Place Names of South Australia - M

Margate - Marryatville

Margate
Maria Creek
Maringa
Marino
Marion
Marion Bay
Markaranka
Markeri
Marla
Marleston
Marmon Jabuk, Hundred of
Marrabel
Marree
Marryatville

Margate

See note Place Names - Largs.

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Place Names

Maria Creek

Nomenclature

Near Kingston, SE. H.C. Talbot says:

Maria

General Notes

Under the heading "Bold Black Raiders" the massacre is described in the Register,
16 August 1909, page 6h; also see
27 July 1926, page 18e under "Punitive Expedition of 1840".

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Place Names

Maringa

Nomenclature

Corrupted from 'Marino', an adjoining suburb and possibly the Aboriginal ngga -'near to'; now included in Marino.

General Notes

Details of the competition for naming the subdivision are in the Register,
23 February 1922, page 5g; also see
13 and 14 April 1922, pages 5h and 7c.

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Place Names

Marino

Nomenclature

The name was given to a subdivision of part sections 245 and 246 into 4-acre blocks in 1847 by Matthew Smith - These beautiful plots of land command a bird's eye view of the gulf...' The suburb of Marino was laid out on part sections 215 and 247, Hundred of Noarlunga by E.C. Saunders and E. Ashby in 1913. N.A. Webb in his Place Names of the Kaurna Tribe says marra means 'a hand'; marrana is the plural and means 'the hands or paws' and this has been corrupted to Marino.

This is given credence by documentation in the SA Museum which says: 'it is derived from marana meaning "place of the hand'', from the idea that the Mount Lofty Ranges is the body of a recumbent giant man whose hand and arm are on the Marino spur running into the sea between Marino and Hallett Cove.' (See Place Names - Nuriootpa, Place Names - Piccadilly and Place Names - Uraidla) for further evidence of the mythical creature.) It is of some interest to note that on early maps Marino Rocks is shown as 'Marina' - Was it a corruption of Mar(r)ana?

Rodney Cockburn says, inter alia, 'a writer in the South Australian Magazine Volume 1, 1841-42 says:

The foregoing explanations are a precis of existing writing on its nomenclature. However, the genesis of the suburb's name is believed to have been in Ireland. George S. Kingston was born in Bandon, County Cork and some 20 km north of that town lies the River Lee and on its left bank is Lough Mahon, the prominent point of which is called 'Marino Point' and this place, no doubt, held some significance for George Kingston.

General Notes

An advertisement headed "Sea Bathing - Marino" is in the Southern Australian,
19 November 1841, page 1e
while the Observer of
8 September 1843, page 5b has an article on "Marino" - "As a bathing place it is too well adapted to require any recommendation."

Mr Burslem begs to announce that he has purchased the property lately occupied by Mr Bristow on the beach three miles below Glenelg consisting of a hotel and boarding house known by the name of Marino... He has a cart which will be in Adelaide every day for freah meat, etc. Milk will be supplied from his own cows and the garden is well stocked with vegetables and fruit. Excellent fish are constantly obtained and game of most kinds are abundant in the neighbourhood... A laundress who resides within a short distance will call for linen twice a week...

"An Historic Estate" is in the Advertiser,
6 May 1921, page 10b.

"Adelaide's Folkestone" is in The Mail,
7 May 1921, page 2f,
"A Model Seaside Town" in the Register,
13 May 1922, page 11a.

"Melancholy Boat Accident" is in the Observer,
30 September 1865, page 7e,
Register,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 16 and 18 October 1865, pages 3d, 2c, 2c, 2d, 2f, 2c, 2e and 2f,
1 June 1866, page 2h.

A proposal for a harbor is discussed in the Register,
2 August 1878, page 6e; also see
9 September 1878 (supp.), page 1e,
23 October 1878, page 6b,
17 July 1879 (supp.), page 2g,
7 and 30 August 1879, pages 6d and 4e,
13 and 18 September 1879, pages 4e and 6f,
10 and 11 October 1879, pages 4g-6c and 4g-5b-5f-6d.

Also see Register,
16 June 1880, pages 5a- 6d,
9 and 14 April 1885, pages 5a-6g and 4g-7b,
2 and 5 July 1901, pages 6f and 9d,
18 September 1901, page 6i,
4 February 1902, page 6d,
7 November 1902, page 4f,
27 December 1902, page 10f,
25 June 1904, page 10h.

Information on and a sketch of the Brighton railway are in Frearson's Weekly,
28 February 1880, pages 25 and 30.

The first meeting of the tramway company is reported in the Register,
1 December 1882, page 5d.
The tramway is described in the Register,
11 September 1883, page 6d; also see
1 April 1884, page 7e,
28 March 1885, page 5b,
24 September 1885, page 5b,
1 April 1886, page 5e,
27 January 1887, page 7a,
29 March 1887, page 5b.
"Old South-Coast Tramway" is in the Advertiser,
31 July 1931, page 20g.
See note Place Names - Brighton - Transport and Place Names - Glenelg - Railways, Tramways and Buses.

