Place Names of South Australia - M
Maaoope - Maitland
- Maaoope
- Mabel Creek
- Macaw Creek
- Macclesfield
- MacDonnell, Port
- MacGillivray, Hundred of
- Macsfield
- Macumba, River
- Maduburawi
- Magdale (or Magdala)
- Madigan Gulf
- Magarey, Hundred of
- Maggea
- Magill
- Magpie Creek
- Magrath Flat
- Magstown
- Mahanewo
- Maidstone
- Maildaburra
- Maitland
Maaoope
Nomenclature
In the Hundred of Killanoola 24 km north-west of Penola; the Boandik tribe had a word mooeyup meaning 'edible root'.
General Notes
"Maaoupe [sic] Lands" is in the Register,
1 April 1904, page 3g.
The sale of the pastoral property is reported in the Observer,
5 February 1921, page 5d.
Historical information is in the Advertiser, 29 November 1937, page 21a-b.
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Selected by Dr Dickson 96 years ago this pastoral landmark has remained a family possession, its quaint old homestead a striking illustration of the architecture of the pioneers... A keen lover of animals and birds, [George L. Dickson], was a benefactor to those in genuine financial distress and sickness...
Maaoope - Maitland
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Place Names
Mabel Creek
This school opened in 1964 and closed in 1972.
Maaoope - Maitland
M
Place Names
Macaw Creek
Nomenclature
It was probably named by early settlers who mistook the kookaburra for the 'old-world' macaw - see Royal Geographical Society Proceedings, volume 6, pages 68-69.
General Notes
For additional information on the school see Parliamentary Paper174/1860.
Information on the Wesleyan Chapel is in the Register,
19 September 1856, page 3d,
11 December 1856, page 3d,
Observer,
13 December 1856, page 4h,
Register,
31 March 1858, page 2h.
An account of a Sunday School anniversary is in the Register,
21 October 1864, page 2h.
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A public meeting... was held to determine the most eligible site for a Wesleyan Chapel when it was resolved that Mr W. Giles, manager of the SA Company, should be asked for the gift of a piece of ground in a central situation... With this request he most cheerfully complied...
It was probably named by early settlers who mistook the kookaburra for the "old-world" macaw - see Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, volume 6, pages 68-69.
An obituary of Jabez Burford is in the Register, 5 October 1871, page 4f,
of Mrs William Nottle in the Observer, 4 August 1906, page 38d,
of Horace C. Thomas on 18 August 1917, page 19b.
"A Day at Wooroora Cellars" is in the Register,
26 March 1907, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
Maaoope - Maitland
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Place Names
Macclesfield
Nomenclature
In 1846 Mr Francis Dutton said the town was within the boundaries of a special survey taken out by Messrs George, Robert and Samuel Davenport, whose father was an agent of the Earl of Macclesfield. This explanation has been accepted for decades but in his work, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis casts some doubt on the accepted nomenclature when he says, inter alia:
- ... The mastership of the forest of Macclesfield [has] long been hereditary in the family of Davenport and are now [1831] held by Davies Davenport... [he was related to the 'South Australian' Davenport family].
General Notes
A poem written by Mrs Deane in 1841 and addressed to her relatives in England is in the Register,
20 July 1907, page 11e.
A proposed Episcopal Church is discussed in the Register,
4 March 1848, page 4a,
1 April 1848, page 3c; also see
Observer,
20 May 1848.
The opening of the Independent Chapel is reported in the Register,
29 May 1850, page 3e.
Information on places of worship appears on
19 November 1857, page 3e; also see
Observer,
5 December 1857, page 5g,
Register,
10 April 1858, page 3f.
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Your correspondent writes that four places of worship have been built in this township and instances the fact of a flourishing existence of the voluntary principle. I am somewhat surprised at this statement... The Congregationalists have (but it was very tardy in progress) completed a neat and substantial chapel and a small church has been built by the Episcopalians. The Wesleyans have recently laid the foundation stone for a chapel and the Roman Catholics assemble for worship in a slab tenement...
A ploughing match is reported in the Register,
13 September 1851, page 3a.
A proposed ploughing match is reported in the Register,
4 September 1857, page 3c,
26 September 1857, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
A proposal for the formation of a district council is in the
Observer,
28 January 1854, page 5d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
A horse race meeting is reported upon in the Observer,
7 January 1854, page 6f,
Register,
12 January 1855, page 3h,
Chronicle,
28 March 1863, page 7g,
24 March 1877, page 4c.
A match event is reported in the Observer,
20 April 1867, page 4g.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The need for a Roman Catholic Chapel is discussed in the Observer,
16 December 1854, page 7e,
Register,
21 December 1855, page 3c.
A Catholic service is reported in the Observer,
6 September 1856, page 1c (supp.),
Register,
4 September 1857, page 3c.
A bushfire is reported in the Register,
2 February 1855, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.
The village is described in the Observer,
10 February 1855, page 5g,
Register,
11 July 1856, page 2f.
The proposed erection of a school is discussed in the Register,
2 February 1855, page 3e,
9 and 21 March 1855, pages 2h and 3e.
