Place Names of South Australia - N
Nackara - Naracoorte
- Nackara
- Nadda
- Nailsworth
- Nain
- Nairne
- Nalang
- Naljawi
- Nangari
- Nangkita
- Nangula
- Nangwarry
- Nantawarra
- Napper Bridge
- Napper Merrie
- Napperby
- Naracoorte
Nackara
Nomenclature
The name is probably derived from the Aboriginal nakkare which is associated with folklore a game forbidden to boys and young men during the ceremonies of introduction to manhood.
General Notes
Information on the Nackara mine is in the Register,
5 September 1866, page 2d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
Its school opened in 1891 and closed in 1967;
the Hundred of Nackara School existed from 1905 until 1908.
The town and district are described in the Observer,
9 April 1887, page 41d.
- The Nackara siding lies 27 miles from Petersburg. Away to the right can be seen a couple of dams known as Kennedy's by the travellers of the eastern route... Outside of the station yard can be seen the roof of a house, the property of Mr Wickham, an enterprising gentleman who combines farming, grazing, butchering, baking, storekeeping, post office, pound yard and eating house. The place is situated on the roadside that has been for years used by the eastern travellers to Thackaringa and Umberumberka. Mr Wickham has extensive paddocks nicely fenced and a luxuriant growth of saltbush that would gladden the hearts of our more northern squatters...
19 June 1889, page 3g.
The district is described on
26 June 1890, page 6b.
"Grievances at Nackara" is in the Register,
1 April 1890, page 6e.
An asbestos discovery is reported in the Register,
6 February 1891, page 5a,
Advertiser,
6 February 1891, page 7b and
an alleged gold find in the Register,
23 May 1922, page 8d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
A rabbit plague is discussed in the Advertiser,
28 November 1893, page 6c.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Rabbits.
"A Neglected Town" is in the Chronicle,
16 July 1904, page 12e.
Photographs of the aftermath of a hail storm are in the Observer,
30 October 1926, page 31.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nadda
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for a 'camp'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1924 and closed in 1962.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nailsworth
Nomenclature
The present suburb of Nailsworth comprises portion of sections 345 and as well as the whole of section 347, Hundred of Yatala. The first land grant for section 346, dated 10 September 1839 was to Thomas Hudson Beare of Netley. He conveyed twenty-six acres to William Williams on 24 March 1845, who in turn sold twenty one acres to William Jenkins on the next day. He divided his land into three equal portions of seven acres each, selling one to Richard Hart on 31 December 1846, a second to Enoch Fry on 3 September 1847 and retaining the other third. On 10 March 1850, both William Jenkins and Enoch Fry conveyed their portions for a total of £140 to George Rolfe as trustee of a syndicate of eleven persons, of which he was part. The enrolment document describes the land being conveyed as comprising sixty-four allotments to be called 'The Village of Nailsworth', equally located either side of California Street. The name 'Rolfe' is preserved as a street name abutting California Street.
The name Nailsworth was adopted from its namesake in Gloucestershire, England where Enoch Fry was born.
General Notes
An editorial entitled "Search for Coal" is in the Register,
20 August 1855, page 2h,
8 October 1855, page 3c,
29 December 1855, page 3h,
25 March 1856, page 2c; also see
Observer,
13 October 1855, page 3h,
6 September 1856, page 1d (supp.),
Parliamentary Paper 46/1858 and
Register,
24 July 1885, page 5c.
Also see:
Place Names - Medindie
North Adelaide
Place Names - Parklands.
Its school opened in 1862. See
Express,
2 March 1892, page 3e,
Register,
2 March 1892, page 6e,
22 October 1892, page 6f;
overcrowding is reported in the Advertiser,
10 October 1923, page 10c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Nailsworth Central School is reported in the Register,
7 August 1926, page 10d.
- The school... is one of a series of nine central schools in the metropolitan area... [Their] purpose is to provide an education and training (magnified to some extent by a vocational bias) for pupils leaving school to enter upon commercial, industrial or homemaking pursuits. These types of school were established at the commencement of 1925...
13 December 1928, page 13c.
A photograph of a millinery class is in the Chronicle,
10 August 1933, page 36,
of a football team on
13 December 1934, page 32,
of a picnic at Glenelg on
13 December 1934, page 33,
of a domestic arts class on
12 September 1935, page 35.
A school picnic on Mr Ragless' property is reported in the Register,
27 December 1882, page 5b; also see
28 December 1883, pages 5d-7a.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Observer,
2 August 1890, page 7b,
Observer,
2 August 1890, page 32b.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
"The Nailsworth Murder" is in the Chronicle,
20 May 1871, page 11e.
The opening of the Salvation Army Barracks is reported in the Register,
17 November 1884, page 6h. Also see South Australia - Religion - Salvation Army.
- Saturday, November 14, will be remembered as a red-letter day among the members and friends of the Salvation Army in Nailsworth and district, as on it were opened new "barracks" for the local corps by Major Howard, a gentleman who, with Colonel Ballington Booth, has come from England for the purpose... [They] involved an outlay of £350 [and] are situated about a mile out of North Adelaide... on the eastern side of the main road...
1 January 1912, page 7a.
A photograph of a garden fair committee for the blind is in The Critic,
6 May 1914, page 13.
A photograph of the golden wedding of Mr & Mrs J. Webb is in the Observer,
24 April 1915, page 30.
Information on the Church of Christ is in The News,
6 February 1929, page 10c.
Nailsworth - Obituariess
An obituary of Thomas Williams is in the Register, 4 August 1896, page 5d,
of Mrs W. Jones on 27 October 1904, page 4g,
of William Fallow on 2 June 1901, page 6g.
