Place Names of South Australia - K
Knight Well - Koorooma
- Knight Well
- Knightsbridge
- Knott Hill
- Knoxville
- Kollyowha
- Kondoparinga
- Kongal
- Kongorong
- Koolunga
- Koolywurtie
- Koomooloo
- Koonamore
- Koonowla
- Koongawa
- Koonibba
- Koonoona
- Koonunga
- Koorine
- Kooringa
- Kooringibbie Well
- Koorooma
Knight Well
Nomenclature
On section 36, Hundred of Chesson, 10 km north of Mindarie. George Knight (1860-1950), a pioneer farmer in the Hundred.
General Notes
A plea for the establishment of a school is in the Advertiser, 16 August 1922, page 14e;
it opened in 1923 and closed in 1936.
- I think it is about time something was done for the outback mallee pioneers' children in the way of schools. Knight's Well is one of many places in the mallee without a school.... The nearest is over nine miles away and you cannot expect children of six years and even 10 years to drive that distance, even if they were capable of doing so over bad roads... The land in this district is some of the best... The Postmaster General has been good enough to give us a mail service twice weekly from Wanbi...
K
Place Names
Knightsbridge
Nomenclature
The name comes from a London suburb where knights on their way to receive a blessing from the Bishop of London at Fulham engaged in a deadly combat on the bridge that spanned the River Westbourne, exactly on the spot where Albert Gate now stands.
General Notes
The laying of the memorial stone of the Baptist Church is reported in the Register,
19 March 1884, page 5c,
Observer,
3 March 1923, page 38c.
Information on the lacrosse team is in the Express,
26 March 1891, page 4a,
6, 7 and 11 June 1892, pages 4b, 3d and 6e,
27 August 1892, page 4e,
11 May 1894, page 4b,
Chronicle,
15 April 1893, page 15e,
27 June 1896, page 14d,
Express,
6 April 1897, page 4d.
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The annual general meeting of the Knightsbridge Lacrosse Club was held at the Burnside Hotel on March 23 when Mr P. Wood presided over a good attendance of members... Election of officers resulted as follows: President, H.F. Peacock; Captain, W.G. Auld; Secretary, Mr W.D. Henderson; Vice-Captain, E.E. Cleland; Committee, G.H. Cossins and R.H. Adamson...
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Rodger is reported in the Register,
12 November 1906, page 5b
(also see 11 November 1916, page 6i, 12 November 1917, page 4h),
of Mr & Mrs George Inglis in the Observer,
9 December 1911, page 35c;
an obituary of George Inglis is in the Register,
27 February 1914, page 9b,
of Mrs George Inglis in the Register,
3 June 1925, page 10c.
Biographical details of W.T. Bednall are in the Register,
10 February 1915, page 6g,
of Matthew S. Clark on 18 January 1919, page 6h,
of Mrs George Inglis in the Observer,
6 June 1925, page 28e.
A photograph of members of a tennis team is in The Critic,
15 May 1907, page 36.
"Tragedy at Knightsbridge" is in the Chronicle,
9 January 1909;
photographs appear on
16 January 1909, page 32.
Information on the school is in the Register,
26 February 1923, page 11a.
- An account of Burnside would be incomplete without some mention of the Knightsbridge School long conducted by Mrs Hubbe, who had before that been a teacher at the Advanced School for Girls. Together with Miss Cook, and later with Mrs Hubbe's daughters, the school was carried on from 1886 until the end of 1921. In 1922 the school was taken over by Misses Jones and Wells, who are employing the Dalton and Montessori methods...
Knightsbridge - Obituaries
An obituary of Mrs J.D. Cossons is in the Register, 22 April 1892, page 5a,
of Mrs T.J. Shanahan on 12 October 1895, page 5c,
of John F. Thorn on 6 July 1900, page 6h,
of Bradshaw Young in the Observer, 4 August 1906, page 38e,
of W.J.S. Coote in the Register, 13 October 1913, page 8a.
An obituary of R.T.J. Marshall is in the Observer, 27 April 1912, page 41a,
of P.M. Newland on 19 August 1916, page 20b,
of James Rodger on 17 April 1920, page 19b,
of M. Symonds Clark on 17 July 1920, page 37c,
of W.H.G. Blain on 22 October 1921, page 34c,
of Charles A. Monk on 25 December 1926, page 45c,
of William Southwood on 18 February 1928, page 43e.