A field naturalists' excursion is reported in the Register,
28 May 1885, page 7d,
15 July 1889, page 5a,
22 April 1890, page 5a.

A proposed cement works is reported upon in the Observer,
20 February 1892, page 37b,
3 December 1892, page 33c,
1 July 1893, page 29d,
Register,
15 February 1892, page 5a; also see
Advertiser,
13 August 1892, page 5f,
25 November 1892, page 6b,
10 and 13 December 1892, pages 6e and 6f.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.

Also see Register,
10 September 1892 (supp.), page 2a,
26 November 1892, page 4h,
13 December 1892, page 6g,
1 and 18 July 1893, pages 5c and 7a,
8 and 10 March 1894, pages 5b and 5a-b,
12 September 1894, page 6b (closure),
18 September 1894, page 6f,
Express,
29 November 1895, page 4b,
Chronicle,
10 April 1897, page 22a,
Register,
15 November 1907, page 6f,
Express,
8 November 1909, page 1h,
18 December 1909, page 1d.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1894, page 116.
Photographs are in the Observer,
13 November 1909, page 27,
23 January 1915, page 27.

The opening of a new rifle range is reported in the Register,
17 March 1902, page 6b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting.

A social for Moses McLachlan is reported in the Register,
25 June 1904, page 10h.

"Marino Foothills" is in the Advertiser,
21 September 1912, page 21e.

An obituary of George Western is in the Register,
11 January 1926, page 6h.

Information on the Marino Golf Links is in The News,
6 May 1926, page 7a,
Observer,
7 August 1926, page 34,
The News,
16 November 1928, page 11g;
a Marino Golf Club Ball is reported in the Register,
8 April 1927, page 10g.
Photographs of the opening of the course are in the Observer,
7 August 1926, page 34,
of members in the Chronicle,
10 October 1935, page 35.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf.

Margate - Marryatville
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Place Names

Marion

Nomenclature

H.C. Talbot says:

A Mortlock Library reference says: 'doubtful. Miss Fisher always maintained it was not named after her - information from Miss L.L. Ayers, niece of Miss Fisher'. To support this statement a great-niece of Miss Fisher said in 1977:

Of interest is the fact that Henry Nixon's wife was 'Eliza Maria' and his daughter 'Susannah Mary' was born in 1838. Thus, it may be reasonably assumed that 'Marion' is a combination of 'Maria (or Mary)' and 'Nixon'. Supporting this nomenclature is an article in the Register, 4 November 1895, page 6e which contains reminiscences of Mr Richard Kelly, 'a resident for 50 years':

General Notes

An attack on a home by Aborigines is reported in the Register,
24 April 1844, page 3a.

Information on a proposed road and bridge is in the Chronicle,
11 August 1860, page 5d.
The laying of the foundation stone of a bridge over the River Sturt is reported in the Advertiser, 14 April 1896, page 3i; also see
16 and 25 April 1896 and
Register
25 May 1896, page 7g and Place Names - Sturt, River.

Examinations at a Catholic school are reported in the Catholic Herald,
20 January 1868, page 35.

A ploughing match on Mr Ragless' property is reported in the Chronicle,
17 September 1887, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.

"In and Around Marion" is in the Advertiser, 26 June 1893, page 3d.
Supporting the nomenclature proposed in Manning's Place Names of South Australia, this article contains reminiscences of Mr Richard Kelly - "a resident for 50 years":

Marion was laid out by Colonel Nixon and Captain Finniss and the township was named after Mrs Nixon. Information on the Marion Sparrow Destruction Club is in the Advertiser,
6 December 1893, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Sparrows.

The laying of the foundation stone of the district hall is reported in the Register,
25 March 1895, page 3f and
its opening on
4 November 1895, page 7f,
Observer,
9 November 1895, page 13a.

The laying of the foundation stone of a bridge over the River Sturt is reported in the Register,
13 April 1896, page 6g.

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

The Kappler brothers poultry farm is described in the Register,
3 February 1910, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Poultry.

The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Frederich Hahn is reported in the Register,
15 June 1911, page 7a.

The sale of Arthur Quick's vineyard is reported in the Register,
13 January 1921, page 7d.
Information on Mr George Western's vineyard is in The News,
9 January 1930, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.

"Battle Ends - 20 Years Struggle Over Lane" is in The News,
31 March 1932, page 1f.

Mrs Bouquey bought the block in question in 1919. Ten years later she discovered that her ownership of the strip of land in dispute "was subject to such rights of way as had been granted over the private road." In October she closed the lane by erecting fences across it. The council removed the fences and reopened the way. She replaced the fences and they were allowed to remain for 18 months. In July 1931 the council broke down the fences from time to time as they were replaced.

