Place Names of South Australia - M
Mochatoona - Moorowie
- Mochatoona
- Moculta
- Modbury
- Mole Hill
- Molineux, Hundred of
- Monalta Park
- Monarto
- Monash
- Monbulla, Hundred of
- Mongolata
- Monreith Estate
- Monster, Mount
- Montacute
- Montague
- Moockra, Hundred of
- Moodlunga
- Montague Farm
- Montefiore Hill
- Monteith
- Montoora
- Moody, Hundred of
- Moolooloo
- Moonaree
- Moongi
- Moonta
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Moora Hill
- Moorak
- Moorkitabie
- Moorlands
- Moorook
- Moorooroo
- Moorowie
Mochatoona
Also see Place Names - Angepena.
A meeting of mine shareholders is reported in the Observer,
28 May 1859, page 2h.
A letter from John Rowe, Captain of the Mochatoona Mine is in the Register,
30 March 1860, page 3b.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moculta
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'large hill'.
General Notes
"Gas from Wood" is in the Register, 18 March 1898, page 6i.
- There has lately been erected at Moculta... a gas plant which promised to be a great boon to residents in the country, as the plant and the operating of it are both exceedingly simple. The apparatus consists of an airtight retort, a tar vessel and a gasometer... The retort is built in the kitchen fireplace, so that the same fire is available for cooking and other domestic purposes... On the day of inspection a 9-horsepower Crossley gas engine was being drive by the gas in an admirable manner and on the gas being passed through a Weisbach burner a brilliant light was emitted. Messrs James Hill & Sons of Currie Street are the Adelaide agents.
11 February 1905, page 4d.
His obituary is in the Register, 9 April 1907, page 6e;
also see Register, 18 April 1928, page 8g. The school opened in 1917.
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Place Names
Modbury
Nomenclature
Robert Symons Kelly (1817-1893) encouraged the development of a village on his land which he named 'Modbury' after his birthplace in Devonshire
General Notes
An interview with Mr R.S. Kelly is in the Chronicle,
12 December 1885, page 5d;
a banquet is reported in the Register,
30 August 1890, page 7c,
an obituary is in the Advertiser,
2 October 1893, page 6a.
His wife's death is reported in the Register,
16 March 1893, page 5d,
Observer,
18 March 1893, page 29e.
An obituary of Edwin W. Kelly is in the Register,
30 June 1917, page 6h.
A ploughing match is reported in the Register,
15 August 1860, page 3h,
4 September 1863, page 3h,
Observer,
2 September 1871, page 12g,
A fatal accident after a ploughing match is reported in the Observer,
13 August 1870, page 7f.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
A coach accident near Modbury is reported in the Register,
19 August 1861, page 3f,
2 September 1861, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Horse Coaches.
Football matches against the Adelaide Club are discussed in the Register,
1 September 1862, page 2g,
15 September 1862, page 2d,
Observer,
29 August 1863, page 1f (supp.),
5 September 1863, page 5a,
10 October 1863, page 7e: Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.
- A football match was played at Modbury by 20 members of the Adelaide Football Club against an equal number of the Tea Tree Gully and Modbury Club... The Adelaideians hired one of Rounsevell's omnibuses which started from the Globe Hotel, Rundle Street... The sides were marshalled under the command of Mr T. O'Halloran and Mr J. Robertson of the Teatree Gully Rifles... The ground on which it took place was exceedingly rough - it looked, in fact, very like fallowed ground... This gave the yeomanry an advantage over the townsmen... Notwithstanding this inconvenient state of terra firma... Captain O'Halloran and his men went manfully to work... After about one hour's hard play one goal was made by the O'Halloran's , but being disputed by their competitors it was not counted... About a quarter after five o'clock a loud shout proclaimed victory of the Adelaide club, another goal having been secured... Some unpleasantness occurred at first through the Modbury and Tea Tree Gully men not knowing the laws by which football in this colony was regulated...