An obituary of Alfred E. Scarfe is in the Register, 11 April 1917, page 6g,
of James Rodger on 29 March 1920, page 7b, 13 April 1920, page 6g,
of William Broadbear on 21 September 1920, page 7b,
of W.H.G. Blain on 20 and 21 October 1921, pages 9b and 9a,
of Duncan Lawes on 4 October 1926, page 13e.
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Knott Hill
Nomenclature
Near Kangarilla. John Knott, a Justice of the Peace in the area in 1848.
General Notes
An obituary of William Oakley is in the Observer,
22 June 1918, page 19b.
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Knoxville
Nomenclature
Nathaniel Knox was born on Saint Patrick's Day 1837 at Aghdowy, Ireland and in 1850 arrived in South Australia with his father, N.A. Knox, who took up land which he named Knoxville. He returned to Ireland after a few years but his son stayed and studied law, becoming a partner in the firm of Knox, Gwynne and Hargrave. The suburb was laid out on part sections 272-73, Hundred of Adelaide by William B. Knox in 1882; now included in Glenside and Glenunga.
General Notes
Information on the Congregational Church is in the Express,
14 December 1886, page 3g,
3 March 1887, page 2c,
The News,
3 January 1929, page 16f.
A motor plough trial is reported upon in the Register,
9 March 1909, page 9f.
- A test of Caldwell Brothers' motor plough was made on Monday in a paddock at the rear of the Knoxville Congregational Church. About 80 farmers were taken to the spot by the inventors in two charabancs and watched the machine... The plough was carried in the centre of a framework built by May Brothers & Co Ltd and a 35 hp. engine was made by Mort's Dock Company, Sydney... The plough did satisfactory work at a rate of four miles an hour and the farmers present were satisfied...
The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs Peter Somerville is reported in the Register,
1 December 1920, page 6h and
an obituary of Peter Somerville in the Observer,
19 January 1929, page 49a.
An obituary of Joseph Lee is in the Observer,
10 June 1911, page 41b,
of Peter Somerville in the Register,
11 January 1929, page 10f.
A proposed school is discussed in the Register,
20 July 1927, page 8g.
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Kollyowha
Records of the Primitive Methodist Church show it as a Chapel near Mintaro.It stood on section 189 at Tothill Creek and the only reminder of the church is two headstones in the cemetery dated 1863 and 1866. (Information from Mrs E.A. Bellman of Saddleworth.)
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Kondoparinga
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word relating to a meandering stream, where crayfish (yabbies) breed.
General Notes
The school is mentioned in the Government Gazette of
2 March 1854, page 174; it was renamed "Meadows" in 1864.
A report of the Kondoparinga District School's public examinations is in the Register,
21 December 1863, page 2g; earlier,
Parliamentary Paper 18/1861 shows Isaac Prior in charge of 44 students -
Parliamentary Paper 18/1864 shows there were 47 children on the roll and John Jones as teacher.
A ploughing match is reported in the Register,
3 October 1857, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
Information on the Kondoparinga Butter Factory is in the Observer,
12 May 1894, page 6e.
- The Kondoparinga factory had obtained a first prize in Melbourne last year, besides the first prize at the last agricultural show in Adelaide. The directors had purchased several new machines in Victoria and were trying to work out a system of paying the producer for the cream value of the milk... Under the present no inducement was offered for rich milk...
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Kongal
Nomenclature
A corruption of an Aboriginal word meaning 'water mallee'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1930 and closed in 1944.
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Kongorong
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'place for swans'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1873.
"The Truth About Kongorong" is in the Register,
12 January 1915, page 3f.
A photograph of a Show committee is in the Chronicle,
3 December 1936, page 38.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
Knight Well - Koorooma
K
Place Names
Koolunga
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'by a water course'.
General Notes
Reports of meetings of residents re the government laying out a town are in the Observer of
21 August 1875, page 7b and
4 September 1875, page 5g.
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At a meeting in the schoolroom it was resolved that Mr Mann be desired to ask in the House of Assembly why the township of Koolunga had not been surveyed, or when the government intend to do so, as promises on the subject were made 12 months ago and several times since...
Many teamsters going north prefer the circuitous route to the eastward, called the ""back track", rather than trust the "sloughs of despond" on the Mount Bryan road...