An obituary of Thomas White is in the Observer, 26 June 1909, page 40a,
of Thomas Gray on 5 July 1913, page 41a,
of Robert Lewis on 28 March 1914, page 41a,
of N.D. Bennett on 27 February 1915, page 41a.
An obituary of William Davison is in theRegister, 10 May 1915, page 6g,
of Mrs J. Pilmore on 7 September 1918, page 8g,
of Mrs J. White on 2 December 1919, page 6h.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nain
Nomenclature
It took its name from a town in Palestine, near Nazareth. Pastor H.F.W. Proeve of Nuriootpa stated that the name has biblical associations and that the area was first settled by Germans from Hahndorf.
General Notes
Biographical details of C.E. Jaensch are in the Observer,
28 January 1905, page 25b.
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Place Names
Nairne
Nomenclature
The three sections on which the town is situated (5201-3) were purchased by Matthew Smillie in 1839, who advertised the sale of allotments in the Register of 23 November 1839. He named the township in honour of his wife, the former Elizabeth Corse Nairne.
General Notes
In extolling the new village the Register of 18 January 1840 at page 4c said:
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It is on the finely watered spot selected by Captain Sturt for his cattle brought overland two years ago, and it is the first place where fine water is found after leaving the lake on the direct route from Sydney to Adelaide.
29 September 1840, page 2d; also see
Adelaide Miscellany,
page 300,
Observer,
6 November 1847, page 5c,
7 March 1885, page 8b,
Register,
22 June 1854, page 2f,
Express,
6 December 1876, page 3b,
Observer,
7 March 1885, page 8b,
19 December 1885, page 36b.
- Mrs Stodart begs leave to return thanks to her friends and the public for the ample patronage she has experienced since she built and established an inn and store at the village of Nairne... As the population of the village and neighbourhood is rapidly increasing, she has started a bullock dray to communicate with Adelaide once a fortnight, or oftener if required, which may be heard of at Mr Campbell's (late Campbell and Grieve) Hindley Street... Parties from Adelaide... will find the village well worth visiting as it is situated in one of the finest and most beautiful locations... It is a good stage from Mr Crafer's house in the Tiers and an easy day's ride from town... The nearest and the most direct road is by the village of Hhandorff [sic] and Glenfoy [sic], the residence of Allan Mcfarlane Esq. A medical man is situated in the neighbourhood and several builders and carpenters, a blacksmith and a butcher are in the village. A shoemaker is much wanted...
6 July 1892 (supp.), page 1a.
Observer,
9 July 1892, page 9d.
A history of the town is in the Advertiser,
2 June 1904, page 8e,
9 and 19 July 1927, pages 14b and 14a.
A Show is reported in the Register,
27 March 1847, page 2d and
The Nairne Agricultural Show on
31 December 1872, page 6d,
Express,
6 March 1875, page 3d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
"Another Castle-in-the-Air at Nairne" is in the South Australian, 30 October 1849, page 4a:
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When will this quackery and charletanry [sic] upon the inhabitants cease?.. It is really a misnomer to call Nairne a town, as their is neither one thing nor the other to make it so.
3 May 1853, page 3b.
According to J.B. Austin the first donkey in South Australia was owned by Mrs Smillie - see Register,
27 May 1896, page 5c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Register,
10 May 1853, page 2e.
A ploughing match is reported in the Farm & Garden,
14 October 1858, page 68.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
Examinations at Mr Ryder's school are reported upon in the Observer,
1 January 1859, page 3d; also see
Register,
13 September 1859, page 3b,
Chronicle,
17 September 1859, page 6c.
A complimentary dinner to Mr Joseph Ryder, schoolteacher, is reported in the Register,
1 January 1870, page 6c; also see
Express,
17 October 1871, page 2c.
A photograph of school children is in the Chronicle,
11 June 1910, page 30,
27 January 1912, page 31.
Examinations at Mr and Mrs Harris' school are reported in the Chronicle,
19 October 1872, page 8d.
The laying of the foundation stone of the public school is reported in the Register,
4 November 1875, page 7a - see
7 April 1876, page 5e for its opening; also see
25 December 1884, page 7b,
Chronicle,
13 January 1877, page 6f,
Register,
11 June 1912, page 11b and
Geoffrey H. Manning, Hope Farm Chronicle.
Photographs of students are in the Observer,
11 June 1910, page 30.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
6 June 1857, page 8d,
Register,
5 June 1857, page 3g,
26 February 1859, page 3d,
Chronicle,
30 December 1871, page 10c,
28 February 1885, page 14f,
14 March 1891, page 15b.
"Old Nairne Races" is in the Advertiser,
6 April 1934, page 20i.
Reminiscences of early racing are in the Observer,
12 April 1902, page 19a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The celebration of the opening of the 24th and 25th miles of the main road from Adelaide is reported in the Register,
26 May 1859.
"Gold at Nairne" is in the Register,
20 March 1860, page 2h.
A report on an "El Dorado eclipsing anything before discovered in South Australia..." is reported on