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The absence of umpires... without whom it [was] next to impossible to conduct a match properly [was regretted]
(A photograph of a team is in the Chronicle, 27 September 1934, page 34.)
13 November 1863, page 2d.
The opening of a Wesleyan chapel is reported in the Register,
17 March 1864, page 3e.
A picnic is reported in the Observer,
9 March 1878, page 11f.
A meeting called to seek a railway from Adelaide is reported in the Register,
19 July 1884 (supp.), page 1g.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
Information on a cricket club is in the Express,
27 August 1887, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Information on the Institute, past and present, is in the Register,
5 December 1905, page 7d; also see
2 April 1906, page 3c,
Observer,
9 December 1905, page 15a,
7 April 1906, page 27 (photos).
Modbury - Obituaries
An obituary of Mrs Edward Barnett is in the Register, 24 December 1895, page 5d,
Observer, 28 December 1895, page 13c,
of Mrs Henriette L. Gregory on 11 May 1912, page 41b,
of Mrs Edward Gregory on 26 July 1913, page 41a,
of Arthur F. Lloyd on 28 August 1915, page 46a,
of Mrs Mary Squire on 19 June 1920, page 19b,
of P.H. Squire on 22 December 1923, page 43a,
of Samuel Treweek in the Register, 28 September 1927, page 15e.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Mole Hill
Nomenclature
About 85 km NNW of Mount Nor-West, named in 1858 by Police Trooper Corporal A.P. Burtt after Trooper Joseph Thomas Mole (1834-1909), his companion on a trip to Mount Nor-West.
General Notes
Corporal Burtt's journal is reprinted in the Register,
13 December 1858, page 3b.
On 6 November 1858 it reads: "... I arrived at the table-topped hill... which I will call Mole's Hill..."
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Molineux, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Albert Molineux, secretary of the Central Agricultural Bureau.
General Notes
Albert Molineux's obituary and reminiscences are in the Register,
7 June 1909, pages 4d-6d.
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Place Names
Monalta Park
Nomenclature
In 1923 it was said that 'Monalta' was 'the well-known home of the late George Downer' which, in turn, was probably taken from the 'Monalta Estate and Vineyard' owned by Justice R.B. Andrews in the area in the latter half of the 19th century. 'Monalta House' was built prior to 1870 and portion of it still exists as part of the maternity wing of the Blackwood Hospital.
General Notes
Information on Monalta Vineyards is in the Advertiser,
18 April 1862, page 2d,
Register,
16 January 1867, page 2f.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
- The road to Monalta lies over the hills rising above Mitcham to the southward. It is a steep climb to the Devil's Elbow of the locality and the hostelry which stands above it on the plateau on the summit of the hill is well-named Travellers' Rest. The house is within the township of Belair (Although there is nothing but itself to indicate the existence of a town) and from the situation may be seen Mr Andrews' residence and vineyard at Monalta...
28 October 1868, page 2d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Monarto
Nomenclature
The name comes from Queen Monarta of the local Aboriginal tribe. It is also of interest that an Aboriginal custom was that if the fourth child born was a girl, she would be named 'Munato'.
General Notes
The school opened in 1870 and closed in 1911;
Monarto South School operated from 1913 until 1959, while
Monarto Junction School opened in 1938 and closed in 1973.
See Register, 6 June 1871, page 3d.
The dedication of the Monarto German-English School schoolhouse is reported in the Chronicle,
28 October 1871, page 7d,
Register,
28 October 1871, page 3f.
- The dedication of the Monarto German-English school house was celebrated on the 19th of October... [It] is about 40 feet long by 20 feet wide, pine and stone sides and thatched with straw and divided into two rooms... It was the property of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation and would be used by that body on Sunday, when not required for school purposes...