21 February 1878, page 6c-f,
4 May 1889, page 7d.
Photographs are in the Observer,
23 November 1907, page 32.
A Christmas picnic is reported in the Observer,
6 January 1877, page 11e,
12 January 1878, page 20a.
"Christmas at Koolunga" is in the Register,
4 January 1882, page 5a,
Observer,
7 January 1882, page 8a.
Also see South Australia - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia.
Its school opened 1877;
Koolunga Hills School opened in 1902 and closed in 1913 while
Koolunga Station School operated from 1892 until 1898; also see
Observer,
30 June 1877, page 5f,
Register,
6 June 1914, page 10h.
Observer,
13 June 1914, page 50c.
A photograph is in the Observer,
23 November 1907, page 32.
An annual picnic is reported upon in the Observer,
6 January 1877, page 11e,
12 January 1878, page 20a; also see
Advertiser,
29 December 1887, page 7g,
Chronicle,
2 January 1892, page 9a.
The opening of the bridge is reported in the Register,
10 August 1878 (supp.), page 3e.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported in the Register,
12 November 1881 (supp.), page 2e;
for its opening see
29 May 1882, page 6g;
a photograph of the Institute committee is in the Chronicle,
8 June 1907, page 29.
Information on well-sinking in the district is in the Register,
The "Koolunga Bunyip" was the cause for concern in the early 1880s and the Register of 21 February 1883 at page 6c carries a lengthy report on the monster:
Our friend described the bunyip as much like a seal... The farmer's daughter, who saw it... about a week ago, describes it as being like a dog minus a tail. The farmer himself... says the animal is like a sheep dog.
Flooding is reported in the Chronicle,
A horse race meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
A "Steele-Jones" wedding has a photograph in the Observer,
A photograph of a cricket team is in the Chronicle,
A coursing event is reported in the Chronicle,
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs William Wallage is reported in the Register,
Biographical details of Mrs Lavinia Aunger are in the Observer,
A sports day is reported in the Register,
A photograph of members of the Koolunga Literary and Mutual Improvement Society is in the Chronicle,
An obituary of Daniel Pedler is in the Register,
An obituary of Mrs Mary A. Palmer is in the Observer,
Knight Well - Koorooma
The Aborigines knew it as kudlaworti - 'lonely man'.
A picnic is reported in the Chronicle, 5 January 1878, page 21f.
This school opened circa 1882 in the Croser family residence and closed in 1942.
A photograph of a tennis team is in the Chronicle,
Knight Well - Koorooma
Photographs of the station are in the Observer,
Knight Well - Koorooma
A history of the property is in the Observer,
Knight Well - Koorooma
Aboriginal for 'good'.
Its school opened in 1929 and closed in 1976.
A photograph of a basketball team is in the Chronicle,
Knight Well - Koorooma
A corruption of the Aboriginal kooruhibla - 'centre of the eye'. The name was applied to a rockhole on top of an adjacent hill.
Photographs of Aboriginal Mission are in the Chronicle,
Also see South Australia - Aboriginal Australians.
A photograph of mission school children is in the Observer,
For information on a proposed subsidised school see Advertiser,
The Minister of Education has approved the establishment of a subsidised school at Koonibba. Miss G. Koch will be the teacher. A subsidised school is one that is provided in a sparsely populated district where a teacher is engaged by two or more families in combination, and a subsidy towards the cost of paying the teacher is made by the department.
The name comes from the pastoral run established by Walter Duffield and T.S. Porter.
This school about 17 km south of Burra opened in 1894 and closed in 1915.
Information on and photographs of the property are in The Critic,
The Koonoona Stud is described in the Register,
"Wealthy Grazier Shot [W.E. Escott]" is in the Register,
The sale of the property is reported in the Register,
"Wine Cellars Destroyed" is in the Register,
Biographical details of J.R. Tothill are in the Register,
Knight Well - Koorooma
The name was taken from a property comprising 800 acres which comprised one fifth of a special survey claimed by Sir Montague Lowther Chapman in 1840.
See Register,
Knight Well - Koorooma
In a letter dated 23 May 1908, Duncan Stewart of Rendelsham said it was a corruption of an Aboriginal word meaning 'my daughter'.