Marion - Obituaries

An obituary of Maurice Ralph is in the Register, 21 July 1891, page 5b,
of Murty McMahon on 29 August 1892, page 5b,
of John Western on 1 June 1896, page 5a.

An obituary of Mrs Michael Devitt is in the Register, 3 July 1901, page 4h,
of Henry Shearing in the Observer, 31 October 1908, page 40c,
of Mrs E.J. Elsegood on 12 August 1922, page 20a.

An obituary of Mrs Julia McMahon is in the Register, 8 April 1925, page 14b.

Margate - Marryatville
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Place Names

Marion Bay

Nomenclature

A Lands Department source says it was named after the steamer Marion (Captain A. McCoy), which was wrecked on a reef near the Althorpes in 1862. This explanation is contradicted by a Mortlock Library reference: 'The newspaper report of the wreck mentioned Marion Bay as a place already named.' However, a sailing ship, of the same name, was wrecked south of the Troubridge Shoal in 1851. In his Nomenclature of South Australia (1908) at page 89 Rodney Cockburn says - '... is [named] after a steamer called the Marion that was wrecked in the locality in 1861, on a reef near the Althorpes.' (No report of the wreck is to be found in the newspapers of the day and, accordingly, his findings must be suspect as to validity.)

He was probably confused with a vessel of the same name, the wreck of which was recorded in the Register of 23 July 1862 (note, however, that the report of this disaster mentions 'Marion Bay' as a place already named.) The exact site was described as one-and-a-half miles east of Cape Spencer - ie, adjacent to the present day 'Marion Bay'; also see Mortlock Library Research Note no. 89. Earlier, the Register recorded that the large emigrant ship Marion was stranded on Troubridge Shoal - see 1 August 1851, page 2b.

However, this fact does not, in my opinion, account for the name of the Bay, for Higginson's 1855 map of South Australia does not show it and, indeed, Marion Bay is some 80 km from Troubridge Shoal. See Mortlock Library Research Note no. 677 for a detailed account of the 1851 disaster and Register, 2, 4 and 19 August 1851, pages 2b, 2c-3a and 2e.

General Notes

A.H. Hassell's gypsum works are discussed in the Register,
18 and 27 December 1903, pages 3d and 3g.
"A New Industry [Gypsum]" is in the Observer,
26 December 1903, page 38a.

The gypsum beds at Marion Bay owned by Mr A.H. Hassell of Melbourne are now the scene of activity... Having lately visited Japan, as well as the different states in the Commonwealth, he has secured extensive orders... In order to facilitate the handling of this immense quantity, several miles of light railway will have to be laid... Shipping facilities are first class as a substantial jetty is already built...

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

"From Office to Scrub [Bruce Lock]" is in the Register,
20 May 1911, page 15g.
Its school opened in 1919 becoming "Stenhouse Bay" in 1933.

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Place Names

Markaranka

Nomenclature

A corruption of the Aboriginal markarauko which they applied to a River Murray flat.

General Notes

The name was also applied to an irrigation settlement (formerly Gillen) -
see Register, 31 March 1903, page 9c.
Also see Place Names - Gillen Village.

"What Water Does" is in the Register,
31 March 1903, page 9c,
Observer,
4 April 1903, page 11e.

The freehold which is situated within two miles of Morgan, and the old Gillen Village Settlement. now known as Markaranka consists in all about 5,000 acres... About 150 acres were irrigated and sown with maize last February... In driving from the Markaranka we passed two pumping plants, but I am afraid they will find it uphill work... I am sanguine the Markaranka Company will be amply repaid for the capital they have invested... Our future very largely depends on putting our heritage to the best possible use and what better means could be employed than in the direction now being pursued by the company on the Murray...

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

A photograph of cod caught by Mr E. Gilligan is in the Observer,
1 March 1924, page 33.
Also see Place Names - Murray River - Fishing.

Early pastoral history is in the Chronicle,
24 June 1937, page 50a.

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Place Names

Markeri

Nomenclature

Aboriginal for 'moon'.

General Notes

Its school opened as "Hundred of Bookpurnong" in 1920;
name changed in 1929 and closed in 1942.

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Place Names

Marla

Nomenclature

The name was taken from Marla Bore in the vicinity and is probably a corruption of the Aboriginal marlu - 'a kangaroo'.

General Notes

The Advertiser of 8 July 1933, page 9g features an article on a "Maala Hunt" in central Australia - the Maala (Lagorchestos hirsutus) is a herbivorous marsupial.

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Place Names

Marleston

Nomenclature

Part of section 50, Hundred of Adelaide was owned by John Marles when he subdivided it in 1879.