26 April 1873, page 7b.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Advertiser,
29 November 1890, page 6d,
1 December 1890, page 6c,
30 November 1891, page 6b,
Register,
5 December 1892, page 6d,
Express,
5 December 1892, page 4a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A proposed railway to Sedan is discussed in the Observer,
6 December 1890, page 35b.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
The district is described in the Register,
29 June 1892, page 5g,
22 March 1909, page 7b,
17 June 1910, page 3a.
Biographical details of Rev Alexander Law are in the Register,
22 October 1910, page 5d,
13 April 1911, page 5e,
Observer,
18 February 1911, page 41d,
15 April 1911, page 40d;
an obituary appears on 29 July 1911, page 39d.
Information on its water supply is in the Observer,
11 May 1912, page 40e.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
A photograph of members of the district council is in the Chronicle,
13 June 1914, page 29,
of the Lutheran Church on
3 October 1925, page 37,
of the Presbyterian Church in the Observer,
19 May 1923, page 30,
of the Zion Chapel on
3 October 1925, page 34.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Monash
Nomenclature
General Sir John Monash, of World War I.
General Notes
Also see Place Names - Lone Gum.
Its school opened as "Lone Gum" in 1920 and became "Monash" in 1928.
Photographs of the infant town are in the Chronicle,
14 February 1920, page 24,
Observer,
1 July 1922, page 25,
15 October 1927, page 35.
"Diggers at Work - Developing the Murray Prairies" is in The Mail,
18 December 1920, page 3.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
General Sir John Monash's obituary is in the Advertiser,
9 October 1931, page 19;
also see 17 October 1931, page 8.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Monbulla, Hundred of
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word taken from pastoral lease no. 204; meaning unknown.
General Notes
The school opened in 1893 and closed in 1944.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Mongolata
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word, meaning unknown, first applied to a pastoral lease by Joseph Gilbert in the 1860s.
General Notes
The need for a school is discussed in the Register,
27 February 1882, page 5b;
it opened in 1893 and closed in 1898.
Information on its goldfield is in The Mail,
26 September 1931, page 2c,
5 March 1932, page 3a,
16 February 1935, page 10g.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
29 December 1932, page 27,
23 November 1933, page 38,
21 February 1935, page 38. Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold
- News of another find of reef gold at Mongalata, northeast of Burra, attracted about 50 men to the locality. Claims - some of them pegged by moonlight - cover three miles of country... The find was made by Mr Harold Lewis, a Western Australian prospector, about five miles northeast of the present workings...
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Place Names
Monreith Estate
Nomenclature
The name was taken from the Fergus(s)on family's 'Monreith Farm' which occupied section 274 in the early days.
General Notes
See Register,
3 April 1919, page 4d (includes a photograph).
Biographical details of Mrs Alexander Ferguson are in the Register,
10 January 1913, page 6g.
An obituary of Mrs Ferguson of "Monreith, Greenhill Road", is in the Register,
23 November 1914, page 4h,
Observer,
21 November 1914, page 42c.
A photograph is in the Observer, 8 September 1917 showing portion of a building once part of the Parkside Lunatic Asylum.
An obituary of Mrs Harriet A. Sexton is in the Observer,
21 July 1928, page 49d.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Monster, Mount
Nomenclature
A descriptive name applied to a hill near Keith. The 'Mount Monster Run' was established by J. Allen and E. Kearney in 1851 (lease no. 224).
General Notes
Also see Place Names - Keith.
The school opened in 1889 becoming "Keith" in 1907.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Montacute
Nomenclature
80 acres, was put up for public auction on 16 February 1844. Outcroppings of copper on this section were very extensive and considerable excitement prevailed on the day of the sale. Mr Frederick Dutton persuaded Messrs John Baker, Hagen and Hart to form a syndicate. The Hon John Baker was empowered to bid up to £4,000, but at £550 his opponents lost heart. Mr Baker, who was a Somerset man, saw or fancied a resemblance to Montacute Hill, in Somerset, and so named the mine. The name is unique since it represents one of the few traces of the Norman conquest in England and is found only once on the map of the British Isles and means 'sharp or pointed hill'.