The laying of its foundation stone appears on
9 November 1855, page 3h and
its first examinations are reported on
23 December 1857, page 3e; also see
Register,
11 August 1858, page 3b,
21 December 1859, page 3e,
Chronicle,
31 July 1858, pages 6f and 7c,
8 October 1864, page 2e.
Information on the school and cemetery is in the Observer,
12 July 1856, page 1h (supp.),
14 August 1858, page 2f-g (supp.).
"The Macclesfield Murder" is in the Observer,
29 September 1855, page 4g,
6 October 1855, page 4e.
"Gold at Macclesfield" is in the Register,
9 November 1855, page 3h.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
Information on the Wesleyan congregation is in the Register,
6 June 1856, page 2h,
30 October 1857, page 3g,
10 April 1858, page 3f.
Mail arrangements on are discussed in the Register,
6 January 1858, page 3c.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Mail and Postal.
A performance of Burton's circus is reported in the Register,
23 February 1858, page 3g.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Circuses.
Historical information on the discovery of marble by John Kellett in 1858 is in the Register,
25 August 1908, page 5c.
Information on the marble quarry is in the Express,
8 September 1870, page 2e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Building Stone.
Cricket matches versus Strathalbyn are reported in the Register,
6 and 29 April 1859, pages 3h and 3h;
a match played on "the delightfully set cricket ground at Macclesfield, with its umbrageous gumtrees all round..." is described in the Register,
16 December 1879 (supp.), page 2b; also see
5 April 1880, page 6b,
Observer,
14 May 1859, page 8f.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
A public meeting of ratepayers is reported in the Register,
7 August 1862, page 3f.
The opening of the telegraph office is reported in the Chronicle,
22 September 1866, page 7g.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telegraphic.
Information on the Primitive Methodist Chapel is in the Express,
30 December 1873, page 2c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported in the Register,
17 December 1880, page 5f.
For its opening see
26 May 1881 (supp.), page 1c.
The town is described in the Register,
27 January 1883 (supp.), page 1b,
22 June 1892, page 6c,
1 November 1909, page 8h,
Observer,
6 November 1909, page 50c,
Parliamentary Paper 66/1886.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
12 March 1931, page 36,
23 July 1931, page 33,
6 and 27 February 1936, pages 32 and 32.
Information on a brewery is in the Observer,
3 February 1883, page 43c,
Register,
9 December 1884, page 8c.
The opening of a brewery is reported in the Register,
3 August 1888, page 4h and
a dairy factory on
6 January 1906, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Brewing.
"Sensational Robbery" is in the Register,
26 April 1890, page 5d.
An obituary of Mrs Mary A. Mott is in the Register, 22 January 1895, page 5d,
of John Jordan on 8 November 1902, page 7b.
St Patrick's Day celebrations are reported in the Chronicle,
2 April 1898, page 11e,
a sports day on
10 January 1903, page 37d and
a picnic on
13 January 1906, page 14a.
"District Councillors and a Dog" is in the Register,
28 May 1903, page 5b.
The opening of a dairy factory is reported in the Register,
6 January 1906, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
Information on local tobacco growing is in The News,
2 November 1925, page 8e,
"Digger Leads Way in Tobacco Growing" is in The Mail,
25 April 1931, page 13b; also see
9 May 1931, page 15b,
1 August 1931, page 9c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Tobacco.
Macclesfield - Obituaries
An obituary of Robert Hurley is in the Register, 6 April 1855, page 3e.
An obituary of Thomas Lemar is in the Register, 24 January 1882, page 5b,
of Henry Lewis on 3 May 1892, page 5b.
An obituary of John Jordan is in the Observer, 15 November 1902, page 34d,
of Mrs Jane P. Danker on 9 July 1910, page 40a,
of Edwin Austin on 28 August 1915, page 46a,
of William Stimson on 15 June 1918, page 20a.
An obituary of Mrs D. Mott is in theRegister, 15 June 1906, page 5b,
of E. Cobb on 9 January 1909, page 4h,
of Mrs Jane P. Dancker on 1 July 1910, page 6h,
of D.J. Gray on 22 May 1920, page 9c,
of Mrs J.J. O'Malley on 7 December 1926, page 10h.
Maaoope - Maitland
M
Place Names
MacDonnell, Port
Nomenclature
The map of South Australia is literally plastered with the surname of Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Governor of South Australia from 1855-1862.
Port MacDonnell
(Taken from an unpublished manuscript by Geoffrey H. Manning titled "A History of the Lower South East in the 19th Century" )
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Port MacDonnell was established as an outlet for produce and an inlet for an enormous quantity of goods, forced against all natural disadvantages to serve a large population and although the government has continued the mistake by spending a large amount of money in road and jetty making and erecting civil service buildings there, I believe this port will have to be abandoned
(Register, 8 October 1867, p. 3.)
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... He was a lad of some note in his young days, as the leader of everything that was fashionable about town. He is decidedly a clever man; we must hope he is not too clever to be agreeable...
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There is a homely adage which says - as you make your bed so must you sleep upon it - Sir Richard MacDonnell might have won, if he had chosen, the esteem and confidence of the people of the colony. But what can he now expect. He has appealed to the people to say what form of government they preferred and when they declared their wishes he instructed his Executive Council to offer an uncompromising opposition to their demands...
"MacDonnell Bay" was declared a port in 1856 and, prior to this time, the trade of Mount Gambier and surrounding districts was divided between Guichen Bay and Portland, in Victoria.. The Town of Port MacDonnell was surveyed in April 1860 as the "Township of Crete-Watta" but, in view of the Governor's egotism he, no doubt, vetoed the proposed name. It was first offered for sale on 28 June 1860 and in 1866 the declared value of exports was £126,000, consisting mainly of wheat and wool.
A public meeting was held at Port MacDonnell in February 1860 to seek the cooperation of the government in forming a port and Mr W.A. Crouch informed the meeting that the government had received from the district about £200,000 from the sale of land for which they had received nothing in return.