24 February 1880, page 5b.
"The North Nairne Gold Mine" is in the Chronicle,
23 March 1889, page 22b.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
The completion of the Adelaide-Nairne telegraph is reported in the Register,
27 July 1860, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telegraphic.
"Night Outrages at Nairne" is in the Register,
12 February 1862, page 3b.
"Nairne District By-Laws" is in the Express,
26 July 1864, page 3b.
A town fair is reported in the Register,
18 March 1865, page 3e,
15 September 1865, page 3f,
12 March 1866, page 3c,
Chronicle,
23 March 1867, page 3d.
Comment on the Nairne Union Smelting Company's new furnace is in the Chronicle,
28 January 1865, page 1f (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
The reopening of a mill is reported in the Chronicle,
29 April 1865, page 4e.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1880,
Frearson's Weekly,
13 November 1880, page 563.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
Mr H. Timmins' tannery is described in the Register,
30 July 1868, page 3b.
The "effects of fireworks" is discussed in the Observer,
12 November 1870, page 8c.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany - Fireworks.
"Public Buildings at Nairne" is in the Chronicle,
9 October 1875, page 10b.
The proposed route of the railway from Adelaide is in the Register,
8 August 1878, page 6a.
A photograph of the railway station is in the Chronicle,
21 November 1908, page 32.
See South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
A description of the proposed railway to Strathalbyn is in the Register,
23 December 1881, page 6a.
A ratepayers' meeting is reported in the Register,
14 November 1883, page 7a.
"The Salvation Army at Nairne" is in the Chronicle,
26 July 1884, page 13a,
12 August 1884, page 6b.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Salvation Army.
Troubles within the Council are aired in the Express,
20 and 26 November 1884, pages 7a and 6e,
4 December 1884, page 4a,
11 February 1885, pages 4g-7b,
3 March 1885, page 6g,
2 June 1885, page 5c,
Express,
26 November 1884, page 6a,
4 December 1884, page 4a,
Observer,
6 December 1884, page 13b,
16 and 23 January 1886, pages 25d and 13d,
Register,
21 June 1886, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Register,
8 August 1893, page 6h.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
Mr T.H. Murray's property is described in the Register,
29 August 1898, page 7d.
A patriotic demonstration is reported in the Chronicle,
24 March 1900, page 15c.
A snow fall is reported in the Chronicle,
3 August 1901, page 33e.
A historical sketch of the Institute is in the Register,
23 January 1904, page 6c; also see
27 January 1904, page 8a,
4 April 1904, page 7d,
Chronicle,
30 January 1904, page 44 (photos).
Biographical details of Dr A.E. Barratt-Hine are in the Register,
28 May 1904, page 4c, Observer,
4 June 1904, page 4a (supp.),
of H. Timmins on 21 July 1906, page 15b,
of Mrs Jane Stockham on 11 July 1908, page 41b (obit. on 26 February 1910, page 41a),
of J.W. King on 2 June 1917, page 28c (obit. 16 March 1918, page 33c),
of E. King in the Register, 12 February 1927, page 11e.
Biographical details of Mrs James Bartlett are in the Register,
18 April 1905, page 5a,
of Jane Stockham on 7 July 1906, page 7b.
A flower show is reported upon in the Register,
26 November 1904, page 10b.
Information on Mr J.W. King, the "King of Nairne", is in the Express,
31 May 1907, page 1e,
Register,
31 May 1909, page 6f.
"A Chat With J.W. King" is in the Chronicle,
27 September 1913, page 41d; also see
Observer,
5 June 1915, page 32c,
Register,
28 May 1917, page 6g.
"A Nairne Nonagenarian - Death of Mr J.W. King" is in the Advertiser,
12 March 1918, page 4h.
Military manoeuvres in the district are described in the Register,
16, 17, 20 and 21 April 1908, pages 7b, 6d, 5h and 5h.
Photographs are in the Observer,
18 April 1908, pages 28-29.
Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.
"Nairne Sunday School - Sixty Years Old" is in the Advertiser,
20 April 1911, page 11b.
Biographical details of Mrs Mary Mills are in the Register,
3 June 1915, page 6g,
of John Bennett on 5 March 1926, page 10e.
"Memories of an Old Police Officer" is in the Register,
26 and 30 September 1925, pages 10d and 13c,
6 October 1925, page 12a,
20 November 1925, page 14g.
"The Ideal Home [L.A. Lynch's]" is in the Register,
20 September 1927, page 12c.
Nairne - Obituaries
The death of Mr J.R. Toll is reported in the Register, 24 March 1864, pages 2g-3d.
An obituary of John Winstanley is in the Register, 14 July 1892, page 5b,
of Mrs David Chapman in the Observer, 9 May 1903, page 32e,
of Captain William Forsyth on 22 August 1908, page 40a,
of Henry Timmins on 18 September 1909, page 40a,
of Mrs S.A. Jackman on 18 December 1909, page 34a,
of David Chapman on 29 January 1910, page 40a,
of Mrs Jane Stockham on 26 February 1910, page 41a.
An obituary of Edward Dewhirst is in the Register, 5 February 1904, page 6f,
of M. Spence on 8 December 1905, page 4i,
of James Stevens on 30 June 1906, page 7c,
of G. Turner on 30 June 1906, page 7b,
of S.A. Jackson on 14 December 1909, page 7c,
of David Chapman on 24 January 1910, page 5b,
of Mrs John Clezy on 2 July 1912, page 6i,
of George Chapman on 20 September 1912, page 6i,
of John Anderson on 26 August 1913, page 6g,
of John Clezy on 2 September 1913, page 6h,
of John Ryder on 18 June 1915, page 6g,
of Mrs Jane Day on 7 July 1915, page 6g,
of Mrs Catherine Spence and Benjamin Haines on 21 March 1917, page 6g.
An obituary of Mrs John Cleave (Clezy?) is in the Observer, 6 July 1912, page 41a,
of John Anderson on 30 August 1913, page 41b,
of John Clezy on 6 September 1913, page 41a,
of John Ryder on 26 June 1915, page 46a,
of Mrs Ann King on 3 February 1917, page 13e,
of Alfred Chapman on 7 August 1926, page 38d,
of Sydney Parsons on 6 November 1926, page 38e.