General Notes
Information on the Sixth Creek Gold Mining Company is in the Observer,
23 February 1867, page 2g.
The mine is described in the Advertiser,
21 February 1867, page 2f,
Register,
15 November 1897, page 6i.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
The village is described in the Observer,
22 December 1849, page 2c (supp.).
"Lost Cemetery" is in The News,
17 June 1926, page 4g.
- The village having a tolerable large and decent population, and abounding in the most singularly diversified and romantic scenery, with a never failing and abundant supply of good water, the place can neither boast of an inn for the traveller, nor a draper's, butcher's, green's or, in fact, any kind of store or shop. Of the latter there is nothing nearer than Adelaide; the nearest public house is at Payneham, a distance of ten miles...
Mr Curnow's garden is described in the Register,
24 November 1874, page 6d; also see
26 October 1889, page 6e.
Mr Curnow's Bologas Estate Garden is described in the Chronicle,
2 November 1889, page 13.
An obituary of Charles Curnow is in the Register,
1 October 1925, page 8g.
Information on the district and St Paul's Church is reported in the Register,
3 December 1883; also see
Advertiser,
1 June 1885, page 6e and
Express,
2 June 1885, page 4b
Register,
7 April 1893, page 6d.
A field naturalists' excursion is reported in the Register,
1 December 1885, page 7f,
12 October 1897, page 7h,
2 August 1927, page 6e.
A strawberry picnic is reported in the Register,
26 November 1888, page 5b.
"A Profitable Orangery" is in the Observer,
2 November 1889, page 12a.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fruit and Vegetables.
The opening of the Institute is reported in the Register,
4 November 1907, page 7c.
An obituary of James Hunter is in the Register, 31 May 1892, page 5b,
of John Trebilcock on 29 June 1911, page 7b,
of Fred Sparnon on 31 May 1917, page 4h.
An obituary of Mrs Ellen Hunter is in the Observer, 20 May 1911, page 39a,
of A.T. Stainbank on 6 January 1917, page 23c.
"Loveliest Montacute" is in the Register,
4 December 1922, page 5i,
"Fairy Tale Town in the Hills" in the Advertiser on
2 April 1932, page 9c.
"Bush Fires in the Hills" is in the Register,
12 February 1918, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.
"Loveliest Montacute" is in the Register,
4 December 1922, page 5i,
"Fairy Tale Town in the Hills" in the Advertiser on
2 April 1932, page 9c.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Montague
The anniversary of a Wesleyan Chapel at this place, where "ministers of the North Adelaide Church addressed the meeting", is reported in the Register, 24 September 1856, page 3b.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Montague Farm
A post office was established in "Montague Village" in 1850 but closed in 1852 due to the exodus of population to the Victorian goldfields - see Parliamentary Paper 174/1860.
Information on the Montague family, etc, is in the Register,
15 November 1928, page 13a.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Montefiore Hill
Nomenclature
Jacob Montefiore, a Colonisation Commissioner in London.
General Notes
A public dinner to Mr Montefiore is reported in the Register,
3 June 1843, page 3c; also see
30 August 1843, page 2d,
3 August 1844, page 3b.
Biographical details of Jacob Montefiore are in the Observer,
1 January 1887, page 21e;
an obituary is in the Register,
8 November 1895, page 5b-e.
An obituary of M.H. Montefiore is in the Register,
15 March 1920, page 7b.
The Montefiore Coal Co is mentioned in the Advertiser,
13 September 1890, page 6e.
Also see:
South Australia - Mining - Coal
Place Names - Medindie
Place Names - Nailsworth.
A photograph of planting a palm tree is in the Chronicle,
2 September 1905, page 27.
"Military at Montefiore" is in the Register,
21 May 1906, page 4e.
- There was plenty of colour and movement at the Montefiore... Four branches of the military forces were out learning their business and uniforms, flags and galloping horses always make an effective picture on the sloping grass carpet of the hill...