General Notes

The reminiscences of John Marles are in the Register,
28 June 1910, page 7a and
a photograph of members of the family in the Observer,
2 July 1910, page 32;
an obituary is in the Register,
31 January 1914, page 16a,
Observer,
7 February 1914, page 41a.

I [John Marles] arrived here in 1848 on the Bolton... One of my first positions was at Clarke's brewery in Halifax Street... I walked from Mitcham ever day for there was no other way of getting to work... When we wanted firewood I got up at four o'clock in the morning and went into the ranges with a cross cut saw and dragged it down the hillside in a dray...

A photograph of Mr H.C. Wright's dairy is in the Observer,
8 June 1907, page 32.

W.H. Bruce's model pig farm is described in the Register,
8 September 1914, page 7f,
Observer,
12 September 1914, page 12d,
Register,
26 February 1916.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Meat.

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Place Names

Marmon Jabuk, Hundred of

Nomenclature

The name was probably corrupted from Memorjabuck which is shown as both a hut and salt well on an 1866 survey map of the country leased by G. Mathewson in the Hundred of Seymour.

General Notes

The Observer of 10 October 1909 at page 40c has a "Letter to the Editor":

memorjabuk

Register

This explanation, of which Rodney Cockburn was, no doubt, fully aware, is in strange contrast to the nomenclature cited in his What's in a Name.

In a letter to the author in December 1990 the Jabuk district historian, Elizabeth Nicholls, said, inter alia:

I wonder if it is a native name because the place (town) would have been significant before white man came as it is a meeting place of many roads, ie, assuming we based our roads on the native tracks and wells. Something else to think about... We often have letters redirected to us that have gone to Saudi Arabia! Maybe there is a place called Marmon Jabuk there too! The Marmon Jabuk Range was named many years before the Hundred was surveyed, so Cockburn's explanation is dubious. The Hundred is described in the Advertiser,
12 July 1911, page 12e.
A photograph of a group of settlers is in the Observer,
3 February 1912, page 30.

The place is being worked by two typical scrub farmers, Messrs Richards and McCallum on the share principle and they have earned for themselves a name in the district for push and industry that would be hard to beat. They arrived on the property on 28 December last, a bore having been previously put down, and when I saw them in the first week in May they had 1.,300 acres cleared and ready for the plough. There were two galvanised houses each containing six rooms. Water was laid on from the bore to the stables...

See Place Names - Jabuk for information on the school.

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Place Names

Marrabel

Nomenclature

John E. Marrabel an early landholder who, in 1859, laid out the town on part section 1122, Hundred of Waterloo.

General Notes

Information on a proposed church is in the Register,
29 July 1861, page 3e,
Observer,
27 July 1861, page 4f.

The events of a St Patrick's Day is discussed in the Observer,
2 March 1862, page 2h.

The town is described in the Register,
5 June 1866, page 3c,
Observer,
9 March 1867, page 4d.

The laying of the foundation stone of a Bible Christian Chapel is reported in the Observer,
20 July 1867, page 1f (supp.),
of a Roman Catholic chapel in the Register,
22 July 1867, page 3g.

The laying of the foundation stone of the Catholic Church is reported in the Chronicle,
13 July 1867, page 2h.
Catholic Herald,
20 July 1868, page 165.
A church picnic is reported in the Chronicle,
28 September 1878, page 21d,
Advertiser,
15 March 1889, page 3g.

The opening of its telegraph office is reported in the Observer,
7 September 1878, page 22e.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telegraphic.

Its school opened in 1862 and closed in 1970; see
Register,
1 September 1866, page 4d,
Chronicle,
22 August 1891, page 8a.
A "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1901, page 19c. Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Flags and Patriotic Songs
An Arbor Day is reported in the Register,
24 August 1904, page 3h. Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days

The [school] building is one of the most disgraceful that one could find in this State... Some time ago I noticed that the walls were very damp. I know that some time ago it was patched up... but there are plenty of barns in this town that are far superior to the schoolroom. I was informed that funds will not permit better conditions...

A correspondent to the Advertiser on
6 February 1923, page 12c suggests that "there are plenty of barns in the town that are far superior to the schoolroom."

A sports meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
21 February 1885, page 15b and
a Catholic picnic on
11 April 1896, page 4c.

A horse race meeting is reported in the Express,
24 February 1893, page 4c,
Observer,
6 February 1897, page 18d and
a coursing event in the Express,
4 October 1893, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.

Information on the flour mill is in the Register,
22 January 1903, page 8c,
Observer,
24 January 1903, page 2c (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.

A farewell to the post mistress, Miss Ellen Liston, is reported in the Observer,
27 November 1909, page 17c.
Also see Place Names - Elliston.