An obituary of Mrs Zebudah Parnell is in the Register, 7 February 1918, page 4f,
of W.P. Glastonbury on 22 June 1918, page 6g,
of Mrs Mary Wooley on 2 May 1919, page 6g,
of Mrs Jane E. Thomas on 24 February 1921, page 6h,
of Mrs Mary Mills on 5 April 1922, page 6h,
of Mrs Sarah H. Beacham on 10 August 1922, page 6h.
An obituary of Edward Reeves is in the Register, 2 and 9 March 1925, pages 13b and 10d,
of Alfred Chapman on 5 August 1926, page 8h,
of Sidney Parsons on 4 November 1926, page 8g,
of David Pedder on 20 January 1927, page 8h,
of James Gum on 27 September 1927, page 11c,
of Charles Jacob on 1 February 1928, page 8h.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nalang
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word belonging to the Wirrega clan of the Jackegilbrab tribe meaning 'limit' or 'boundary'.
General Notes
The "early days" of Nalang are discussed in the Observer of
19 November 1910, page 13b,
Register,
25 November 1910, page 9b,
while an amusing letter describing life on the station following a distraint order is in the Register,
18 February 1868, page 2h.
- At the Bordertown Hall on November 23 Elder Smith & Company will offer for sale by auction on behalf of Mr R. McDonald, of Millicent, the Nalang Estate of 14,400 acres... Nalang at one time was an estate of large dimensions but changes in ownership and, in recent years, inducements offered to agriculturists have reduced its size... Mr McDonald shepherded sheep on Nalang in the early fifties - "It was regarded in those times as the crack station in the south..."
13 August 1880, page 5f.
The sale of Nalang Estate is reported in the Register,
27 January 1906, page 8h.
Its school opened in 1932 and closed in 1950.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Naljawi
The Aboriginal name for Little Scrub Hut in the Hundred of Warrenben - "quiet place".See D.L.& S.J. Hill, Notes on the Narannga Tribe of Yorke Peninsula.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nangari
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'shelter place'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1929 and closed in 1967.
A photograph of a flood on Mr F.J. Bartram's property is in the Chronicle,
15 November 1934, page 33.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nangkita
Nomenclature
The Ramindjeri tribe had a word nankitja - 'tree grubs'.
The Register of 23 January 1926, page 3f says the word means "place of the little frogs".
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Miscellany - Village Settlements.
Its school opened in 1937 and closed in 1963;
the Nangkita Village School existed from 1895 until 1931.
A meeting of the village association is reported in the Register,
19 February 1894, page 6f; also see
13, 16, 17, 21 and 24 March 1894, pages 7a, 6c, 6b, 6b and 7h,
2, 21 and 27 April 1894, pages 6a, 6d and 3d,
24 July 1894, page 6f,
24 September 1894, page 7a,
29 January 1895, page 6e,
27 March 1895, page 5c,
25 November 1896, page 6g,
20 January 1900, page 7b,
Observer,
2 February 1895, page 3c,
Chronicle,
17 February 1906, page 13c.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
6 January 1906, page 42d.
- The annual sports were held at Mount Compass. Results - Boys, under 14 - Claude Martin. Wheelbarrow race - Max Whermein. Potato and Spoon Race - Otto Whermein. Girl's race - Gladys Sweetman. Three-legged race - Atteral Brothers. Tilting on Horseback - A. Atteral....
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Place Names
Nangula
Nomenclature
The Boandik tribe had a word ngarngoola meaning a 'cave' or 'den', while records at the SA Museum say it means 'look-out'.
General Notes
An obituary of H.P. Crafter is in the Register,
13 November 1911, page 6h,
of John Power in the Observer,
9 October 1915, page 46a,
of Mrs Sarah J. Zippel in the Register,
15 November 1928, page 11e.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nangwarry
Nomenclature
Derived from the Aboriginal ngarang-wari; naran - 'cave' and wari - 'cold'.
General Notes
Information on the forest reserve is in the Observer,
15 February 1879, page 10b.
- The Nangwarry and Penola reserves extend over 8,550 acres... Of indigenous trees I observed red and peppermint gums, stringybark and honeysuckle... Several of the redgums measured 3 feet in diameter and over 80 feet in height... The best of the timber has been culled out years ago and those of this class remaining are of too rough a nature to be of much use as timber...
Its school opened in 1940.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Nantawarra
Nomenclature
The Nantuwwara tribe of some 25 to 30 once occupied the country from the River Wakefield, north to Whitwarta and west to Hummock Range. Other sources suggest it derives from nantu-warra - 'place where the kangaroo people live'
General Notes
Parliamentary Paper 24/1874 shows the Nantawarra School being conducted in a chapel by Henry Mason with 22 enrolled pupils. It first Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle, 12 August 1893, page 12c.
"Fatal Affray at Nantawarra" is in the Observer,
30 January 1875, page 10a.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Christian Church is reported in the Chronicle,
31 March 1888, page 23a.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
26 September 1891, page 13a,
17 September 1892, page 11g,
a picnic in the Register,
20 September 1895, page 6c.
A local Show is reported in the Register,
18 February 1893 (supp.), page 1d and
a tennis match in the Chronicle,
19 March 1898, page 10e.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
A photograph of harvesting is in the Chronicle,
31 December 1910, page 30,
of four generations of the Underwood family in the Observer,
28 September 1912, page 29.
Information on Mr Cosh's Hygienic Home "for the relief and cure of all ailing purposes..." is in the Register,
19 and 23 September 1914, pages 15 and 3,
Observer,
26 September 1914, page 51.
Cosh's New Hygienic Home - This institution for the relief and cure of all ailing persons under hygienic principles - without drugs and without operations - is now open... It is nestled among sugar gum trees, fruit trees and vines an Acher Valley, where the sea breezes wafted up the vale from the Gulf of St Vincent are so modified that the most delicate constitution is not only refreshed, but strengthened, even without restorative treatment...