Reminiscences of the place in the early days are in the Advertiser,
28 May 1936, page 19b.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Monteith
Nomenclature
Mr T.F. Monteith was the first Mayor of Glenelg from 1847 to 1859 and died at his residence at North Adelaide on 16 November 1886. He married the daughter of Captain James Muirhead, of the East India Service, in Scotland and was a resident of South Australia for over 40 years. He engaged in sheep farming for some years then went into partnership with Mr Naylor in the corn trade and later in the same business with C.J. Barry and S. Muirhead. He was Mayor of Glenelg when Governor MacDonnell drove in the first pile of the Glenelg jetty and was the oldest member of the stock exchange.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1909 and closed in 1963.
A sale of Monteith Swamp lands is reported in the Register,
6 and 23 April 1909, pages 4h and 4f and
a description of the embryo settlement appears on
28 June 1909, page 3e; also see
Observer,
24 April 1909, page 37e,
3 July 1909, page 46d,
Advertiser,
16 September 1909, page 12i,
17 March 1910, page 7d and
Observer,
28 May 1910, page 15e,
4 June 1910, page 53c,
Register,
30 May 1910, page 9f,
15 November 1910, page 8f,
31 December 1910, page 8h,
Observer,
7 January 1911, page 45e,
30 March 1912, page 14c,
13 April 1912, page 51e.
Donald McDonald's reminiscences of "The Swamp Country" are in the Register,
10 September 1910, page 11b,
Observer,
17 September 1910, page 12e.
- The possibilities of Monteith being reclaimed and settled in this manner never crossed my mind. You should have seen it in the flood. The depression in the centre of the settlement, where it is proposed to put a new channel, was caused by great chunks of the swamp being floated away. The water got underneath and lifted portions two or three feet thick... The swamp soil is like peat and when thoroughly dry will burn just as easily...
3 October 1910, page 10b,
Observer,
8 October 1910, page 17c.
An obituary of Mrs Harriet A. Sexton is in the Register,
17 July 1928, page 13f.
The opening of the Presbyterian Church is reported in The Mail,
17 October 1931, page 23c.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Montoora
Records of the Primitive Methodist Church show it to be the name of a chapel near Milang.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moockra, Hundred of
Nomenclature
It is a word the Aborigines applied to a hill crowned with a huge outcrop of rock (Moockra Tower). Aboriginal for 'rainy place'.
General Notes
Information on early settlers (C.A. Franke, T.& J. Reid, A. Carr, O. Bierworth, Henry Stoner) is in the Register,
16 March 1882, page 5f,
Observer,
18 March 1882, page 9e.
"The Wants of Moockra" are in the Register,
29 December 1882, page 7a.
Moockra school opened in 1894 and closed in 1964.
The aftermath of a drought is reported upon in the Chronicle,
5 December 1896, page 20a.
- Here we came across a genuine case of distress and hardship... a farmer named Reedy. He had lost nine head of cattle and his horses can't live long if rain does not come. He has a family of six little ones and a bag of flour would be easily used in three or four weeks at his house, but, said he, "how am I to get it? I have no money and could not get it off the millers. I would much rather get work than relief, but there is no work to be had. At the present time I could hardly sell my horses at any price and some time ago I would not have taken £20 for some of them. I have worked three or four weeks for a neighbour for the feed of five or six horses for a like term, and thought him a good neighbour to allow me that privilege. I has 120 acres of in crop this year on fallow land with no return whatever, and I have had no crop for three years."