At this time the main road to Mount Gambier was in a parlous state and there was a dangerous swamp known locally as the 'smoky?on which several critical, but luckily not dangerous, escapades occurred and on one occasion a man nearly lost his life in crossing it when, having been unhorsed in the ?river", he only saved his life by clinging to a log. Indeed, the editor of the Border Watch was to opine:
- If the "Glue Pot" is no longer a "Serbonian" bog where armies may sink and if the port is made a safe anchorage, MacDonnell Bay will not only be the commercial outlet of Mount Gambier, but a pleasant seaside spot for health and recreation.
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The new port is already causing some stir here - teams passing to and fro laden with stores from the Bandicoot... The steamer Havilah called and landed the passengers safely... Indeed, the opinion has been more than once expressed that MacDonnell Bay is the safest port on the South Australian coast.
A jetty, 976 feet long was built in 1861-62 and opened by Dr Wehl who christened it ?Coulthard's Jetty? after the contractor for both it and the road, but within about six years was in a state of decay for it was built with a fall, so that the height of the jetty, above a boat alongside it, was slight. Indeed, the life boat shed on shore, "with the fatality of officialdom" was built too short for the boat it was intended for.
However, all was not well at the port as evidenced by a "Notice to Mariners" issued in July 1861:
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Masters of vessels frequenting MacDonnell Bay are again cautioned against remaining at anchor after the Blue and White Weather Flag has been displayed from the lighthouse flagstaff, the bottom of the harbour being of so rocky a nature that the heaviest description of anchors in bad weather cannot be depended upon.
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The government moorings in the Bay have now been severely tested and vessels of a considerable tonnage having ridden at them during the tempestuous weather with perfect ease and safety and I believe nautical men now consider them perfectly secure. Had these moorings been laid down on the first opening of the port in all probability the wrecks of last winter would not have occurred.
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Until we have a better port it is useless for us to parade the motto "Advance, Mount Gambier? [which] cannot advance further under existing circumstances; but when that day arrives that will bring us a safe and commodious harbour a new era will burst upon us and with a perfectly safe and speedy transit of goods and passengers to and from Melbourne and Adelaide we may then expect our internal resources to be fully developed.
The dray traffic in the wool season was large and valuable and constant stoppages at Mount Gambier assisted the development of that town and, when returning, the drays transported stores at remunerative prices, for there was no opposition. Lacepede Bay was hardly known and the road from Naracoorte was, in the 1870s, impassable, and consequently Naracoorte and district was a feeder to the wealth of Mount Gambier.
Suddenly, following amendment to the land laws in the 1870s, as discussed in another chapter, and notwithstanding the incredulity of Mount Gambier, it was found that there was a fine opening for agriculture around Naracoorte and, immediately, the attitude of a patron friend changed to that of a jealous foe. Though 82 miles of country intervened, Mount Gambier and its press claimed the right to dictate to settlers at Naracoorte where they should send their produce. In effect they said:
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You have formerly dealt with us and although there will be 34 miles extra haulage both ways, though you have a better port 30 miles nearer, and much nearer Adelaide, you must deal with us and every step you take to assert your independence of thought and action, we, our press, and our member will try to render it nugatory.
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The triumphal arch was composed entirely of bags of potatoes, with a few flags and foliage byway of decoration. About nine tons of potatoes were used, the archway being 40 feet wide by 16 feet high. Mr Badenoch, a large dealer in potatoes, was responsible for this vice-regal extravaganza.
However, they met with a rebuff when a government spokesman proclaimed that it would be unwise to spend more money unless "desirable advantages" could be provided by having a good depth of water for vessels and making the port safe and, further, the Marine Board considered that the expenditure was not justified:
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Parliament would not be induced to spend a large sum of money unless it could be justified. To go out 1,200 feet beyond the existing jetty and then only obtain a depth of 12 feet 6 inches in a port that was unreliable and unsafe... Would not be money well spent unless there was a breakwater outside to protect the vessels...
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The extensive stores and public buildings are silent evidence of the immense business that must have passed through its doors and the oldest inhabitant ?becomes positively garrulous over what he had seen in days of yore." The government of the day built a railway line to Beachport and that, with the line being opened to Adelaide, has reduced the shipping at this port to a low ebb. Where a dozen vessels used to ride at anchor... we now see a solitary steamer weekly during the wool season taking the produce to Melbourne... This with bark, ground by Mr R. Wilke at his local mills, about 150 tons annually, and potatoes and cereals grown principally at the settlement of Allandale [sic], about four miles distant, and on Mount Schank, form the principle staples of our export trade.
Our only regular means of sea communication with the outside world is found in a little cutter of 20 tons owned by Mr W.H. Pascoe, a local storekeeper, which does good service trading from here to Beachport, meeting the boats from Adelaide there and transhipping their cargoes. One of our greatest drawbacks undoubtedly consists in the open roadstead... With federation, and the consequent abolition of the harassing Border duties, this port must take its proper position as the natural sea outlet for the produce of the greater portion of the South East... It would be worthwhile for the government to consider raising our jetty to steamer height and making a channel to it sufficiently deep to allow the ingress and egress of trading steamers...
The wonder is that our producers have not risen in rebellion long ere this and demanded better shipping facilities which would mean such a small outlay to the government, but such an enhanced price to settlers for their produce.
Also see under Place Names - South-East for an essay on Lower South East Ports.
