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    Logan Flat - Loxton

    Logan Flat

    Nomenclature

    Near Willunga; it is mentioned in a letter written on 2 February 1856 by Richard Logan to the Surveyor-General (no. 56 of 1856).

    General Notes

    It was also the name of a school which in 1860 was conducted by Martin O'Halloran; 23 scholars were on the roll - see
    Parliamentary Paper 174/1860;
    it is mentioned in the Government Gazette of
    10 August 1854, page 591; it closed in 1863.
    Examinations are reported in the Observer,
    19 October 1861, page 5g.

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    Long Flat

    The opening of a new hall is reported in the Observer,
    16 September 1911, page 17b.

    Information on swamp reclamation is in the Observer,
    31 October 1914, page 10e,
    14 November 1914, page 13a.

    An obituary of George Knight is in the Observer,
    25 September 1920, page 19d.

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    Lone Gum

    Nomenclature

    From 1 June 1919 to April 1928 this name was applied to the post office at Monash.

    General Notes

    Its school opened in 1920 and became "Monash" in 1928.

    "Christmas at Lone Gum" is in the Register,
    31 December 1919, page 3c.
    Also see South Australia - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia

    "The Sentinel at Lone Gum Camp" is in the Advertiser,
    15 July 1921, page 12f:

    A photograph of the "lone gum" is in The Mail,
    18 December 1920, page 3.

    The Observer of 3 June 1922, page 5a says, inter alia:

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    Long Gully

    Nomenclature

    Its former name was "Minno"; see
    Advertiser,
    22 August 1912, page 8g.

    General Notes

    The foundation stone of a Wesleyan Church at this place near Mount Barker is reported in the Register, 2 September 1864, page 2e.

    The installation of a railway station is reported in the Advertiser,
    13 January 1911, page 6f.

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    Long Plains

    The school opened in 1883 and closed in 1973.
    For additional information see Life Around the Light, page 131.

    The village is described in the Register,
    8 January 1904, page 6d.
    A photograph of students is in the Observer,
    30 October 1909, page 29.

    An obituary of T.R. Daniel is in the Register,
    10 June 1887, page 5b,
    of Mrs Rebecca S. Young on 25 September 1912, page 13a.

    The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs G.A. Johnson is reported in the Register,
    4 July 1919, page 6g.

    Biographical details of R.T.B. Daniel are in the Observer,
    31 March 1928, page 48c.

    Photographs of the opening of the railway are in the Chronicle,
    28 April 1917, page 27,
    Observer,
    28 April 1917, pages 25-26,
    of the hall in the Chronicle,
    29 March 1924, page 36.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Raiways - Miscellany
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    Long Valley

    The Observer of 15 October 1864, page 3e reports on examinations held at this school conducted by Miss Fanny Stanley.

    A golf match on Mr Mickie's Long Valley links is reported in the Observer,
    7 October 1905, page 22a; also see
    4 May 1907, page 22e,
    15 June 1907, page 20d.

    Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf

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    Long, Mount

    North-west of Lake Eyre North; it was discovered by John Ross and named after Patrick Long, a member of his exploration party;
    see Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol 58, page 15.

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    Longwood

    Nomenclature

    Five kilometres south of Aldgate. Land in the district was first surveyed in 1876. In about 1884 Edward Alfred Colbey purchased sections 394 and 395W and called the property 'Longwood Glen'. For a time Mr Colbey resided at 'Longwood, St. Helena and of interest is the fact that Napoleon was exiled on St. Helena in 1815 and the name of the house in which he lived was 'Longwood'.

    General Notes

    "Valuable Clay Deposits" is in the Chronicle,
    7 March 1903, page 35e,
    "Mount Lofty Clay" on
    3 December 1921, page 42c.

    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Building Stone

    The opening of the Institute is reported in the Register,
    11 June 1903, page 8e and
    a show in the Chronicle,
    9 April 1904, page 32c,
    Observer,
    9 April 1904, page 4d,
    Advertiser,
    22 March 1905, page 7d,
    Register,
    23 March 1905, page 2i,
    Observer,
    21 March 1908, page 16e.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.

    An obituary of Mrs Martha Mundy is in the Register,
    5 January 1905, page 3a.