"New Oddfellows' Hall" is in the Register,
2 September 1911, page 5d.
Photographs of the opening of the Oddfellows' Hall are in the Observer,
18 April 1912, page 30,
Also see South Australia - Banking and Finance - General Finance - Building and Friendly Societies.

Photographs of a football team are in the Observer,
9 August 1913, page 30,
of the war memorial in the Chronicle,
18 March 1922, page 30.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.

The opening of a bridge across the River Light is reported upon in the Register,
21 March 1914, page 7c.

Marrabel - Obituaries

The death of John Marrabel is reported in the Register, 26 August 1873, page 5d.

An obituary of Peter Ferguson (Fergusson) is in the Register, 25 July 1907, page 5c, Observer, 27 July 1907, page 40b,
of August Stief on 23 November 1907, page 26e,
of W. Polkinghorne on 7 March 1908, page 40a,
of Mrs H. Fraser on 2 July 1910, page 40a, of Thomas Penny on 15 May 1915, page 46b.

Margate - Marryatville
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Place Names

Marree

For information on the school see Place Names - Herrgott Springs.

Nomenclature

A corruption of the Aboriginal mari - 'opossum place'.

General Notes

A report on unemployed men in Adelaide being despatched to Herrgott Springs to work on the railway extension is in the Register,
26 July 1884, page 6b; also see
27 September 1884, page 6c,
3 February 1885, page 7g,
7 March 1885, pages 4g-5g,
21, 23 and 27 November 1885, pages 6g-7e, 6h and 7b-c,
1, 8, 16, 21, 22 and 24 December 1885, pages 6d, 5h, 5a, 6g, 4f-5h and 7d,
10, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26 February 1886, pages 4h, 7f, 5a-7a, 6g, 3g and 4g-6e,
9 March 1886, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

Editorial comment on the death of five workers on the railway appears in the Register on 19 May 1886, page 4h when the government:

Had the inhumanity to demand from the relatives... payment of the costs incurred in burying [two of] those unfortunate men. This action is without parallel in meanness and audacity... We have no hesitation in saying that this mean haggling over corpses is a disgrace to the government. Also see Register,
19, 20, 21 and 25 May 1886, pages 7g, 4h, 4g-5b and 3f,
19 April 1887, page 7h,
26 May 1887, page 5b (sly grogging).
"The Censure on Dr Baker" is in the Register,
25 February 1887, page 6g.

"Herrgott and What I Saw There" is in the Advertiser,
2, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 14 December 1885, pages 5a, 5g, 4c, 5e, 5f and 6a.

"Typhoid Fever At Hergott" is in the Observer,
14 March 1885, page 36a.
Also see South Australia - Health - Fevers - Typhoid.

The town is described in the Register,
27 September 1884, page 6f,
Advertiser,
13 November 1884, page 5g,
17 December 1885, page 7b,
Parliamentary Paper 66/1886;
Observer,
28 April 1888, page 30a,
Register,
22 October 1889, page 5h;
sketches of the town and district are in the
Pictorial Australian in
February 1884, pages 24-25,
August 1886, page 124.

Also see Register,
26 April 1888, page 6a,
22 October 1889, page 5h,
15 January 1894, page 7b,
24 April 1897, page 6g,
20 September 1899, page 6d,
30 January 1902, page 7g,
21 August 1905, page 5h - "The showplace here is the State's date plantation",
1 April 1907, page 6b,
24 June 1909, page 9a,
9 September 1910, page 5b; see
14 August 1891, page 6c for information on its water supply. Reminiscences of the town appear on
8 May 1922, page 3e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
14 September 1907,
Chronicle,
14 January 1911, page 32,
23 May 1914, page 31,
Observer,
23 July 1921, page 24,
23 December 1922, page 15b.

"The New Artesian Bore" is in the Chronicle,
5 June 1886, page 12g.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.

A plague of rats is reported upon in the Observer,
12 June 1886, page 30b.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Mice, Snakes and Rats.

Sly-grog selling is reported in the Observer,
28 May 1887, page 30a.

An alleged coal discovery "100 miles from Hergott and one mile from the survey line of the Birdsville railway" is reported in the Register,
12 October 1888, page 5a and
a gold discovery at Rischbieth's Well on
15 November 1888, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.

Information on the water supply is in the Observer,
15 August 1891, page 28b.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.

Date cultivation in the district is discussed in the Register,
31 March 1890, page 5c,
8 April 1890, page 5b,
13 May 1890, page 5c,
26 November 1891, page 5a,
5 January 1892, page 5b,
2 February 1892, page 5b,
13 and 15 February 1893, pages 5a and 5b,
Advertiser,
24 March 1893, page 5g,
Register,
13 September 1893, page 5e,
Advertiser,
2 April 1894, page 6b,
12 February 1895, page 4g.