General Notes
The Register of 19 February 1855, page 2b publishes an opinion of the Governor given by an acquaintance:
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... He was a lad of some note in his young days, as the leader of everything that was fashionable about town. He is decidedly a clever man; we must hope he is not too clever to be agreeable...
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There is a homely adage which says - as you make your bed so must you sleep upon it - Sir Richard MacDonnell might have won, if he had chosen, the esteem and confidence of the people of the colony. But what can he now expect. He has appealed to the people to say what form of government they preferred and when they declared their wishes he instructed his Executive Council to offer an uncompromising opposition to their demands...
21 December 1861, page 5c,
Register, 4 March 1862, page 2d and
an obituary on 9 February 1881, page 4g-5f.
Also see under South Australia - Governors and Ancillary Matters.
"The Lifeboat at MacDonnell Bay" is in the Observer,
11 January 1862, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs - Lifeboats and Rockets.
Its school opened as "MacDonnell Bay" in 1861 and closed in 1953.
Examinations at Mr McDougall's Private School are reported in the Observer,
26 December 1863, page 8b.
A "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1901, page 19d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Flags and Patriotic Songs.
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The children attending the private school of Mr A. MacDougall were
publicly examined prior to their dismissal for the Christmas holidays. There were 35 children present... Specimens of writing, as well as the girl's handywork in sewing and fancywork were exhibited, the latter reflecting great credit upon the girls as well as their teacher, Mrs MacDougall.
"A Seaport for Mount Gambier" is in the Register,
10 February 1860, page 3a,
7 March 1860, page 2g,
4 April 1860, page 3g.
In the Register of 11 February 1860 at page 3b the Editor says:
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... Captain Douglas suggests that the name of MacDonnell Bay should be given to the harbour, but we would point out that it would be more conformable with the practice hitherto adopted in naming harbours on that coast, if the town which will be built there were called Port MacDonnell and the bay designated by some other name. We have Port Robe in Guichen Bay and Port Grey in Rivoli Bay and the analogy would be complete if we had Port MacDonnell in Douglas Bay.
7 March 1860, page 2g; also see
12, 19 and 22 April 1861, pages 3c, 3c and 3d.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.
The "Township of MacDonnell" is described in the Observer,
27 April 1861, page 6f,
Register,
21 November 1860, page 3c and
"Port MacDonnell" on
19 May 1866, page 2g.
The "culpable negligence" of those responsible for the Port is reported in the Register,
12 April 1861, page 3c - this letter also describes the district; also see
Parliamentary Paper 66/1886.
Register,
12, 19 and 22 April 1861, pages 3c, 3c and 3d,
12 August 1861, page 3f,
9 December 1861, page 3c,
4 July 1862, page 3g and
Observer,
6 February 1886, page 37c.
A sketch is in the Australasian Sketcher,
25 November 1876, page 141;
photographs are in the Observer,
9 February 1924, page 33.
MacDonnell Bay is described in the Express,
27 April 1869, page 2b,
Chronicle,
1 May 1869, page 6b,
Register,
27 October 1880, page 5f and
the town and environs on
1 July 1899, page 10d,
21 April 1911, page 6d,
20 January 1923, page 12c,
24 December 1925, page 18d.
The unsafe nature of the Port is discussed in a letter published in the Register on
3 July 1861, page 3b.
"The Wrecks in the Bay" is in the Observer,
4 May 1861, page 3b.
A report on a new road to the Port and the opening of the jetty is in the Register,
19 April 1861, page 3c,
while wrecks in the Bay are described on
3 May 1861, page 3e.
For information on the jetty see Register,
4 August 1883, page 7c,
1 September 1883, page 2a (supp.).
A horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
6 January 1866, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
Information on the Wesleyan congregation is in the Register,
A regatta is reported in the Register, 14 April 1866, page 3c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Wesleyan Church is reported in the Register,
13 October 1866, page 4a,
Chronicle,
13 October 1866, page 3a.
Harbour improvements are discussed in the Observer,
19 December 1868, page 16f-g.
Information on a soap factory is in the Register,
2 February 1869, page 2f.
Boat building is discussed in the Register,
25 April 1871, page 5c,
Observer,
29 April 1871, page 7d;
a storm on
28 December 1872, page 11b.
"An Aboriginal Legend" is in the Register,
19 November 1877, page 5c.
The draining of the Port MacDonnell Swamps is described in the Register,
21 August 1878, page 6b.
A local ghost story is told in the Express,
10 March 1879, page 2d,
Register,
10 March 1879, page 5a,
Observer,
22 March 1879, page 14c. Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Ghosts.
A Strange Affair at MacDonnell Bay
An 'extraordinary supernatural occurrence' took place on the coast north of Port MacDonnell in 1879 and created a great sensation.
Walter and William Carrison had been at work for some little time obtaining oil from a stranded whale. A few days later they were out shooting and did not return to their tent until nightfall. Just at twilight William Carrison was loading his gun for a last shot, when all at once he heard a hideous yell and, turning his eyes in the direction from which the sound came, he observed what appeared to be a man of rather unusually tall stature making towards him. Carrison looked with a fixed gaze at the object and it appeared so weird and unearthly that his blood began to chill and his hair to bristle. On it came and as it approached yelled again.
Carrison then put a cap on his gun and, taking aim, fired at the object which appeared to sink into the ground out of sight and left no trace behind. At the same time Walter Carrison, who was about a mile from his brother, saw a similar apparition and, having his gun loaded and capped at the time, fired. The object, too, appeared to have felt the shot and melted into thin air. Later, it was the general belief that the ghost, or ghosts, were of some persons who had been murdered near the spot where they were seen.