    Biographical details of Moreton Harslett are in the Register,
    29 November 1924, page 10i,
    Observer,
    6 December 1924, page 38c.

    A photograph of the Commonwealth Challenge Cup is in the Chronicle,
    18 March 1905, page 28.

    A Show is reported in the Chronicle,
    31 March 1906, page 40d,
    Register,
    14 March 1911, page 8h,
    Observer,
    23 March 1912, page 15c.
    Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows
    Information on the Christ Church is in the Register,
    10 April 1915, page 5e.

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    Loos

    Nomenclature

    In 1988 the name was used for a trigonometrical station 5 km WSW of Gawler.

    General Notes

    The school opened as "Buch(s)felde in 1852 changing its name in 1918;
    it closed in 1967.

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    Lorne

    In naming it the nomenclator may have had in mind, Lord Lorne, son-in-law to Queen Victoria.

    The town is described in the Register,
    14 January 1904, page 6f.

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    Loudon Brae

    Nomenclature

    The name comes from Ayrshire, Scotland.

    General Notes

    A photograph of school students is in the Chronicle,
    11 May 1933, page 36.

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    Louth Bay

    Nomenclature

    Named by Matthew Flinders on 26 February 1802 after a town in Lincolnshire, England.

    General Notes

    An obituary of Andrew Scott is in the Observer,
    31 January 1925, page 38d.

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    Loveday

    Nomenclature

    The town 3 km south of Cobdogla was named after Ernest Alfred Loveday, the son of Richard John Loveday, (see below) and proclaimed on 1 February 1940. He was the first superintendent surveyor of the Irrigation Department.

    General Notes

    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Irrigation .

    "The Needs of Loveday" is in the Advertiser,
    20 March 1922, page 9e; also see
    14 and 28 March 1923, pages 13d and 8g,
    2 April 1923, page 10d; its school opened in 1923.
    A photograph of a temporary railway is in the Observer,
    1 July 1922, page 25.

    "Pipe Irrigation - Loveday Experiment" is in The News,
    12 March 1925, page 6f; also see
    11 August 1925, page 10e.

    "Fate of Loveday" is in the Register,
    27 June 1927, page 11h,
    Observer,
    2 July 1927, page 18e.

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    Loveday Bay

    Nomenclature

    An inlet of the southern part of Lake Alexandrina in the Hundred of Baker. Richard John Loveday, Government surveyor.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1910 and closed in 1945.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    3 September 1910, page 32.

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    Lovely Valley

    The Register of
    11 February 1858 (supp.) at page 1 locates it as contiguous to section 680, Hundred of Myponga - see
    29 November 1861, page 2e for a record of the laying of the foundation stone for "a new school room at Lovely Valley, Myponga"; also see
    4 March 1864, page 3a.

    A "public tea" given at the school is reported on
    1 March 1866; according to records in the Department of Education it opened in 1865 and closed in 1875.

    The opening of the Lovely Valley Bridge appears on 14 September 1866, page 3f in the Register.

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    Lowaldie

    Nomenclature

    A Narrinyeri tribal word meaning 'summer'

    General Notes

    Its school opened in 1922 and closed in 1940.

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    Lowan

    Nomenclature

    There is a Lowan Vale in the County of Buckingham 8 km north of Cannawigara. The name first appears on a pastoral plan deposited in the land office in 1896 and was approved for a post office on section , Hundred of Cannawigara in November 1943.

    Aboriginal for 'mallee hen'.

    General Notes

    See note Place Names - Nympsvale and Observer,
    14 August 1909, page 31c.

    Lowan Vale - "The Lowan or Native Pheasant" is in the Observer,
    15 February 1896, page 35e; also see
    10 August 1901, page 5c.
    Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Birds

    An obituary of W.A. Crouch is in the Register,
    7 and 9 October 1899, pages 5e and 4h.

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    Lower Broughton

    The school opened in 1890 and closed in 1933.

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    Lower Finniss

    The opening of a Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Register,
    7 March 1856, page 3h.

    This school opened in 1863 and closed in 1877.

    Cotton growing is reported upon in the Register,
    17 March 1863, page 3a.

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

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    Lower Inman

    Its school operated from 1866 until 1927.