The district is described in the Register,
An obituary of George Riddoch is in the Register,
The sale of Koorine Estate for soldier settlement is reported in the Register,
Knight Well - Koorooma
The name probably derives from the Aboriginal kuri-ngga - 'in the circle'; the kuri was:
A comprehensive account of the "Kure Corroboree" is in the Register,
Information on the Wesleyan Chapel is in the Observer,
The town is described in the Register,
Offal heads, and skeletons of dead cattle mix with refuse water and rubbish of every description, have been thrown in heaps interspersed through the town, as if it were for no other purpose but to engender sickness, to which the confined and damp habitations dug into the banks of the creek must have already reduced a portion of the inhabitants more susceptible than if placed in more favourable circumstances.
An account of a robbery is in the Observer,
The Observer of 18 August 1849, page 2d carries a report of "the brutalising amusements called prizefights" which were rife and where the police were "too few to admit of their useful interference..."
The opening of its third public house, the Smelters' Home, is reported in the Adelaide Times,
A "Grand Hunt and Dinner" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
A deficiency in police numbers in the town is reported in the Register,
An informative article titled "A Trip to Kooringa" is in the Register,
Flooding is reported in the Observer,
An election day is described in the Observer,
A "parting dinner" to James Chambers is reported in the Register,
A proposed Mechanics Institute is discussed in the Register,
Horse racing is reported upon in the Register,
Details of rentals payable to the SA Mining Association is in the Register,
A cricket match is reported in the Observer,
The laying of the foundation stone of the Bible Christian Chapel is reported in the Observer,
Examinations at the Kooringa Commercial School are reported in the Chronicle,
"A Trip from Kooringa to Wallaroo" is described in the Advertiser,
A circus is reported upon in the Observer,
A proposed grammar school is discussed in the Register,
Easter amusements, etc., are discussed in the Register,
A fossil find is reported in the Register,
"Fires at Kooringa" is in the Register,
A meeting of the unemployed is reported in the Chronicle,
"Freeholds at Kooringa Township" is in the Observer,
The desecration of graves by pigs is reported in the Register,
An abuse of "destitution" payments is reported in the Register,
Information on the Catholic Church is in the Chronicle,
A sermon by a Cornishman, said to have been preached in the 1850s is reproduced in full in the Register, 24 February 1912, page 7c:
The laying of the foundation stone of the White Hart Hotel is reported in the Chronicle,
Information on St Joseph's Church is in the Register,
"Kooringa Municipal Matters" is in the Observer,
"An Awkward Predicament" at the Kooringa ford is reported in the Register,
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs F. Lane is reported in the Register,
Biographical details of Mrs Ambrose Harris are in the Register,
A photograph of a cattle sale is in the Chronicle,
"Wealthy Grazier Shot [W.E. Escott]" is in the Observer,
A photograph of a ladies hockey club team is in The Critic,
A photograph of a football team is in the Chronicle,
An obituary of S. Drew is in the Register, 24 September 1869, page 2d,
An obituary of Mrs D. Packard is in the Register, 10 March 1886, page 5b,
An obituary of Richard Snell is in the Observer, 5 May 1906, page 38a,
An obituary of William R. Wilson is in the Register, 23 July 1919, page 6h,
An obituary of Mrs C. Schultz is in the Register, 7 March 1925, page 8h,
An obituary of John Pearce is in the Register,8 February 1927, page 10d,
Knight Well - Koorooma
Aboriginal for 'lizard water'.
A cricket match against Fowlers Bay is reported in the Observer,
4 January 1882, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs
while details of crop failure appears on
15 February 1882, page 6a.
An attempt will be made on Wednesday 21 February to capture the bunyip, which was last seen in the waterhole near to Mr Freeman's farm. Dynamite will be used...
A sports day is reported in the Observer,
(Advertiser,
20 February 1883, page 4g; also see
Express,
20, 21 and 24 February 1883, pages 3b, 3c and 2d,
Observer,
24 February 1883, pages 25d (poem)-37a.) Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Bunyips.
2 January 1886, page 34a,
Chronicle,
6 January 1906, page 41c.
20 April 1889, page 23b.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.
2 February 1895, page 15b,
23 March 1907, page 23c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
1 April 1905, page 23.
11 February 1905, page 27,
of a ladies' sports team on
8 February 1934, page 32,
of a football team in the Observer,
18 October 1913, page 31.
7 July 1906, page 21d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing.
14 October 1905, page 7b.
3 February 1917, page 30c.
23 February 1911, page 8h.
3 October 1908, page 32.Koolunga - Obituaries
14 September 1906, page 6g,
of John Maslin on 26 August 1908, page 7a,
of Mrs Lavinia Aunger on 27 January 1917, page 9a, 25 August 1922, page 6g,
of Mrs Mary J. Chick on 19 November 1925, page 8f,
of D.P. Pedler on 23 October 1926, page 11a,
of Mrs Angelina Whitting on 15 August 1927, page 8h.