2 September 1937, page 37.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Napper Bridge
Nomenclature
About 1860, William Napper built an hotel on the north-west corner of Lake Bonney, Riverland. He had come to Cobdogla by steamer in 1855 to cut red gum sleepers for the proposed Port Adelaide railway. In 1915, a bridge was built across Chambers Creek at its entrance to the lake and called the 'North Lake Bridge' which was changed to 'Napper Bridge' sometime before 1928.
General Notes
Mr Napper's property is described in the Register,
25 August 1891, page 6e,
25 October 1892, page 6e.
- On the northern shore Mr Napper, one of the oldest settlers of this colony, owns an 80 acre section of freehold sold by the Crown some 40 years ago. Mr Napper, who formerly carried on sheep farming to the north of Lake Bonney has found it more profitable to devote his attention to horticulture and has established a small, but neat, garden there...
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Place Names
Napper Merrie
A pastoral property "33 miles from Innamincka". A photograph is in the Chronicle,
14 January 1911, page 32.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Napperby
Nomenclature
The name was taken from a sub-head station of Bowman's 'Crystal Brook Run'.
General Notes
A description of Messrs Bowman's station is in the Observer,
26 August 1865, page 7g.
Prior to the gazettal of the town a settlement at "Government Dam" was sometimes known as Napperby -
see Government Dam and Register,
22 September 1879, page 6e.
A sale of town allotments is reported in the Chronicle,
5 May 1877, page 11b.
Bowman's "Napperby Station" is described in the Register,
23 August 1865, page 3a.
The Napperby School opened in 1880;
the Napperby South School opened in 1890 and became "Hughes Gap" in 1891.
See Register, 26 July 1876, page 2g (supp.).
For information on the confusion of the name with that of Warnertown see Register,
21 March 1881, page 7b.
- The Napperby Dam is situated on the great cattle track from the north, leading down to South Australia and the shepherds and cattle drovers have always had the free use of it... The confusion caused by the railway authorities by erecting a board with the words "Napperby Station" on it at Warnertown, a place formerly known as "Government Dam" was also of concern to residents... There was no place of residence for the schoolmaster... and the want of a sewing mistress affected the numerical strength of the schoolmaster's roll...
16 July 1881, page 4g,
Register,
3 March 1882, page 6c; also see
9 April 1883, page 7c.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
Prospecting in the district is reported upon in the Register,
1 November 1884, page 6c.
"Alunite Discovery" is in the Register,
20 February 1915, page 10c.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
Working Men's Blocks in the Hundred are described in the Advertiser,
10 December 1892 and
Also see Hundred of Cotton
gardens in the district in the Register,
10 November 1894, page 6f.
Napperby - Obituaries
An obituary of John Ferry is in the Register, 26 May 1903, page 5b, Observer, 30 May 1903, page 20d,
of Thomas Forrestel in the Register, 8 May 1913, page 6i,
of J.W. Wauchope in the Observer, 24 May 1924, page 45d,
of Hugh Bawden on 8 October 1927, page 32a.
An obituary of C. O'Loughlin is in the Register, 9 September 1913, page 14a,
of Mrs Prudence Franks on 14 and 20 January 1922, pages 8h and 6h,
of John W. Wauchope on 16 and 29 May 1924, pages 13f and 8h,
of Hugh Bowden on 5 October 1927, page 12c.
Nackara - Naracoorte
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Place Names
Naracoorte
Naracoorte and District
(Taken from an unpublished manuscript by Geoffrey H. Manning, titled A Social History of the Lower South East in the 19th Century)
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At Naracoorte the "cockatooers" sold out, the number of farmer's homesteads diminished and the great grazing properties grew larger. This was not owing, except in a limited degree, to dummyism, but to the character of the soil surrounding Naracoorte. It was good grass country but would not stand many croppings, whereas farmers required land where he could grow wheat on year after year, and often without rest.
(Advertiser, 12 October 1875, p. 5.)
In about 1850 he named the village "Kincraig" after his birthplace in Scotland, and began the buildings in it by erecting a public house and a store. But it did not make much headway until 1852 when the gold escort made it one of their points of call and the Chinese passed through in such numbers that about 7,000 of them were recorded as honouring it by a visit during one year:
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But times have changed since then. The almond-eyed Mongolian no longer troops through in battalions, but he stays by ones and twos and cultivates the gardens in such excellent style that all kinds of vegetables are now grown in the district, instead of being obtained from Mount Gambier.
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Naracoorte was built in the middle of a sheep run and similar properties surrounded it on all sides and yet some of the people were not happy because they felt that these large estates were a drag on their wheels of progress. They thought of what the town could have been and quote the words of Oliver Goldsmith:
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Ill fares that land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
In 1868 the case of the proposed District Council of Narracoort (sic) is a striking illustration of the beauty of the implanted land system. On the one side could be seen a wealthy man who has been fortunate enough to secure the privilege of running large flocks of sheep for a long series of years over the whole surrounding country by which he realised universal profits, monopolising as he did the whole grass of the place, for his sheep ran up to the very doors of the townsfolk. On the other hand the population of the village was hemmed in and could barely keep a cow to milk, as during the greater part of the year the sheep left nothing for any other class of animal to exist upon.