"Dastardly revenge" upon the district ranger is reported in the Observer,
3 December 1881, page 36c.
A proposed breakwater is discussed in the Register,
5 June 1882, page 5b.
"Rewarding a Lifeboat Crew" is in the Observer,
6 August 1892, page 30d.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs - Lifeboats and Rockets.
Information on the Wesleyan congregation is in the Register,
Information on the harbour is in the Observer,
18 August 1900, page 29c.
A ladies' cricket match is reported in the Register,
10 February 1902, page 3a,
Observer,
15 February 1902, page 39c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Biographical details of Captain John Morgan, harbourmaster, are in the Register,
16 June 1904, page 8c.
of E.J. French in the Register, 9 April 1914, page 8b.
A regatta is reported upon in the Advertiser,
3 January 1910, page 11c.
The cemetery is discussed in the Observer,
13 August 1910, page 15e.
A photograph of the opening of the golf links is in the Chronicle,
18 October 1913, page 32,
(a report is in the Observer,
18 October 1913, page 19e), Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf
of a lifeboat crew on 4 September 1915, page 30,
of members of a rifle club on
7 May 1936, page 33.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting.
The reminiscences of Rev F. Slaney Poole are in the Observer,
9 January 1926, page 46d.
Port Macdonnell - Obituaries
An obituary of James Badenoch is in the Register, 30 March 1882, page 5b,
of T. Kemp on 2 November 1893, page 5d,
of Mrs Orchard on 27 February 1895, page 5b,
of Mrs S.A. Pascoe on 26 April 1924, page 8h,
of Heinrich F. Tollner on 1 December 1927, page 15e.
An obituary of William Webster is in the Observer, 16 February 1907, page 40d,
of G. Hopwood on 1 January 1910, page 38a,
of Henry Pudney on 30 July 1910, page 39a,
of Captain John Morgan on 4 December 1915, page 23a,
of Thomas Perryman on 2 September 1916, page 33a,
of E.H. Milstead on 18 February 1928, page 43e.
An obituary of W.H. Renfrey is in the Register, 13 March 1911, page 6f,
of Captain John Morgan on 30 November 1915, page 5b,
of Thomas Perryman on 26 August 1916, page 9a,
of Ernest H. Milstead on 11 and 15 February 1928, pages 5f and 8h,
of W. Russell on 4 July 1928, page 13b.
Maaoope - Maitland
M
Place Names
MacGillivray, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Ivor MacGillivray, MP (1893-1918). Born in Scotland in 1840, at age eleven he worked on a farm for five shillings a month and lodgings. After four years of this labour he went to sea along the coast of China, occasionally visiting Australia, to which he came permanently from New Zealand in 1875, when he joined the Port Adelaide Working Men's Association of which he was Chairman for 16 years and Trustee for 30 years. Prior to entering parliament he worked on the wharves.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Biographical details of Mr MacGillivray are in the Advertiser,
17 April 1893, page 6g,
Weekly Herald, 24 April 1896, page 1, 26 April 1902, page 3b,
Register, 5 November 1906, page 6d,
The News, 3 July 1926, page 4d.
"The Strike and Mr McGillivray" is in the Register,
26 November 1890, page 6a.
"Among the Farms" in the Hundred is in the Register,
14 March 1908, page 11a.
Photographs of the Institute and committee are in the Chronicle,
8 April 1911, page 32.
A school of this name opened in 1912 and closed in 1918.
Maaoope - Maitland
M
Place Names
Macsfield
A photograph of school students is in the Chronicle,6 July 1933, page 34.
Maaoope - Maitland
M
Place Names
Macumba, River
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'big fire'. (mucka - 'big' and umba - 'fire'). The name is also applied to a railway station north of Oodnadatta and was taken from the 'Macumba Run' held by J. Gilbert from 1872 (lease no. 2262).
General Notes
The Macumba Run is described in the Register,
25 August 1905, page 6f.
Observer,
16 September 1905, page 47a.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
December 1888, page 133,
photographs are in the Observer,
2 December 1911, page 32,
15 November 1913, page 29.
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Macumba, being on limestone country does not have to contend much with the fearful problem of drift in drought time as do some of the interior stations... Mrs Kempe has watched its progress for 13 years. Macumba is a pleasant place, with lawns kept green by plentiful supplies of bore water, a wealth of bird life, lovely natural bathing pools (when the rainfall behaves as it should) in the Macumba Creek, rides on the run in glorious winter sunshine and, when one is socially inclined, a 25 miles trip to friends in Oodnadatta...
An obituary of George Bennet is in the Observer, 26 May 1928, page 22c.
The reminiscences of Alec Ross are in the Observer,
26 May 1928, page 53b.
"Life on Macumba Station", the reminiscences of Mrs E.R. Kempe, are in the Advertiser,
5 February 1935, page 13c; also see
3 April 1935, page 9f.
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Place Names
Madigan Gulf
Nomenclature
In Lake Eyre North, named by C.W. Bonython after the explorer, C.T. Madigan.
General Notes
Biographical details of Mr C.T. Madigan are in the Advertiser,
13 December 1910, page 11c.
Information on R.T. Madigan's exploration is in the Register,
26 December 1929, page 3a.
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Place Names
Maduburawi
A waterhole near Marion Bay. Derived from matpo - "venereal disease" (perhaps yaws) and dawi - "water". See D.L.& S.J. Hill, Notes on the Narannga Tribe of Yorke Peninsula.