13 June 1908, page 40b,
of Mrs Marion Cooper on 4 January 1913, page 41a,
of E.I. Shipway on 3 July 1920, page 13a.
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Place NamesKoolywurtie
Nomenclature
General Notes
See Register, 14 July 1880, page 5a for a report of a public meeting in respect of the need for a local school.A deputation comprising of Messrs E.Crozier, G.D. Dowling and J.C. Tonkin waited upon the Minister of Education on July 12 to ask that a school might be erected in the Hundred of Koolywurtie... The nearest school was at Mount Rat... A public meeting had been held and it was suggested that a school might be erected at the south-east corner of section 53, better known as the Two-Mile-Hut Section...
An obituary of James Brown is in the Observer,
28 April 1906, page 38c,
of Alexander Litster on 2 June 1923, page 35b,
of James Tomney in the Register,
7 June 1927, page 8h.
23 April 1936, page 32.
K
Place NamesKoomooloo
An obituary of Thomas Warnes is in the Register,
16 July 1896, page 5a,
Observer, 18 July 1896, page 20d;
biographical details of I.J. Warnes on 18 May 1922, page 6f.
16 October 1920, page 26.
K
Place NamesKoonamore
This pastoral station north of Yunta is described in the Observer,
26 July 1924, pages 5a-33 (photos).
A photograph of a war memorial erected by the lessee is in the Observer,
30 December 1922, page 28,
of the station on
26 July 1924, page 33.
At Koonamore Station there is a fine war memorial which was erected six years ago by Mr Sidney Wilcox (a director). It takes the form of a stone base with a steel flag pole 45 feet high. Affixed to the base are three beautiful brass plates designed by Mr W.H. Bagot. One plate is dedicated to employees who served in the Great War and bears the names of C. Begley, M. Howley, W. Callaghan, G. Dalrymple, P.T. Howley, H.J. Kraig and J.Osborne. The first named three made the supreme sacrifice...
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
22 September 1928, page 5e; also see
29 September 1928, page 5e.
K
Place NamesKoongawa
Nomenclature
General Notes
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
22 December 1932, page 32.
19 November 1936, page 38.
K
Place NamesKoonibba
Nomenclature
General Notes
11 August 1906, page 29,
Observer,
13 January 1912, page 31,
Chronicle,
12 September 1914, page 32,
17 May 1919, page 28,
26 November 1931, page 32;
information on it is in the Register,
27 September 1913, page 18d,
9 April 1914, page 6e,
Observer,
18 April 1914, page 35d,
Chronicle,
5 September 1914, page 17d,
Observer,
10 May 1919, page 21a,
Register,
8 May 1919, page 6i,
24 September 1926, page 6f,
Advertiser,
8 August 1927, page 16e,
Chronicle,
27 August 1927, page 52a.
Register,
14 November 1929, page 6d.
25 November 1911, page 30,
of the mission on
29 May 1926, page 31,
of a bridal party in the Chronicle,
27 July 1933, page 38.
13 August 1929, page 15e;
the Koonibba Aboriginal School opened in 1952.The mission reflects the greatest credit on Pastor Wiebach and the farm manager, Mr Rudolph, the respective trainers of the natives... [The Aborigines] are well housed, clothed and fed and the men, who are paid fair wages are good farm hands and general labourers. I had some of them working under me as masons 'labourers and they gave me entire satisfaction during the erection of a large building for the purpose of bringing up the native children under exactly the same conditions that apply to white children. The mission is doing noble work among the natives, turning them from a wandering useless life into a good and useful one... (Register, 27 September 1913, page 18.)
Knight Well - Koorooma
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Place NamesKoonoona
Nomenclature
General Notes
16 November 1901 (supplement).
10 October 1903, page 8e.
A photograph of shearers in 1898 is in the Chronicle,
4 May 1933, page 36.
18 and 20 March 1915.Rarely have the towns of Burra, Redruth and Kooringa and of the north been so excited as by the news of the brutal murder of Mr William Escott... a wealthy grazier, of Koonoona, near Black Springs...