An obituary of Thomas J. McNamara is in the Register,
29 December 1926, page 8g.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moodlunga
The Register of 30 July 1860 at page 2h suggests it was an Aboriginal name for the Reedbeds and where Mr and Mrs Wild conducted a school.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moody, Hundred of
Nomenclature
David Moody, MP (1878-1899). Born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1834 he came to South Australia from Victoria circa 1858, when he took up land near Kapunda and was the first President of the Kapunda branch of the Liberal Union when it was formed in 1911. He died at Kapunda in 1915.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
The district is described in the Advertiser,
21 September 1906, page 8e.
- The Hundred of Moody consists of a fair proportion of good mallee land with belts of lighter sandy soil covered with broom. In time this, too, will be the scene of much farming activity, though up to the present no allottee of the Land Board have not exactly put up any time breaking records upon entering into occupation. There is a very picturesque spring, known as White Soak, just inside the vermin fence on the southern boundary. It has already proved a great assistance to settlements and when the new arrivals do reach the ground, will prove a greater...
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Place Names
Moolooloo
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'slippery ridges'. The name 'Moolooloo' was applied by W.B. Rounsevell in 1864 to pastoral lease no. 1565; it was a consolidation of four leases, two of which (nos. 444 - 'Mount Samuel' and 598 'NW of Mount Serle') had been held by John Chambers.
General Notes
The suicide of the station's book-keeper is reported in the Register,
11 January 1872, page 6b.
The station is described in the Advertiser,
8 March 1898, page 6a,
Observer,
24 June 1899, page 13a,
27 November 1915, page 44a (history of),
Register,
31 January 1921, page 7a;
the reminiscences of Mrs J. Rose appear on
17 May 1921, page 6c.
A photograph of the station's garden is in the Observer,
4 December 1915, page 30.
- Moolooloo is leased by Messrs A. Tennant and Ferguson. It was held some years ago by the Hon. W.B. Rounsevell and was known as very good run. It is now absolutely the worst piece of country the Commission has visited. Though heavy rain has fallen, there was an entire absence of grass and herbage and the salt and other edible bushes have long since been cleared off, hardly a trace of their existence remaining. Forests of pine and tobacco trees have taken the place of sheep feed...
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Place Names
Moonaree
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'covered with mud'.
General Notes
Marauding wild dogs on Mr George A. Field's station are discussed in the Register,
1 June 1909, page 6e. Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Dogs
- The largest game usually credited to the ravenous propensities of the wild dog is the sheep. A station manager from the Gawler ranges - Mr George Field of Moonaree Station - credits them with the destruction of calves, young foals and even poor and weakly cows... In the three years I have poisoned on the average 150 dogs annually...
20 December 1921, page 8c.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
Information on the pastoral property is in the Observer,
9 February 1924, page 16a,
16 May 1925, page 6a.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moongi
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'a good place'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1929 and closed in 1946.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
23 July 1931, page 32.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moora Hill
Near the Birdsville Track north-west of Lake Gregory.Probably derived from the Aboriginal mooramoora - "good spirit" -
see G. Taplin, The Native Tribes of South Australia, page 260.
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Place Names
Moorak
Nomenclature
It has been stated it is Aboriginal for 'mountain', possibly a reference to Mount Gambier (nerebalam - 'eagle's nest') which is in close proximity. However, its derivation probably lies elsewhere because the Boandik tribe had a word moornak - 'edible root'.
General Notes
The Register,
22 and 30 May 1866, pages 2g and 2g describes the area and also has an account written by Mr Browne on his farming operations; also see
26 June 1866, page 3c,
8 December 1869 (supp.), page 2e.
The sale of the property is reported in the Observer,
11 May 1867, page 2e (supp.).
An editorial on "Moorak Wool" is in the Register,
6 December 1872, page 4e.
"Some Early History" is in the Express,
16 November 1891, page 2e.
- The Moorak was originally known as the Mount Gambier station and when taken delivery of by Mr George Glen from Mr. W. Mitchell, the then owner, for Mr David Power, the name was altered to Anne Field Station, that being the maiden name of his wife, There were 600 cattle on the run, which were bought at £3 per head with the station given in. Later on Messrs Fisher & Rochford purchased the property from Mr Power and then W.J. Browne became the owner, when the name was changed to Moorak...