The town owed its existence to the force of circumstances. In the course of years first a public house was built, then a blacksmith shop and other dwellings followed in rapid succession. Soon, the current of events made it appear that, in the centre of this run, nature had decreed that a town of some considerable importance must arise. Time went on and building after building was erected, each better than its predecessor, until the little scattered village of a few years previously began to show the symptoms of changing its character rapidly into a rising town.
By late 1868 it had four large stores and, of course, all this development could not take place without causing a demand for additional building allotments, which want Mr Magarey was not slow in supplying at the "moderate rate of about £30 an acre." In addition, he rented most of his land at good rentals. This suited the distant proprietor who, residing in Adelaide, drew a magnificent income from his run, sold his land which cost £1 an acre at thirty times the price, kept an overseer and a few men at 15 shillings a week - the sole occupants of an immense country, except the townspeople who were huddled together on land altogether insufficient for their requirements.
As time went on the increasing trade and population of the place caused the streets to be cut up; the black soil on which the solitary bullock once dragged its sluggish length along, became black mud of the most objectionable kind. The roads became impassable and some of the houses became almost cut off from approach by a sea of black mud in front. People wanted roads and footpaths made - the neighbours would not join in - "it can?t be done and mud reigns triumphant"- someone suggests a district council - a meeting is called - a unanimous vote is taken in its favour - not a voice is raised against it until one fine morning when a counter memorial appeared from Mr Magarey stating that he had bought some 2,000 acres of land near Naracoorte at upwards of £1 per acre and that if he was rated by the council it would make his sheep less remunerative. He failed to make any mention of having sold portion of a township at high prices which probably reimbursed the station for all the land bought originally.
It was then that the government had to decide whether sheep or men were to rule the country and whether the latter were to be denied the ordinary comforts of civilisation in order that the former could be made to pay a little better.
- A visitor in 1866 has left us with a recollection of the style of horse coaches employed on mail runs and the men who engaged in the industry:
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I ascended at the door of Rogers? Inn, Naracoorte, from a nondescript conveyance provided by Mr Rounsevell for the conveyance of HM mails from the South east to Adelaide. The vehicle - a square box on wheels - looked very clumsy and suggestive of aching bones and the couple of horses provided by the contractor were poor, rawboned, hungry looking brutes, who seemed to have very little go in them. The living occupants of the vehicle were the driver, a smart young fellow of considerable humour and good nature; the mail guard, not a bad fellow to travel with and myself. Another mail left at the same hour for Border Town.
The first Naracoorte show was held on in August 1873 and nine months later the first report of larrikinism reported when:
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A gang of youths assembled on the town bridge on a Sunday evening and made ?quite a disturbance? by using filthy and disgusting language. Not content with that they disturbed the worship of one congregation by ringing the bell during the service...
With the opening up of the land for agriculture the district was visited by many government employees two of whom recorded their impressions in 1875: :
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The township is about 200 feet above sea level, situated on a small creek running seaward into the marshes passed through on the road. On an elevated timbered rise above the proposed [railway] terminus stands the new Presbyterian Church of art-union fame - a very fine building - and there are two banks... There is a flour mill, two good hotels, a large post and telegraph office and a number of good stores... The land however only patchy fair grazing country, alternating with agricultural land of middling quality and that as a rule purchased by the squatter. The district has been a stronghold for of the pastoral lessees and selectors have in various detached localities effected a lodgment with much trouble, the influence brought to bear in the matters of hindering agricultural settlement and favouring squatter monopoly, having been very strong. Within an area of some fifteen miles surrounding the township all the best land has been alienated mostly at the upset price to Messrs J. Robertson of Mosquito Plains station who owns 80,000 acres; Affleck about 30,000; T. Magarey, 20,000; W. Robertson of Moy Hall, 20,000; A. Smith of Hynam, 35,000 and so on...
The streets are wide and the township would have a cheerful look were it not, like the black fellow's campment, stuck down in a hollow by a creek.. It is said to be unhealthy in comparison with other towns in the colony and in summer time the heat is as oppressive as on the Adelaide plains. Centrally situated in a large pastoral district it necessarily has a considerable trade which latterly has been increased by the settlement of wheat growers who are fast exhausting their lands.
The government township has been a continual and futile effort on the part of successive administrations to divert the trade from the old township... Recently the Kincraigites have had to agitate against a fresh injustice in connection with the terminus of the railway which the government proposes to fix 25 chains away from the western boundary of Kincraig. The arrangement will not even suit Narracoorte for the site is some 15 or 16 chains south of the flour mill and store which are the only two business establishments at that location.
Farming in the neighbourhood of Naracoorte seems pretty certain to die out. We found no difference of opinion on this subject among all the residents of the district... The cockatooers are selling out, the number of agricultural homesteads diminishing and the great grazing properties growing larger. This is not owing, except in limited degree to dummying, but to the character of the soil which is sandy and comparatively poor. It is good grass country but will not stand many croppings... The country is very monotonous; undulating, but with each low range and valley exactly like the last passed over and the one immediately ahead. Not a single land mark appears in any direction for many miles; there is just the same unvarying succession of rises and flats, wooded with honeysuckle and sheaoak, with a few blackwoods, whitewoods and mimosas by way of variety.
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1. The closet at the court house and telegraph office were close to the buildings and sent
forth a most frightful stench. In winter it was filled with water from surface drainage
and contained about 300 cubic feet of the most offensive matter. Five yards distant was
a well into which much of this effluvia flowed.
2. The police horses were watered at this well and when a trough was filled and allowed to stand all night a nasty oily scum could be seen on the surface and the horses would not drink it.