Also see Register,
10 November 1894, page 5h,
24 April 1896, page 6b,
27 July 1896, page 6a,
28 November 1896, page 5b,
1 and 9 April 1897, pages 5d and 5e,
15 October 1898, page 4h,
Advertiser,
15 October 1898, page 7a,
Register,
18 November 1899, page 10e,
28 November 1901, page 6f,
21 August 1905, page 5h,
12 December 1906, page 6g,
24 November 1909, page 6f,
7 October 1910, page 6g.
The removal of palms to Cobdogla is reported on
7 December 1916, page 4f.
Also see Place Names - Harry, Lake.

A report on "Starving Afghans at Herrgott" is in the Register,
6 June 1893, page 5d; also see
7, 8, 13 and 19 June 1893, pages 5a, 5a, 6h and 5b,
6 and 18 July 1893, pages 6a and 3h,
28 February 1894, page 5b,
6 and 18 July 1893, pages 6a and 3h,
28 February 1894, page 5b,
Observer,
5 August 1893, page 14a.
"Stop the [Afghan Camel Drivers]" is in the Register,
26 July 1901, page 4g.

There seems likelihood of trouble occurring in connection with a large number of Afghans now living at Hergott many of whom are said to be starving... They are heavily in debt to Englishmen who hold mortgages over their camels...

"In the Droving Days" is in the Register,
10 December 1896, page 5e.

An Afghan "shooting case" is reported in the Register,
23 February 1900, page 3e,
Observer,
3 March 1900, page 15c,
Register,
28 April 1900, page 10h.

"Discomforts in the Far North" is in the Register,
29 January 1906, page 4g.

"Far North Railway Service" is in the Register,
8 July 1907, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

A photograph of a government camel team is in the Chronicle,
4 January 1908, page 27, Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Camels
of a picnic at Hergott Springs on
2 September 1911, page 29,
of the Birdsville coach on
3 July 1926, page 40.

"Interesting Jottings" is in the Register,
24 June 1909, page 9a.

Photographs of a patriotic carnival are in the Observer,
24 July 1915, page 30.

"The Back Country - A Tribute to Mail Drivers" is in the Advertiser,
5 June 1909, page 13f.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Horse Coaches.

A photograph of policemen and others investigating the murder of an Afghan is in the Observer,
25 December 1909, page 29,
of a mail coach and a camel team on
7 August 1920, page 26.

An obituary of Peter Doig is in the Register,
21 February 1922, page 4h,
of John S. Duggan on 1 January 1925, page 6g.

Information on the hospital is in The News,
22 August 1930, page 5b.

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Place Names

Marryatville

Nomenclature

At the time James Philcox purchased the land from the SA Company and laid out Marryatville the following appeared in the South Australian on 18 July 1848, page 2f and may have had a bearing on him adopting the name:

The Foundation of Marryatville

Taken from Geoffrey H. Manning A Colonial Experience<

It has been said that the village of Marryatville was founded in the 1840s by George Brunskill and, in later years, his daughter was to say:

Thomas Harrison

We finally left 20 years later after selling most of the land. My father gave an acre of land for a church and parsonage and was annoyed when the Bishop consecrated it for a burial ground. Our neighbours were the Reed's of Heathpool on the south and the Parry family on the east.

However, known facts do not support the claim that Mr Brunskill created 'Marryatville'. He leased portion of section 290, comprising 66 acres, from the South Australian Company with a right to purchase the freehold. On 31 August 1850, forty six acres were registered in his name while the residual 20 acres had been purchased on 25 September 1848 by James Philcox who, according to records in the General Registry Office, laid out the 'Village of Marryatville', the first recorded sale of allotments being registered on 30 June 1849.

The village was advertised on 23 September 1848 as:

As to its nomenclature, James Philcox may have been an admirer of the author and naval man, Captain Frederick Marryat, who died in 1848 or, which is the most probable, he honoured the wife of Governor Henry Young, whose maiden name was 'Marryat', she being the daughter of Charles Marryat, brother of Captain Marryat. A press announcement in July 1848 supports this contention:

Mr Brunskill's property ran from Portrush Road (then called Glen Osmond Road) to the further side of Ringmore Road (now called Dudley Road). In the village itself one of the first buildings was the Marryatville Hotel, a one-storeyed building standing a short way back from the road, near the present police station. There, after having sold their loads of wood in the city and suburbs, gathered dozens of wood cutters on their way home to the 'New Tiers' or other parts of the hills.

These men consisted largely of run-away sailors, who hired themselves to gardeners in the hills. Some of them were very rough and many quarrels were settled by fisticuffs. At that time there were no police in the eastern suburbs and not even a local constable. In the early days I saw 30 or 40 small drays all in a line going along Kensington Road each belonging to a different man and to the youngsters it was an interesting procession.

