 April 1902, page 3b.
A chrysthanthemum show is reported in the Express,
7 May 1897, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural Floricultural & Horticultural Shows

Information on Goodwood Park pony races is in the Express,
27 April 1892, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing

"The Goodwood Tragedy" is in the Register,
1 March 1893, page 4g.

Historical information on the town is in the Register,
15 March 1894, page 5b.

A ploughing match on the "old Goodwood racecourse... which is proposed to be purchased for working men's blocks" is reported in the Chronicle, 18 August 1894, page 23c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches

A visit to local working men's blocks is reported in the Chronicle,
14 September 1889, page 14b,
Register,
15 February 1892, page 6a,
Express,
1 May 1897, page 7c,
Observer,
8 May 1897, page 43a.
Also see Hundred of Cotton

The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs Robert Lord is reported in the Observer,
30 April 1898, page 30b.

The district is described in the Chronicle,
11 March 1899, page 28b.

Information on a "new" oval is in the Register,
12 February 1900, page 4h,
2 July 1907, page 6h.

The Goodwood Model Parliament is discussed in the Weekly Herald,
15 September 1900, page 10a.

The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs E. Biggs is reported in the Register,
10 April 1901, page 5b.

The laying of the foundation stone of a new Saint George's Church is reported in the Register,
27 and 29 September 1902, pages 9i and 6e; also see
24 August 1903, page 3g,
2 September 1903, page 6d,
The Critic,
4 October 1902, page 12 (photograph),
The News,
4 December 1928, page 13c.
Photographs of a fete are in the Observer,
10 December 1904, page 25; also see
20 October 1917, page 25,
17 November 1923, page 30.

"From Glasgow to Goodwood", poems by A. Anderson, is in the Register,
23 December 1905, page 9d.

The opening of the infant school is reported in the Register,
19 May 1906, pages 4c-9a.

Biographical details of John Shepherd are in the Register,
23 November 1907, page 9f and
a report on the diamond wedding of he and his wife on 19 March 1908, page 4g.

A photograph of the Nichol Street railway crossing is in The Critic,
20 January 1909, page 9.

Biographical details of James Bridgland are in the Register,
20 January 1910, page 6h,
of Mrs Elizabeth Ashton on 26 February 1917, page 6h.

The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs William Gluyas is reported in the Register,
30 March 1910, page 7a.

"Goodwood Electric Cars" is in the Register,
23 May 1911, page 6c.
Also see Adelaide - Transport - Tramways

"A Valuable Church Bell [at St George's]" is in the Register,
6 June 1911, page 6d.

A proposed soldiers' memorial is discussed in the The Critic,
17 October 1917, page 11 (photographs),
Register,
23 January 1917, page 4d; also see
9 and 11 October 1917, pages 4d and 6a for the laying of its cornerstone,
26 January 1920, page 8f,
12 November 1923, page 11d.
Also see South Australia - Memorials to the Fallen

A controversy over section 8, part of the "Page Estate", is discussed in the Advertiser,
7 April 1917, page 8g,
Register,
28 and 29 June 1917, pages 7c and 6d,
3 July 1917, page 5d.

A photograph of a street scene near the railway station is in The Critic,
24 October 1917, page 11.

Information on and photographs of a proposed recreation ground are in The Critic,
29 May 1918, page 16,
3 December 1919, page 4 and
its opening in the Register,
29 November 1919, page 7e.

A Children's Peace Day is reported in the Register,
28 July 1919, page 6e and
A Gala Day on the ground is reported on
13 December 1920, page 8f.

Biographical details of Mrs Elizabeth Ashton are in the Observer,
28 February 1920, page 28c,
of Rev Robert Mitchell on 4 March 1922, page 8e.

A photograph of the Salvation Army citadel is in the Observer,
7 May 1921, page 24, Also see South Australia - Religion - Salvation Army
of a lacrosse team on
2 October 1926, page 34.

Biographical details of Mrs Elizabeth Mugg are in the Register,
8 March 1923, page 12c,
of Mrs Johanna Williams on 13 December 1924, page 8h, 11 December 1926, page 9b,
of Mrs E. Atkin on 12 October 1927, page 12a.

A photograph of a Goodwood United football team is in The Critic,
1 November 1922, page 12.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football

The opening of a branch of the Savings Bank of SA is reported upon in the Register,
1 November 1923, page 4d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football

A history of the Methodist Church is in the Register,
20 September 1924, page 4,
17 March 1928, page 15d.
"Goodwood Methodist Jubilee" is in The News,
8 July 1927, page 4f; also see
14 March 1929, page 16d.

Information on an overhead bridge is in the Register,
10 January 1929, page 11f,
16 May 1929, page 31b.