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Place Names
Magarey, Hundred of
Nomenclature
In the County of Kintore, proclaimed on 23 October 1890. Three gentlemen with the surname 'Magarey', served in Parliament for varying periods from 1869-1881; The last was W.J. Magarey, MP (1878-1881).
Upon completion of his education in New Zealand he returned to gain cattle experience on stations where he learned to become a fine horseman. Later he combined with his pastoral pursuits the ownership of large flour mills at Hindmarsh and Port Pirie. '[He] has left a record of energy, combined with scrupulous honour.'
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Biographical details of Mr MacGillivray are in the Advertiser,
17 April 1893, page 6g,
"Mr [Thomas] Magarey's Strange Announcement" is in the Chronicle,
18 February 1865, page 4a.
An obituary appears on
6 September 1902, page 34d.
Information on various members of the Magarey family is in the Express,
27 February 1899, page 4b.
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Place Names
Magdale (or Magdala)
Nomenclature
There was a famous mine at Bendigo called the 'Magdala' which was operating when the school opened in South Australia - by the 1880s it had reached the depth of 2,400 feet - see Trevor Sykes, Two Centuries of Panic (1988).
General Notes
The name of this school was sometimes recorded as "Magdala" -
see Parliamentary Paper 193/1870-71;
it opened in 1870 and closed in 1940.
A meeting of the Mudla Wirra North Council "at the Council Chambers, Magdala" is reported in the Observer,
31 March 1877, page 12b; also see
Chronicle,
16 September 1893, page 8f where it is located as being "near Templers".
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
A farewell dinner to the Lutheran minister is reported in the Chronicle,
23 April 1904, page 14a.
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A farewell dinner was tendered by the Wasleys Lutheran congregation in the Magdela [sic] schoolroom to their pastor Rev Rechner who is leaving for Western Australia. Mr A. Schulze occupied the chair. Mr W. Eggers, junior, gave the toast... The proceedings were enlivened with songs by Miss L. and Rae Eggers and Mr G. Schulze...
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Place Names
Maggea
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'camp'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1919 and closed in 1967.
"How a Deaf Mute is Discovering a New World" is in the Observer, 22 February 1930, page 50a.
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Maggea is a small country school in the Waikerie district with between 20 and 30 pupils... A remarkable example of how a cruel physical disability was overcome has been revealed [there] where the two daughters of Mr and Mrs August Pese, though deaf and dumb, have taken their place at school and done extremely well... Miss C.D. Ayres, who was in charge of the school for the past two years... disclaims all credit for the progress of the two girls... "Their mother has been wonderful with them and although a very hard working farm woman, struggling through a series of bad seasons, she has found time to help the older girl with reading and books. The children, too, are very eager and full of ambition and they have a natural aptitude without which everybody's efforts would have been in vain..."
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Place Names
Magpie Creek
The district was formerly known as "Angelgrove" or "Anglegrove" - see Observer,6 November 1875, page 19c and
Register,
30 October 1875, page 7a and Place Names - Hart.
The creek and surrounding district are described in the Register,
26 March 1877, page 5c.
- About a mile or two on the Redhill side of Rochester, and on the main line road between Clare and Port Pirie, there exists a spot that is a constant menace to the comfort and safety of teamsters on that line. The Magpie Creek, which here crosses the road, or rather track, at an oblique angle - never at the best of times very smooth or safe as to its banks or bed - becomes, even after ordinary showers, highly dangerous, and after violent storms simply impassable for traffic...
The laying of the foundation stone of a bridge is reported in the Chronicle,
14 July 1877, pages 8b-21d. See
Observer,
27 July 1878, page 21c for an informative letter re the "Magpie Creek Railway".
Records in the Department of Education show the opening date of its school as 1879;
the Register of 3 December 1884 at page 5a speaks of a "proposed" school at Magpie Creek.
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Place Names
Magrath Flat
Nomenclature
In the Coorong 22 km south of Meningie. George Magrath was murdered there by Aborigines in 1842. The name has been corrupted to McGrath Flat - all early records and maps invariably spell the name as 'Magrath'.
General Notes
The trial of M'Grath's murderer and subsequent execution are reported upon in the Observer,
15 March 1845, page 4c,
5 April 1845, page 5c.
It is described in the Register,
6 June 1866, page 2f,
25 December 1918, page 8h.
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At McGrath's [sic] Flat I found a comfortable hotel for such a dreary looking country, where I soon managed before a cosy fire to forget, to some extent at least, the discomforts of the day's journey... [Here] I purchased a number of teal at fourpence per head and I believe they have been sold by the blacks as low as twopence each. I was amused at the answer I got from one blackfellow... to a question as to his name - "Dean & Laughton" said he, showing his teeth...
The Chronicle of 16 October 1875, page 6a says "Poor McGrath [sic], who was travelling to Adelaide with stock, placed the utmost confidence in the black; they shared the same blanket, but in the night the savage rose and treacherously slew the white man as he slumbered..."
Information on the hotel is in the Chronicle,
30 October 1875, page 11f.
An obituary of Thomas McCallum is in the Register, 10 August 1892, page 5b,
Observer, 13 August 1892, page 29e,
of Mrs Williamina McCallum on 13 September 1913, page 41a.
A photograph of the station's homestead is in the Observer,
24 March 1923, page 5.
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Place Names
Magstown
In the Hundred of Onkaparinga (probably a corruption of "Manxtown").The Register of 5 February 1855 at page 3d says, inter alia, "... in visiting Magstown... I had given to me a beautiful specimen of white marble. It abounds on the properties of Mrs Smilie [sic] and Mrs Lorimer."