Marryatville police station stands on the site of an old brewery owned by a Mr Walker and among the early residents were Thomas Marriott, Henry Noltenius and J.W. Nicholls. Mrs Fanny Nicholls lived for many years in Ringmore Road and was over 90 when she died. She was most interesting to talk to for she had many interesting reminiscences of the early days.

She was, formerly, Miss Conway and a great friend of Governor Gawler and his wife. She accompanied them on several trips to various parts of the colony; Cape Fanny, near Port Lincoln, was named after her. Mrs Watts, widow of the first Postmaster-General of the colony, was a sister of Mrs Nicholls and lived with her. Next to Mrs Nicholl's home lived Mrs Gliddon who conducted a school; of part French extraction she was a clever and excellent teacher. The Hallack's also lived in this street.

Another old Ringmore Road name was George Hall. By the creek in a little shed he started a business and his whole family lent a hand. 'Jim' Hall, as his friends called him, was born at Marryatville, educated at Baigent's school and made good at football, business, freemasonry and other matters, being a most lively Mayor of Kensington and Norwood in the 1890s. The smallest street, Sun Street, has changed over the years and is now Hackett Terrace.

General Notes

Our new Governor, Sir Henry Young, was delayed at the last in embarking for this colony by his marriage to Miss Marryat, niece of the Lord Bishop of Adelaide. In respect of George Brunskill, for whom the creation of the subdivision has been claimed spuriously, the South Australian of
21 November 1848, page 4b gives his address as "Kensington".
the Register of
16 January 1929 at page 13g says, inter alia: "Brunskill called [his property] Sandford after his birthplace".

An inquest at the hotel is reported in the Observer,
18 January 1862, page 3e.

Its school opened in 1884.
For information on it see Register,
5 May 1885, page 5a and
24 May 1887, page 7e,
Observer,
24 September 1887, page 33e,
Register,
16 August 1893, page 3g,
Express,
7 August 1905, page 4f.
An obituary of R.S. McAloney, head master, is in the Register,
23 February 1914, page 8a,
Observer,
28 February 1914, page 41a.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
12 December 1935, page 31.

The Marryatville Public School

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

Exact boundaries did not matter much a few years ago, and as Kensington Church is in Marryatville, it is only fair that the Marryatville Public School should be in Leabrook. The school building and head master's residence are situated at the corner of Kensington Road and Tusmore Avenue and when built were practically out in the country.

The school was opened on 1 June 1884 and the first teacher was William J. Kennedy whose daughter, Daisy, the violinist has won world wide fame. Next came F.F. Wholohan who was headmaster for 19 years and saw the district grow up, as well as many of his pupils. Possessing an eye for beauty in Nature, as well as any amount of energy, he preserves many pleasant memories of the district:

You could see across to the Kensington Oval; I used to drill the boys there. We had some disused carbines and had plenty of room for marching and scouting. We wandered right up to the hills. To the north was practically open paddocks except for a few houses. Mr Owen Smyth's was one.

A tram trip from Adelaide is described in the Register,
8 and 9 December 1885, pages 5h and 7e and
the flooding of the district on
15 February 1897, page 5f.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.

A photograph of the home "Eden Park" is in The Critic,
16 June 1900, page 25.

An early history of the district is in the Register,
16 April 1923, page 8a:

"Holes and Dust" is in The Mail,
14 April 1923, page 2g:

Three sections from town perhaps the worst road in the metropolitan area can be found... Marryatville's roads are not perfect. Before that takes place something extraordinary will have to happen, but it is doubtful if any thoroughfare... has descended to such a dilapidated state as the Kensington Road, which runs straight towards the hills after the Marryatville terminus is reached... Three tremendous holes have been made all over the surface of the highway and the dust has been churned up until in some places it lies three or four inches thick... In winter its plight will be accentuated and the great rut holes that now exist in all probability will be turned into miniature duck ponds ready to trap the unsuspecting driver...

Information on a new theatre is in the Advertiser,
5 June 1925, page 16e.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Moving Pictures and Television.

"A Policeman's Suicide" is in the Register,
8 April 1905, page 5c.

Photographs of the opening of a bowling club is in the Chronicle,
11 November 1911, page 29;
its history is in Observer,
21 April 1923, page 40d,
The News,
9 February 1928, page 15b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Bowling.

"Removal of Old Landmark [Horsecar depot]" is in the Register,
4 July 1912, page 6h.
Also see Adelaide - transport - Tramways.

The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Angus McLean is in the Register,
25 July 1912, page 6g.

Biographical details of Mr & Mrs D.W. Scott are in the Register,
26 June 1917, page 4g, 26 June 1918, page 6g, 2 July 1918, page 7f,
Observer, 29 June 1918, page 28e,
of William Leslie, builder, on 17 December 1927, page 34a.