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    Lower Light

    The laying of the foundation stone of a chapel is reported in the Chronicle,
    25 July 1874, page 7e.
    A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
    2 March 1878, page 21d.

    Its state school opened in 1874 and closed in 1963; see Observer,
    14 September 1878, page 12c,
    27 March 1880, page 531a,
    24 April 1880, page 690e.
    Register,
    19 April 1880, page 5a.
    For information on earlier private schools in the area see Life Around the Light, page 125.

    The village is described in the Register,
    8 January 1904, page 6d.

    The laying of the foundation stone of the Methodist church is reported in the Register,
    5 April 1910, page 9c.
    Photographs of the Methodist Church and its Trustees are in the Observer,
    25 February 1911, page 31.

    A photograph of a football team is in the Observer,
    16 September 1911, page 30.

    An obituary of C.A. Paterson is in the Register,
    6 October 1920, page 8b.

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    Lower Skilly

    The laying of the foundation stone of the Bible Christian Chapel is reported in the Register,
    4 August 1866, page 2h.

    This school opened as "Lower Skilly Creek" in 1878;
    it closed circa 1890.

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    Lower Wakefield

    The school opened in 1874 and closed in 1898.

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    Lowly, Point

    Nomenclature

    South-east of Fitzgerald Bay discovered and named by Matthew Flinders on 9 March 1802. Descriptive.

    General Notes

    Its school opened in 1899 and closed in 1901.

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    Lowrie Hill

    Parliamentary Paper 26/1875 shows the school being conducted by Frances Z. Winter with 24 enrolled pupils;
    it opened in 1874 and closed in 1881.

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    Loxton

    Nomenclature

    It honours William Charles Loxton who arrived with his parents in the Elgin in 1849 and was a boundary rider on Bookpurnong Station.

    General Notes

    "Pioneer Bushman - The Founder of Loxton" is in the Register,
    21 October 1926, page 11h,
    "A Chat With Mr W. Loxton" on
    6 December 1926, page 13a.
    Photographs of Mr Loxton and his bullock team are in the Observer,
    22 January 1927, page 34,
    of the village of Loxton in England "the birthplace of William Loxton" on
    25 February 1928, page 38.

    Loxton Hut School opened in 1902 and closed in 1909;
    Loxton School opened in 1914.
    A photograph of students is in the Observer,
    14 December 1907, page 31.

    The opening of the Lutheran Church is reported in the Chronicle,
    3 December 1904, page 12a.
    A photograph is in the Chronicle,
    20 March 1926, page 39.

    A photograph of a homestead is in The Critic,
    13 November 1907, page 11.

    "Loxton Hut Country" is in the Observer,
    8 August 1908, page 26a,
    12 September 1908, page 15c.
    A photograph of the "remains of Loxton's Hut" is in the Observer,
    14 December 1907, page 31.

    "Loxton Railway" is in the Register,
    6 August 1908, page 5a.
    The opening of the railway and waterworks is reported in the Express,
    13 February 1914, page 2c,
    Register,
    16 February 1914, page 8d.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany

    "The Loxton Country" and "Loxton on the Murray" are in the Register,
    8 and 10 September 1908, pages 9c and 5h;
    the laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported on
    28 September 1908, page 7h.

    Adjacent country is described in the Observer of
    28 August 1909, page 51a; also see
    Register,
    28 and 29 May 1909, pages 9a and 11a,
    23 and 25 August 1909, pages 5h and 6d,
    27 October 1909, page 5e.

    Photographs of and information on the town are in the Observer,
    14 December 1907, page 30,
    12 September 1908, page 30,
    26 June 1909, page 32,
    16 October 1909, page 31,
    16 December 1911, page 2 (supp.),
    Register,
    29 May 1909, page 11a,
    5 February 1910, page 14g.

    "Loxton and District - Past and Present" is in the Register,
    2, 3, 4 and 6 June 1910, pages 9f, 10e, 13d and 5d; also see Advertiser,
    19 August 1912, page 12a.
    Photographs are in the vChronicle,
    27 November 1909, page 30,
    Observer,
    21 February 1914, page 29.
    "Loxton's Progress" is in the Register,
    29 June 1915, page 7a,
    "The Lure of Loxton" on
    30 October 1926, page 7,
    22 March 1927, page 7; also see
    8 and 11 October 1927, pages 10a and 10c.