8 July 1899, page 17a,
12 March 1904, page 34d,
Register,
25 March 1904, page 6h,
6 December 1904, page 4e,
Advertiser,
26 May 1904, page 4e,
16 December 1905, page 4d,
Chronicle,
30 December 1905, page 6e,
Register,
9 and 18 February 1911, pages 8i and 12e; also see
28 February 1911, page 7b (sale of),
Express,
27 February 1911, page 4a,
The Critic,
15 March 1911, page 18 (photographs).
Information on the cheese and butter factory is in the Register,
1 January 1913, page 10.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
Its school closed in 1912.
Moorak - Obituaries
An obituary of Thomas Williams, the manager of Moorak Estate, is in the Register, 22 September 1899, page 5e,
Chronicle, 30 September 1899, page 21a, Observer, 30 September 1899, page 12d,
of F. Madeley on 9 June 1928, page 49a.
An obituary of Henry McCormick is in the Register, 4 April 1923, page 6h,
of Charles Janeway on 10 December 1926, page 10d.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moorkitabie
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'to assemble'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1938 and closed in 1942.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
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Place Names
Moorlands
Nomenclature
A railway station 24 km east of Tailem Bend took its name from the pastoral station held by John Whyte.
General Notes
A proposal for a village settlement is traversed in the Advertiser,
24 and 25 January 1894, pages 7a and 6d. Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Miscellany - Village Settlements
- Moorlands woolshed is situated about 11 miles from Tailem Bend. This is where it is intended to settle [a village settlement]... The country is undulating and composed of red, sandy soil with limestone outcrops... There are nine wells on the run, seven of which are fresh... there are three springs with a limited supply...
6 April 1912, page 51a.
"Is it Coal" on section 53, Hundred of Sherlock is in the Register,
1 and 8 September 1910, pages 6i and 5f;
information on its discovery is in the Advertiser,
23 March 1920, page 6f; also see
5 March 1921, page 16f.
Photographs of and information on coal deposits are in the Chronicle,
18 February 1922, page 46a,
11 March 1922, page 29,
22 December 1922, page 47b.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
"Moorlands Coal - Its Value and Prospects" is in the Register,
10 and 14 February 1922, pages 9a and 6f,
4 April 1922, page 4f,
15 July 1922, page 8f,
1 August 1922, page 5e,
19 December 1922, page 7f,
The Mail,
12 May 1923, page 2d,
The News,
30 March 1925, page 1f,
Register,
30 November 1926, page 3f,
Advertiser,
10 August 1929, page 19e,
15 April 1930, page 20a,
6 August 1935, page 9f,
6 and 7 July 1936, pages 14f and 18a,
26 April 1937, page 18e,
7 May 1937, page 30c.
"Among the Mallee - Life on a Scrub Farm" is in the Register,
30 March 1912, page 15b,
5, 6 and 12 April 1912, pages 7a, 15a and 9a,
"In the Back Country" in the Advertiser,
2 February 1922, page 9d.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mallee and Dry Farming.
Its school opened in 1913 and closed in 1960.
An obituary of E.S. Sterling is in the Observer,
28 May 1927, page 41c.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
M
Place Names
Moorook
Nomenclature
It is an Aboriginal word meaning 'bend in the river' according to Joan A. Wachtel in a pamphlet entitled Moorook. To add confusion to this derivation the Nomenclature Committee, in 1916, suggested that 'Moorook be changed to "Tookurra'', 'meaning "bend in the river'' so as to avoid confusion with "Moorak'' in the South-East'.
General Notes
Information on the "Village Settlement" is in the Register,
7 and 14 May 1894, pages 3h and 7d,
17 October 1894, page 6a,
14 May 1896, page 7b,
9 December 1903, page 8a,
2 August 1904, page 4h; also see
Advertiser,
8 March 1906, page 9c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
14 December 1907, page 30,
24 June 1911, page 30.
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Miscellany - Village Settements.
The school opened in 1896 and closed in 1910;
the Moorook West School operated from 1926 until 1954.