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Place NamesKoonowla
The name of a property in the Lower-North; see Chronicle,
23 May 1896, page 41c,
Observer,
28 March 1896 (Supp. - includes photographs).
1 May 1906, page 6h.
5 April 1907, page 3c.A fire occurred last night and destroyed the greater part of the wine cellars... Mr Henry Dutton (the proprietor) arrived from Anlaby shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
22 April 1912, page 9c, 21 April 1922, page 6h.
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Place NamesKoonunga
Nomenclature
General Notes
8 March 1879, page 5a for information on a proposed school also see ;
11 October 1919, page 4g.
The need for a school was discussed in 1907 "when it was pointed out that there were 500 or 600 inhabitants of the district, which was a good farming locality... It was pointed out that that there had been a private school teacher there, but the arrangement had been unsatisfactory. There were 35 children within a radius of one mile of Koonunga and fully 50 within a radius of two miles..."
An obituary of Frank S. Toms is in the Observer,
1 March 1913, page 41b.
K
Place NamesKoorine
Nomenclature
General Notes
4 December 1902, page 3g.
"The Koorine Dairy Farms" is in the Register,
1 August 1904, page 2h,
"Kalangadoo - Koorine - Dairy Farms" in the Advertiser,
6 February 1906, page 5g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
24 April 1919, page 7c, 1 May 1919, page 6h.
28 October 1919, page 4i,
Observer,
1 November 1919, page 18c.
As a result of negotiations... with the executors of the late Mr George Riddoch... this property has been acquired primarily for soldier settlement... It will be subdivided into blocks varying in size from dairy farms on the richer portions to grazing blocks of 1,000 acres or more where the land is poorer...
Also see South Australia - World War I - Repatriation.
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Place NamesKooringa
Nomenclature
A dance amongst the northern tribes, at which the men, ornamented with white stripes or dots on the face and chest, and green leaves round their knees, first form a circle, then stamp with their feet alternately on the ground, while the women sit down and sing.
General Notes
15 June 1844, page 3e-f.
See notes Burra.
18 December 1847, page 5c;
the opening of the Congregational Chapel is reported in the Observer,
5 October 1850, page 2e.
28 November 1846, page 4a,
21 March 1855, page 2g,
23 April 1858, page 3e,
10 and 23 December 1861, pages 3a,
Chronicle,
1 December 1866, page 4e,
Register,
25 June 1870, page 5f.
On 11 May 1872, page 5d a reporter said:
[It] has been shabby and many of its houses, if such they can be called, are among the most squalid in the British Empire.
"Christmas 1848 at Kooringa" is in the Observer,
(A plan of the town is in GRG 59, Series 41 in the State Records Office.)
(Adelaide Times, 14 December 1850, page 5e.)
6 January 1849, page 4c.
A concourse of people met yesterday on our racecourse to witness a little Christmas sport... I regret to add that a youth... named William Harris was unfortunately knocked down on the course by a mounted horse by which he received several contusions and has his collar bone fractured. He is under the especial and skillful care of Dr Bull...
Also see South Australia - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia.
16 June 1849, page 1e (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Sport - Boxing.
15 October 1849, page 3b and
a proposed infirmary on
22 November 1850, page 2d.
6 June 1850, page 3a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Fox Hunting.
7 May 1851, page 2d.
Also see South Australia - Police.
26 December 1850, page 2e.
9 February 1850, page 3e,
Adelaide Times,
15 and 16 May 1851, pages 3a and 2e,
13 and 20 June 1851, pages 2e and 3c,
"Loss of Life" on 16 February 1856, page 3h.
An account of floods is in the Register,
28 January 1859, page 3f,
31 October 1870, page 5b; also see
2 November 1870, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - floods.
19 July 1851, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Politics - Elections.
30 July 1853, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Horse Coaches.
14 June 1856, page 3f.
17 April 1857, page 2h.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
23 April 1858, page 3e; also see
Observer,
1 May 1858, page 7g.
18 June 1859, page 4h (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
8 October 1859, page 5a;
its opening in the Register,
28 June 1860, page 3f.
29 December 1860, page 5g.
7 February 1861, page 3c.
9 February 1861, page 4d.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Circuses - Circuses in Adelaide.
20 February 1863, page 3f.
Also see Burra.
10 April 1863, page 3f.
3 June 1868, page 2d-f.
30 January 1867, page 3d.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.
13 July 1867, page 4f.
17 October 1868, page 5d.
14 June 1869, page 3c.
21 July 1869, page 3a:
Two interesting female recipients of the [Destitute] Board's bounty, who are at least very destitute of character, are, it appears, in the habit of converting their rations by the simple process of distillation into spirits.