Goodwood - Obituaries

An obituary of Jacob Bowden, medical herbalist, is in the Register,
17 November 1888, page 5b,
of Rev Peter McLeod on 14 January 1896, page 5d,
of Mrs James Rowe on 4 September 1900, page 4h.

An obituary of George Baker is in the Register,
20 May 1895, page 5b,
of James Storrie on 17 July 1897, page 5a, Observer, 24 July 1897, page 12d,
of Mrs James Kentish on 23 February 1901, page 22a,
of J.I. Dew on 22 March 1902, page 31a,
of Samuel E. Roberts on 30 September 1905, page 38c,
of Mrs H.J. Fyffe on 25 January 1908, page 40d,
of Mrs Bridget Ryan on 22 January 1910, page 38a.

An obituary of Rev Peter McLeod is in the Observer,
18 January 1896, page 15a,
of Rev James Rowe on 8 September 1900, page 22b,
of E.E. Blacket on 12 August 1905, page 38e,
of F. Leak, missionary, on 23 July 1910, page 39a,
of Mrs Charlotte Couche on 28 March 1914, page 41a.

An obituary of W.A. Cawthorne is in the Register,
28 September 1897, page 6f,
of Mrs Mary A. Ring on 28 December 1897, page 5a,
of J.H.L. Pelzer on 10 September 1899, page 5f.

An obituary of Mrs E. Burns T. McLellan is in the Register,
18 April 1899, page 5b; also see 20, 21 and 22 April 1899, pages 3e, 7c and 6e,
of Mrs James Kentish on 19 February 1901, page 5b,
of R.O. Fox on 26 November 1901, page 5c,
of J.I. Dew on 19 March 1902, page 5a.

An obituary of Samuel Manning is in the Register, 16 January 1903, page 4h,
of George Marshall on 6 June 1904, page 6h,
of Charles Gant on 27 October 1904, page 4g,
of E.E. Blacket on 10 August 1905, page 5a,
of Samuel E. Roberts on 26 September 1905, page 4i,
of Rev Thomas Hillman on 3 August 1907, page 7a.

An obituary of Mrs Bridget Ryan is in the Register, 15 January 1910, page 13d,
of Mrs James Ashton on 26 February 1910, page 13a,
of F. Leak on 20 July 1910, page 13a,
of Mrs Nanny Prisk on 24 November 1913, page 8a,
of Mrs Charlotte Couche on 24 March 1914, page 8a,
of Mrs Martha Bridgland on 9 February 1915, page 4g,
of Mrs E.W. Harris on 2 July 1915, page 4g,
of Mrs Catherine M. Hicks on 7 and 12 December 1916, pages 4h and 4h.

An obituary of Michael Parry is in the Observer, 29 January 1916, page 44b,
of L.W. Cheary on 14 October 1916, page 35a,
of John Cornish on 5 March 1921, page 31c,
of Mrs Elizabeth Ashton on 20 September 1924, page 32a,
of James Silver on 22 January 1927, page 44e.

An obituary of Edwin Farey is in the Observer, 19 August 1916, page 20a,
of Mrs Catherine M. Hicks on 9 December 1916, page 35d,
of Joseph Wooding on 15 September 1917, page 40c,
of Mrs Mary Rose on 14 April 1923, page 35e,
of J.S. Evans, butcher, on 26 May 1928, page 49a.

An obituary of Mrs Maria Hall is in the Register, 15 November 1917, page 4f,
of David W. Bartlett on 10 December 1918, page 4f,
of William J. Smith on 14 June 1919, page 6g,
of W.J. Price on 6 September 1919, page 8h,
of James Cater on 2 February 1923, page 6h,
of Maximillian Delank on 21 March 1923, page 8f,
of Mrs Mary Rose on 9 April 1923, page 4g.

An obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Ashton is in the Register, 15 September 1924, page 8g,
of Mrs Elizabeth B. Mugg on 5 August 1925, page 15b,
of A.M. Wooldridge on 30 November 1925, page 10g,
of Joseph Harris on 6 January 1927, page 11c,
of James Silver on 17 January 1927, page 8h,
of Mrs Mary A. Cutts on 23 May 1927, page 8g,
of Mrs Helen Edwards on 20 July 1927, page 8h,
of Mrs Mary Mead on 21 July 1927, page 13c.

An obituary of Mrs Christina M. Buchanan is in the Register, 5 January 1928, page 9d,
of W.F. Noffke on 28 December 1928, page 13d.

An obituary of John Robertson is in the Register, 24 June 1896, page 5b,
of Reuben Richardson on 24 November 1902, page 5b,
of Mrs R. Smyth on 17 November 1905, page 4h.

An obituary of Mrs J.R. Smart is in the Register, 2 January 1915, page 8g,
of Henry Roberts on 6 November 1919, page 6h,
of A.W. Smith on 6 May 1925, page 12g.

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