A photograph is in the Observer, 4 August 1928, page 52.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
19 September 1896, page 4d.
- The annual sports in connection with the New Residence and Moorook Village Settlements was celebrated at Moorook... (Results of the athletic events follow).
14 January 1898, page 5a.
Photographs of the opening of St Peter's Church are in the Observer,
11 February 1911, page 32,
of Mr & Mrs Alfred Loxton and family on
19 March 1927, page 34.
"Soldier Settlers at Moorook" is in the Advertiser,
12 November 1917, page 6f; also see
Register,
5 December 1918, page 4f.
"Soldiers' Wives at Moorook" is in the Register,
18 October 1919, page 8c; also see
20 October 1920, page 7d.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Repatriation.
Biographical details of J.W. Thiele are in the Observer,
17 June 1922, page 28b.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Frederick Drogemuller is reported in the Register,
11 January 1922, page 6h.
Biographical details of Alfred Drogemuller are in the Register,
6 December 1926, page 13h.
Biographical details of Mrs Alfred Loxton are in the Observer,
2 June 1928, page 48a.
Its waterworks are discussed in the Express,
21 April 1920, page 2e,
Register,
5 November 1921, page 9e.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
"Blocks to be Abandoned" is in the Register,
6 July 1925, page 11d;
Observer,
11 July 1925, page 6d;
the irrigation area is described in the Advertiser,
29 October 1925, page 19 and
the town and district in the Register,
31 March 1927, page 7.
A photograph of pruning time is in the Chronicle,
15 August 1935, page 34.
The reminiscences of W. Henderson are in the Observer,
7 September 1929, page 4a.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
M
Place Names
Moorooroo
Nomenclature
In the County of Light, proclaimed on 30 November 1847. H.C. Talbot says:
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A native name meaning "big one'' or "big fella waterhole'' (see W. Jacob's letter). Mr W. Jacob took up a 500 acre block in the Wiltshire Survey, surveyed by himself, in 1842. He says he got the name from the blacks at the time of the survey.
General Notes
"A Visit to Moorooroo" is in the Observer,
26 April 1884, page 9b,
Register,
2 November 1885, page 3g,
25 February 1892, page 6e and
a meeting of the Moorooroo Teachers' Association on
26 January 1886, page 5d.
- The quarterly meeting of the Moorooroo Teachers' Association was held at Nuriootpa ... the Vice-President, Mr J. Phillips acted as Chairman. Mr A. Holloway, the president, delivered an address on "The Tides" for the purpose of eliciting discussion and the best way to teach the subject. He spoke of the difficulties and inaccuracies contained in several books. A lively discussion followed... Mr Schroeder of Lyndoch exhibited and explained his arithmetical mechanical apparatus for teaching various tables, especially to the lower classes. The apparatus consists of four sides, each a square yard, and forming the superficial measurement of a cubic yard. The whole is turned on a pivot to face the class as required...
26 November 1890, page 5d.
Mochatoona - Moorowie
M
Place Names
Moorowie
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'sandy water'.
General Notes
A letter from William Fowler headed "A Squatter's Grievance" is in the Register,
15 September 1864, page 3b.
The port at Moorowie is shown as McLeod's Bay in Parliamentary Paper 135/1875.
The Moorowie School on Yorke Peninsula opened in 1887 and closed in 1940.
An obituary of Samuel Allen is in the Register,
4 March 1919, page 4g.
The district and embryo town of Port Moorowie is described in the Advertiser,
7 December 1877, page 6e.
A photograph of a picnic on the beach is in the Chronicle,
2 March 1933, page 36.
- A private township has been surveyed here and a good deal of land which belonged to Mr Fowler has been sold. The Government are now surveying a township; Mr Herbert and a party being engaged in the work. It is anticipated that not less than 100,000 bushels of wheat, besides wool, will be shipped from Port Moorowie this season and a jetty is badly needed there...
Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 84, Express,
12 May 1869, page 2e.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.