3. 30 pigs or more were kept in a large yard and offal was lying about and the neighbours complained of offensive smells. Two deaths occurred in adjoining premises.
4. In the town there were six cottages which had the joint use of one cess pit and the surface drainage was similar to the court house. A well was situated 11 yards distant.
5. Not less than 500 cubic feet of faecal matter found its way into surface springs and these fed into the general water supply of the town - illness or death occurred in almost every house west of this point, etc., etc.
To these trials and tribulations Mr Thomas Hinckley offered the following remedy for dysentery:
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Take four to six drops of spirits of camphor on a bit of sugar at intervals from 10 minutes to an hour or more - I was cured in a very short time... From my experience I still deem it to be one of the most valuable medicines for this class of disease.
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This high rate of mortality is said to be due solely to bad drainage and thus 500 persons are sent to their graves annually in the metropolis whose lives might be saved were the city kept as it ought to be... But the sad calamity at Naracoorte shows that it is necessary for small towns... to observe the laws of sanitation. If they do not the soil they are built upon gets charged with the filth they accumulate around them and eventually the source of water supply must get poisoned...
There were three banks - National, South Australian and Commercial - the first named being "large and handsome enough for a city" - three hotels, three "country" stores, one wholesale store (Grice & Co.), a mill owned by Mr D. Simpson and the Herald newspaper office. The government school had 120 scholars and the scarcely less useful Institute, built at a cost of £2,000. Unfortunately, it was badly lighted and ventilated and the means of exit and entrance not what they might have been. Its library contained about 1,200 books and it boasted of about 100 subscribers.
The grandest building was the Presbyterian Churh, rumour suggesting that it was funded by an Art Union lottery and a writer in the local newspaper related this theory as fact, when it was pure fiction, or at least a half truth which, as Tennyson says, "is ever the blackest of lies." The facts were that the committee originally intended to raise £700 towards the cost by an art union, but wiser counsel prevailed and John Robertson and his brother paid off the whole sum.
The town had one white elephant in the form of its hospital built on a commanding site and in 1880 it was said:
- Here it stands unoccupied and as a monument to the folly of those who built it. Its situation (although it is too far away from the town) is charming, its design is good and its construction a credit to the builder. But it is so big that all available funds have been absorbed in stone and mortar
Nomenclature
Mr Magarey says his father, who was at Naracoorte in 1861, was told by the natives that the name was Nanna-coorta and that this name was given to the public by the Press. Mr McIntosh says the word means "large waterhole''.' Correspondence held in the Public Records Office (SGO outward letter no. 222-1860), suggests that the creek on which the township is located was called Naracoorta by the Aborigines.
Town and Caves
It is apparent that the private town of "Kincraig" was also known by a corruption of an Aboriginal name for the local creek - "The village of Narricourt [sic], the property of McIntosh Brothers is romantically situated in a vale lying at the edge of these beautiful [Mosquito] plains... Adjacent to Mr McIntosh's residence a Government township is laid out..." - see
Register,
11 June 1859, page 2h and
9 June 1880 (supp.), page 2a,
Advertiser,
30 September 1875, page 4d and note Kincraig.
"Narracoorte in the Early Days" is in the Advertiser,
6 September 1927, page 16e.
The town, caves and surrounding district are described in the Observer,
11 June 1859, page 3d,
Register,
2 and 6 June 1866, pages 3b and 2f,
8 July 1869, page 2h,
Chronicle,
15 February 1868, page 4f,
16 October 1875, page 6f,
18 January 1879, page 2a (supp.).
Vandalism at the caves is reported in the Register,
12 August 1868, page 2e,
while the Governor's visit is reported on
8 June 1869, page 3f.
Sketches are in the Adelaide Illustrated Post,
6 September 1869, page 5.
"The Bat Caves" is in the Observer,
8 January 1876, page 7g,
"The Narracoorte Caves" is in the Observer,
3 and 17 May 1879, pages 11a and 10e.
Also see the Farmers Weekly Messenger,
15 January 1875, page 5c,
Register,
30 April 1879, page 5d in respect of the caves and
17 August 1880, page 5d for the town, district and caves,
28 January 1885, page 6c,
18 February 1886, page 6h,
Chronicle,
9 February 1889, page 23a,
Register,
15 April 1889, page 7a,
Parliamentary Paper 66/1886,
Register,
25 January 1909, page 6g,
1 February 1909, page 6e,
2 February 1910, page 6h; also see
29 January 1898, page 6c,
8 November 1927, page 14.
Photographs are in the Observer,
22 May 1909, page 27.
The town is described in the Observer,
20 February 1886, page 35e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
18 April 1908, page 29,
Chronicle,
28 June 1913, page 30.
The town and district are described in the Observer,
19 November 1927, pages 18-19.
The reminiscences of Rev F. Slaney Poole are in the Observer,
5 and 12 December 1925, pages 47a and 95a.
Naracoorte - Miscellany
"Around Narracoorte" is in the Advertiser,
31 January 1906, page 9a.
Coursing in the South-East is discussed in the Advertiser,
18 August 1868, page 3a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing.
A photograph of wallaby coursing in the 1860s is in the Chronicle,
9 July 1910, page 30; also see
Observer,
20 August 1910, page 29.
- Naracoorte, or more properly speaking, Kincraig - for the Government buildings are still alone in their glory on the Government township - began to fill with visitors. Private hospitality and hotel accommodation combined, scarcely sufficed to bear the strain occasioned by the unwonted influx... Local tradesmen were to some extent perplexed at novel demands... Certainly every care was bestowed by the competitors upon the training of their dogs... The Melbourne dogs were, perhaps, at a great disadvantage, inasmuch as they suffered severely during a stormy passage by sea to MacDonnell Bay...