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Place Names
Mahanewo
Historical information on this pastoral property is in the Observer,29 March 1924, page 18b.
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Place Names
Maidstone
Nomenclature
A subdivision of part sections 5519 and 6145, Hundred of Para Wirra. William Carman (1823-1877), who owned the land, came from Maidstone in Kent, England and laid it out in 1858. It has been known as 'Kersbrook' since 1917.
Also see Place Names - Kersbrook.
General Notes
The reminiscences of Mrs William Carman are in the Observer,
14 August 1915, page 35d.
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Mrs Carman proceeded to relate experiences when she and her husband removed to the country. Mr Carman first accepted a position at the Enterprise Mine at Lyndoch and later went to Gumeracha where, for 17 years, he and his wife kept the Maidstone Hotel...
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Place Names
Maildaburra
See Place Names - Haslam.
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Maitland
Nomenclature
The town was proclaimed on 22 August 1872 and named by Governor Fergusson. Information in the Department of Lands contains a statement from a descendant of the Governor that:
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Maitland, Cunningham and Dalrymple were all surnames of ancestors and, with Fergusson, the four names are recorded in the four quarters of our coat of arms.
General Notes
Of interest in respect of the naming of the town by Governor Fergusson is the fact that his Aide-de-Camp was the Honourable Richard Maitland W. Dawson - See Register, 4 November 1868, page 2f.
A football match played on Thomas Bowman's section is reported in the Chronicle, 25 July 1874, page 5e.
- There was a football match played on a section adjoining the township of Maitland, belonging to Mr Thomas Bowman which was kindly lent for the day. The match was between 19 of the Northern young men and the same number Southern. The game originated from a challenge sent by the Southerns in March last, to play for a new ball... Mr W.J. O'Brien acted as umpire and Mr F. Cottrell as captain of the blues, Mr W. Thomas as umpire and Mr Albert Short as captain of the pinks. After about two hours smart playing the pinks made one goal which caused great hurrahing. The players took 10 minutes rest and commenced again and after about half an hour the pinks again came off victorious in making another goal. Amid great cheering the umpires declared the pinks the winner...
The laying of the foundation stone of the St John's Church is reported in the Register on
8 December 1874, page 7b and
its opening in the Chronicle,
10 April 1875, page 7c;
its golden jubilee is in the Register,
9 November 1927, page 13e.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Observer,
28 August 1875, page 7b and
its opening in the Register,
17 May 1876, page 5b.
"Maitland and Methodism" is in The Mail,
3 April 1926, page 11d.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Miscellany - Methodists and Wesleyans.
An athletics' meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
2 October 1875, page 14c, Also see South Australia - Sport - Athletics and Gymnastics.
Information on the Wesleyan congregation is in the Register,
5 January 1878, page 21f and
a cricket match, Tradesmen versus Farmers, on
22 July 1876, page 22a; see
26 August 1876 for a match against Cocoanut.
Information on clubs appears on
9 September 1882, page 21g.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
See Chronicle, 26 March 1881, page 4d for a report on an Oddfellows' and Foresters' picnic.
A proposed courthouse is discussed in the Observer,
22 March 1879, page 21b.
Also see South Australia - Crime, Law and Punishment - Law - Local courts.
A meeting in respect of a proposed council is reported in the Register,
22 August 1878 (supp.), page 2a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
A Show and ploughing match is reported in the Observer,
5 October 1878, page 22d,
Chronicle,
8 October 1881, page 4e.
A Show is reported in the Register,
19 October 1883, page 6a; also see
17 October 1927 for an account of its jubilee.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
Its school opened in 1878; see Chronicle,
26 January 1878, page 4d.
The Hundred of Maitland School opened in 1919 and closed in 1926.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle,
7 September 1895, page 12f and
a "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony on
28 May 1901, page 19c.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
A history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
8 September 1932, pages 33 and 44.
The town is described in the Chronicle,
16 November 1878, page 21f,
Advertiser,
22 July 1886, page 7e,
Register,
23 October 1903, page 6g,
3 May 1904, page 7f,
6 July 1926, page 14 and
the opening of the hospital on
30 May 1912, page 10e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
18 November 1905, page 30,
13 January 1906, page 27,
18 February 1911, page 31,
2 December 1911, page 30,
20 January 1912, page 30,
1 February 1913, page 30,
6 September 1928, page 36,
Chronicle,
8 June 1912, page 30,
11 September 1930, page 37.
A sports day is reported in the Observer,
9 November 1878, page 6d,
11 April 1885, page 35a.
A proposed Institute is discussed in the Chronicle,
23 November 1878, page 1d (supp.);
the laying of its foundation is reported in the Register,
26 January 1882, page 5b and
its opening in the Chronicle,
21 October 1882, page 6b.
A trial of a stump-jump plough is reported in the Register,
13 October 1882 (supp.), page 3a and
that of a mallee and bush cutter on Mr Flintoff's farm on
11 December 1883, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Farm Implements.
A mullenising match is reported in the Chronicle,
21 October 1882, page 13e.
Information on the town's water supply is in the Observer,
19 December 1885, page 34e,
29 January 1887, page 32e.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
The town is described in the Observer, 24 July 1886, page 34c.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
4 September 1886, page 21d,
Express,
10 September 1888, page 4b;
a formation of a racing club and its first meeting are discussed in the Chronicle,
3 August 1889, page 15f,
16 November 1889, page 21e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
"The Divining Rod at Maitland" is in the Register,
20 October 1886, page 4h,
Observer,
23 October 1886, page 11a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Water Divining and Rainmaking.
The first performance of the philharmonic society is reported in the Observer,
18 December 1886, page 16a.
Also see South Australia - Entertainment and the Arts - Music.