    The laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported in the Observer,
    3 October 1908, page 41e.

    "Progressive Loxton" is in the Register,
    27 May 1909, page 7c.

    "Loxton and District - Past and Present" is in the Register,
    2, 3, 4 and 6 June 1910, pages 9f, 10e, 13d and 9d.

    The laying of the foundation stone of the hospital is reported in the Register,
    7 July 1910, page 5c.

    "The Horse Mono-Railway" is in the Register,
    17 May 1911, page 3d.
    A mono-railway on the property of the Loxton Farming Co. is discussed in the Observer,
    15 June 1912, page 41e.

    Information on a government experimental farm is in the Register,
    13 February 1912, page 3c.

    "Bushfire Tragedy" is in the Register, 5 November 1914, page 7c.
    Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires
    A photograph of a "temporary" bridge across the river is in the Observer,
    26 December 1914, page 12.

    An obituary of Mrs W. Meadows is in the Register,
    12 April 1916, page 6h,
    of William Cate on 22 and 23 February 1918, pages 6g and 6h.

    "Loxton and Loyalty - Royal Commission Needed" is in The Mail,
    25 October 1919, page 2e; also see
    1 and 22 November 1919, pages 2f and 2d-3c,
    17 January 1920, page 2d,
    17 April 1920, page 2d.
    Also see South Australia - World War I - Germans in Australia

    The reminiscences of Bill Henderson are in the Observer,
    7 September 1929, page 4a.

    Its first Show is reported in the Register,
    6 October 1911, page 3h.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    14 October 1911, page 30.
    Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .

    Photographs of a low river are in the Observer,
    11 May 1912, page 32.

    Whale fossils found in the area are reported upon in the Advertiser,
    11 September 1912, page 18g.

    Information on the town's water supply is in the Express,
    20 March 1911, page 1i.
    Photographs of water reclamation works are in the Observer,
    10 May 1913, page 30,
    27 September 1913, page 29.
    Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.

    Photographs of the opening of the railway and of the town are in the Chronicle,
    21 February 1914, page 32,
    4 April 1914, page 31,
    of a motor car bogged on the Meribah road on
    14 August 1926, page 35.

    "The Loxton District" is in the Observer,
    26 June 1915, page 10c.

    "Interesting Cotton Samples" is in the Observer,
    8 April 1922, page 6e.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Cotton.

    Biographical details of J.W. Thiele are in the Register,
    12 June 1922, page 6g.

    "No Licence for Loxton Club" is in the Register,
    25 October 1922, page 11h.

    The opening of a Lutheran church is reported in the Observer,
    13 March 1926, page 42d.

    The opening of the hospital is reported in the Register,
    28 February 1927, page 12h.
    Photographs are in the Chronicle,
    5 March 1927, page 40.
    also see Observer,
    5 March 1927, page 17d.

    A photograph of planting swamp mahogany trees is in the Observer,
    15 October 1927, page 36.

    "To Loxton and Back" is in the Observer,
    15 and 22 October 1927, pages 55a and 21a.

    Information on a soldiers' memorial is in the Observer,
    21 July 1928, page 17e.
    Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.

    The reminiscences of Bill Henderson are in the Observer,
    7 September 1929, page 4a.

    "Leopard Loose at Loxton" is in the Observer,
    27 November 1930, page 15c.

    The reminiscences of Edwin Thiele are in the Chronicle,
    2 November 1933, page 4.

    Loxton - Obituaries

    An obituary Mrs Johanna L. Drabsch is in the Register,
    29 March 1909, page 7c.

    An obituary of Mrs J.L. Drabsch is in the Observer,
    3 April 1909, page 15e,
    of Mrs W. Meadows on 15 April 1916, page 19a,
    of A.W.R. Drabsch on 17 May 1924, page 39d,
    of J.E. Thiele on 15 August 1925, page 45d.

    An obituary of J.F. Thiele is in the Register,
    10 August 1925, page 6h,
    of Johann W. Thiele on 4 May 1927, page 20a.

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