A photograph of members of a croquet club is in The Critic,
13 January 1915, page 21.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Croquet.

"Loreto Convent, Marryatville" is in the Chronicle,
10 February 1923, page 44d.

Information on Hackett's Nursery is in the Register,
16 April 1923, page 8g,
Observer,
21 April 1923, page 41c.

Hackett's Nursery

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

As narrated above Marryatville was subdivided in the 1840s and the main part has remained in large properties - 'The Acacias', 'Eden Park' and 'Heathpool'. If trees could speak, many a tall wide spreading one might claim to have started life at the Marryatville Nursery, so long a household word with flower lovers.

To the Hackett family that garden was more than a mere business concern, it was an absorbing hobby, and the magic of plant growth was a life study of never-failing interest. Bulbs and plants arriving from overseas were coaxed carefully through the upsetting reversal of habits involved in a trip to the antipodes.

There were three members of the original firm - three brothers, Elisha, Walter and George. Walter came to Australia in 1851 and went to Victoria and the Forest Creek diggings. Elisha Hackett was already in business in Adelaide and persuaded his brother to join him which he did about 1854.

The garden was started at Sydenham Road, Norwood where Elisha Hackett lived. When Walter Hackett married Miss Emmeline Curnow at St Bartholomew's, Norwood, he lived on The Parade not far from the present Town Hall. He built a house at Marryatville in about 1866, a Mr Abbott being the architect. The long strip of land on which the garden was laid out was bought from George Brunskill.

The paddock had been open until then and it was a long time before the Burnside people could be persuaded to give up their short cut to St Matthew's Church. The possibility of more unwelcome visitors than stray pedestrians is marked by the extra strong bolts and chains still on the doors today - they were put on when bushrangers roamed the 'Tiers'.

More than a hundred thousand roses as well as shrubs and trees were grown and distributed from the nursery and a special feature were the glasshouses with begonias, maiden-hair ferns and other house plants. Then there was a shade house holding tall palms, tree ferns and staghorns; attention was also given to native plants. Mr Walter Hackett, after some years, removed to Brighton, where he spent the latter years of his life.

A photograph of Mr Cook's garden "successes" and his daughter is in the Chronicle, 11 July 1929, page 38.

Marryatville - Obituaries

An obituary of John Kelly is in the Register, 19 February 1892, page 4h.

An obituary of Mrs Ann Glenn is in the Observer, 19 March 1910, page 40a,
of Miss Mary F. Little on 21 December 1912, page 41a,
of H.H. Ising on 14 July 1928, page 49c.

An obituary of Mrs Mary F. Little is in the Register, 16 December 1912, page 6i,
of Mrs D.W. Scott on 19 May 1919, page 4i,
of M.E. Linn on 29 July 1920, page 4h,
of J.I. Mackay on 16 September 1920, page 9a,
of G.W. Fordham on 8 November 1921, page 4i,
of Angus McLean on 15 October 1925, page 8f,
of H.H. Ising on 10 July 1928, page 11e.

Horse Drawn Tram Cars

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

The following first-hand accounts of travel on the Marryatville line make for interesting reading:

On passing the Stag Inn the passenger census would be about the following: Inside, sitting, 25; standing and holding on by eyebrow, or tramping on people's corns, 10; on after-platform, 12 adults and two girls; front platform crowded - I could not see, but think 6; on the steps leading to the roof, seated on top and hanging on everywhere, about 40 more.

One or two ladies inside the car were in a fainting condition. The springs of the tramcar, also the roof, are constructed to carry a certain load at a certain speed, and a serious accident might have resulted from overloading. On getting out at Kent Terrace... I was nearly precipitated on my head...

On the same night a passenger on a later car eclipsed the earlier ordeal narrated above:

On the top there were some delightful 'cads' who sang beastly songs, used disgusting language and oaths, and made a hideous row. So great was the crowd that a few men stood on a narrow edge round the back of the car and held on to the handrail.

At the first curve (Kent Town Brewery) the wheels left the rails and then we travelled all over the road as far as Young Street, where a stoppage was made, and nearly all the ladies and their escorts left us - doubtless quite disgusted.

The muff, whom the Company sent as a 'special conductor', came up the steps at the rear and mildly suggested that we should come down until the car was restored to the rails, but the larrikins were making such an awful row that probably nobody but myself heard him.

The platforms and inside of the car, however, being now nearly empty, the car was set right and we eventually dropped our noisy freight and arrived at Marryatville very late, the car being much damaged and 'down by the stern'. Surely the Company should be prosecuted for allowing such a disgraceful crowd to travel on a car, especially as many of them were more or less intoxicated; and surely the police on duty in Rundle Street should have interfered when they heard all the singing and could not have helped seeing the overcrowded state of the car; and lastly the society for the protection of dumb animals might find good subjects for prosecution...

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