An experimental farm is described in the Register,
3 August 1892 (supp.), page 2d.
Biographical details of a Mayor, J.O. Tiddy, are in the Register,
10 December 1892, page 1c (supp.).
An obituary of Mrs Richard Wells is in the Register,
1 July 1893, page 5c.
Information on working men's blocks is in the Observer,
28 October 1893, page 4d.
Also see Place Names - Cotton, Hundred of.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs B. Cornish is reported in the Observer,
6 August 1898, page 30d.
Biographical details of a Mayor, A. Jarrett, are in the Observer,
11 August 1900, page 16a.
An article on, and photographs of, H. Koch's farm are in the Observer,
18 November 1905, page 30a.
A photograph of the golden wedding celebrations of Mr & Mrs Wundersitz is in the Chronicle, 13 August 1910, page 32,
of the start of a motor car picnic on
18 February 1911, page 29,
of coronation celebrations in the Observer,
8 July 1911, page 30,
of floods on 31 May 1913, page 29,
of the opening of a post office on
23 May 1914, page 32,
of a football team on
12 November 1927, page 38.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs H.R. Wundersitz is reported in the Register,
2 August 1910, page 7b.
A proposed hospital is discussed in the Register,
21 February 1911, page 3g,
Observer,
25 February 1911, page 16b;
its opening on
1 June 1912, page 26e.
A "balloon ascent" is reported in the Observer,
11 March 1911, page 16c.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany - Ballooning.
"Maitland's Birthday" is in the Observer,
29 July 1911, page 18a.
A photograph of the golden wedding of Mr & Mrs W.E. Adams is in the Observer,
29 August 1914, page 32,
the golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Joseph Kelly is reported on 16 September 1922, page 32a.
Biographical details of Thomas Bowman are in theRegister,
25 June 1917, page 4g, 23 June 1919, page 4g.
The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs Bowman is reported in the Register,
5 August 1919, page 4i.
Mr Bowman's obituary is in the Register,
19 June 1922, page 6i.
The 63rd wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs R. Honner is reported in the Register,
20 June 1919, page 6g.
"A Model Farm [A.H. Heinrich]" is in the Register,
30 August 1920, page 6c.
The unveiling of the war memorial is reported in the Register,
20 April 1923, page 10a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
20 November 1920, page 23.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Joseph Kelly is reported in the Register,
8 September 1922, page 6i.
Biographical details of Arthur Short are in the Register,
23 February 1926, page 10g,
Also see Place Names - Short, Hundred of.
of H.H. Shannon on 1 October 1926, page 8h.
A proposed branch of the Savings Bank of SA is discussed in the Register,
30 April 1926, page 14g; also see
Advertiser,
2 February 1929, page 11d.
Also see South Australia - Banking and Finance - Banking - Savings Bank of SA and Allied Matters.
Maitland - Obituaries
An obituary of Dr O'Grady is in the Register, 29 September 1877, page 5b.
An obituary of Dr Richard Corr is in the Observer, 23 March 1907, page 40d,
of Sarah Tilly on 16 May 1908, page 40b,
of Aaron Jarrett on 11 June 1910, page 40b,
of H.B. Moody on 20 August 1910, page 39b.
An obituary of H.B. Moody is in the Register, 17 August 1910, page 4g,
of Francis J. Greenbank on 25 August 1910, page 4g,
of James N. Smith on 24 September 1914, page 6g,
of Samuel T. Lamshed on 30 October 1916, page 4g,
of Mrs Mary McLeod on 15 February 1918, page 4f.
An obituary of Elias Greenslade is in the Observer, 22 May 1915, page 46a,
of H.M. Chapman on 9 October 1915, page 46a,
of H.R. Wundersitz on 25 March 1916, page 32c,
of Mrs Mary McLeod on 23 February 1918, page 12d,
of Henry Lamshed on 22 June 1918, page 19b,
of J.O. Tiddy on 18 January 1919, page 19a,
of Mrs Gertrude Hill on 20 September 1919, page 21a,
of John Hill on 20 December 1919, page 24b.
An obituary of J.O. Tiddy is in the Register, 13 and 14 January 1919, pages 4h and 4g,
of Mrs E.F. Honner on 24 March 1919, page 4g,
of Richard O'Grady on 9 November 1920, page 4i,
of G.W. Ayliffe on 8 August 1922, page 6g,
of Mrs Mary H. Quinn on 15 January 1923, page 6h,
of John W. Moody on 23 May 1927, page 8g.
An obituary of Mrs Kroncke is in the Observer, 12 November 1921, page 20c,
of Thomas Bowman on 24 June 1922, page 20c,
of G.W. Ayliffe on 12 August 1922, page 20c,
of John Maloney on 26 May 1923, page 35c,
of Mrs H.H. Lamshed on 2 June 1923, page 35a.
An obituary of D.E. Madigan is in the Observer, 11 October 1924, page 37e,
of Mrs Catherine Bowman on 15 November 1924, page 39a,
of Mrs Marian Greenslade on 27 November 1926, page 11a,
of C.F.G. Heinrich on 3 September 1927, page 39e,
of Mrs Harriet Greenslade on 8 October 1927, page 32b,
of Richard Honner on 30 June 1928, page 49a.
An obituary of Thomas Barry is in the Register, 27 June 1928, page 11d.