A presentation of stained glass windows to Saint Mary's Church is reported in the Register,
24 April 1873, page 5c.
17 May 1873, page 7a;
the opening of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is reported in the Register,
10 November 1874, page 6g,
The Irish Harp,
13 November 1874, page 4c.
As I do spaik from memory because I caant read narry good I arn't quite certain where my tex be to... However, the words is as follow - "Et ees better to be on a house top than in a brawlin' house with a wide wummin" or rather I shud say "in a wide house with a big wummin..."
"A Dilapidated Town" is in the Register,
11 May 1872, page 5d.
23 May 1874, page 2f (supp.).
10 November 1874, page 6g.
1 January 1876, page 3g.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
21 July 1877, page 5c,
Observer,
28 July 1877, page 6f.
22 December 1911, page 6h.
24 December 1919, page 7a,
of George Jordan on 4 September 1923, page 8g,
of R.H. Bruce in the Observer,
15 March 1924, page 36e,
Register,
12 March 1924, page 10g.
4 July 1914, page 30,
of the Kooringa Ladies Cheer-Up Band on
31 March 1917, page 30.
20 and 27 March 1915, pages 34c and 36.
7 August 1918, page 13.
4 November 1937, page 35.Kooringa - Obituaries
of William Young on 18 March 1875, page 5c.
of Rev J.Y. Simpson on 13 September 1898, page 7g,
of Carl Herberle on 18 July 1906, page 3f,
of John Rogers on 16 August 1906, page 5b,
of Mrs Mary A. Snell on 6 August 1915, page 6g,
of Mrs Eliza Simpson on 20 March 1918, page 6h,
of James Pearce on 1 May 1924, page 6h.
of J. McGilchrist on 9 October 1909, page 40a,
of William Davey on 27 March 1915, page 32a,
of H. Lawn on 12 June 1915, page 44a,
of Mrs John Pearce on 21 June 1924, page 28d,
of Mrs James Taylor on 4 October 1924, page 38b,
of J.P. Murphy on 22 May 1926, page 39a.
of Mrs Louisa J. James on 10 October 1919, page 6h,
of Richard Thomas on 24 January 1920, page 6i,
of George Sampson on 8 July 1920, page 6h,
of William Irlam on 7 September 1923, page 8f,
of Mrs T.W. Wilkinson on 29 November 1923, page 12b,
of Mrs H. Lawn on 31 January 1924, page 6i,
of Mrs John Pearce on 19 June 1924, page 6f.
of Mrs William Nankivell on 26 May 1925, page 8h,
of John S. Harry on 23 July 1925, page 8f,
of Mrs Fitzgerald on 12 August 1925, page 8h,
of John Herbert on 13 January 1926, page 8h,
of Mrs Alex Harris on 14 August 1926, page 13h.
of Mrs J. Fitzgerald on 28 February 1927, page 11h,
of William Dunstan on 3 June 1927, page 8g,
of Henry Pearce on 13 December 1928, page 17a.
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Place NamesKooringibbie Well
Nomenclature
General Notes
22 July 1899, page 13e.:On June 29 a cricket match was played at Yalata Station by teams representing Kooringibbie and Fowlers Bay and was won by the former... The principal scorers were Hillman, 43, Johns, 40 and Wheadon 23 for Kooringibbie; F. Smart 10 and 11, J. Thomas 14 and Mellor 14 for Fowlers Bay...
Knight Well - Koorooma
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Place NamesKoorooma
"Koorooma Canal and Shipping Place" is in the Observer,
15 November 1862, page 4f,
A public meeting of the subscribers and others interested in the canal and shipping place at Koorooma, Langhorne's Creek was held... The proposed plan had been favourably reported by Mr Hanson and accepted by the government as satisfactory...
Also seeRegister,
17 November 1862, page 3d,
Chronicle,
15 November 1862, page 7c; also see
Observer,
31 January 1863, page 7d:
The new shipping place on Lake Alexandrina, about five miles from Milang, long talked of is now becoming a fact... In a short time we will see Koorooma a small but thriving township... The canal - which is formed by the estuary of Langhorne's Creek - is being dug out to a uniform depth...
The Register of 25 March 1863, page 3d has a letter referring to "extending the canal at Koorooma".