25 August 1866.
Also see South Australia - Aboriginal Australians for an essay on Aborigines in the South East.
A letter concerning the Naracoorte-Port Caroline railway is in the Register,
23 September 1868, page 2g-h.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany for an essay on South East railways.
A report on the laying of the foundation stone of the Primitive Methodist Chapel is in the Register,
21 December 1869, page 2f,
while that of the Wesleyan School Chapel is to be found on
25 November 1870, page 5c.
Information on a church jubilee is in the Express,
19 April 1911, page 4b.
Photographs are in the Observer,
27 May 1911, page 30.
The district is described in the Register,
15 February 1870, page 7b,
5 April 1870, page 6c (including pastoral leases) and
8 November 1871, page 3f; also see
13 August 1880, page 5f.
A proposal for a district council is discussed in the Register,
21 May 1870, page 5b,
Observer,
21 May 1870, page 2f.
Legal action against the council is reported in the Observer,
21 April 1877, page 7e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
The district's first ploughing match is reported in the Observer,
24 September 1870, page 15c; also see
Chronicle,
11 October 1873, page 7d.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches
Information on local schools is in the Observer,
22 April 1871, page 10d,
17 June 1871, page 11c.
The opening of the state school is reported in the Register,
21 January 1879, page 6a.
A "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1901, page 29e.
Photographs of the opening of the school's playground are in the Observer,
5 March 1927, page 32. Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany - Playgrounds.
A stock show is reported in the Observer,
26 August 1871, page 4d; also see
Chronicle,
31 August 1878, page 11d,
19 October 1907, page 29 (photos).
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
- As the district prospered, and small townships grew, a healthy rivalry in stock raising naturally led to arguments that could be settled only by competent judges, Thus, showgrounds began to be formed and the proceedings were enlivened frequently by heated arguments as to the judge's qualifications. Experts were not numerous and one wealthy squatter, who had surmounted many obstacles and accustomed to get his own way by bounce and fisticuffs, was always ready to back up his arguments with a friendly bout, no matter who disagreed with him, but he was always ready to repair damages and many a £5 and £10 note did the part when an argument was thus settled to his satisfaction. Hard-ups and deadbeats purposely got into an argument with him, a couple of black eyes, accompanied later on with a £5 note over each of them, would enable them to purchase the healing remedies at the local hostelry or elsewhere.
10 January 1874, page 13e.
The laying of the foundation stone of a Presbyterian Church is reported in the Observer,
4 April 1874, page 8c.
"Murder at Narracoorte" is in the Chronicle,
27 March 1875, page 13d,
1 May 1875, page 8d.
Also see South Australia - Crime, Law and Punishment - Crime - Murders..
"Religious Gambling" is in The Lantern,
26 September 1874, page 5c.
Background information on the local turf club is in the Chronicle,
16 September 1876, page 12d,
5 May 1877, page 12c,
Register,
28 April 1877, page 5d.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
25 March 1905, page 28,
"The Narracoorte Racing Club" is in the Register,
10 March 1908, page 8f,
Observer,
14 March 1908, page 21e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
23 March 1933, page 38.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing
A proposed hospital is discussed in the Chronicle,
23 February 1878, page 8d.
A football match against Kingston is reported in the Chronicle,
24 August 1878, page 1b (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football
"The Salvation Army at Narracoorte" is in the Chronicle,
10 January 1885, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Salvation Army
Biographical details of John Richards ("Kangaroo Jack") are in the Register,
21 August 1893, page 5d,
of Dr A.T. Gunning on 22 January 1903, page 5f,
11 October 1904, page 5b (obit. & reminiscences),
of a Mr Petherick on 25 May 1921, page 7g, 22 July 1921, page 6h.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs J.B. Bennett is reported in the Register,
13 September 1905, page 9d.
A flooding of the town is reported in the Chronicle,
8 September 1894, page 23c,
Register,
24 July 1906, page 5h,
1 August 1906, page 7b.
Photographs are in the Observer,
18 August 1906, page 28.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods
"The Naracoorte Land" is in the Chronicle,
17 February 1906, page 8a.
Photographs of a military encampment are in the Chronicle,
9 March 1907, page 28,
of members of The Mutual Club on
6 June 1908, page 29,
The Critic,
5 July 1911, page 10,
Observer,
16 August 1913, page 31,
Liberal Union members in the Chronicle,
25 November 1911, page 31,
of the opening of the public baths on
22 December 1932, page 34,
of an Arbor Day on
29 June 1933, page 35,
of a Queen competition on
19 September 1935, page 41.
Information on the Mutual Club is in the Observer,
16 August 1913, page 41e.
The laying of the foundation stone of a new Institute hall is reported in the Register,
25 November 1913, page 8d;
a photograph is in the Observer,
6 December 1913, page 31;
its opening is reported in the Register,
7 April 1914, page 10e.
Biographical details of A.C. DeGaris are in the Register,
23 February 1924, page 10d.
Naracoorte - Railways
See Mount Gambier for information on the Naracoorte-Mount Gambier railway and contiguous districts and Mosquito Plains.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany for an essay on South East railways.
A letter concerning the Naracoorte-Port Caroline railway is in the Register,
23 September 1868, page 2g-h.
A report from the Surveyor-General in respect of "rival" railway routes to Rivoli Bay is in the Register,
27 October 1870, page 5b.
An editorial on the proposed local railway is in the Register,
26 February 1873, page 5a; also see
10 and 19 March 1873, pages 5b and 5d,
Chronicle,
20 January 1877, page 7d (history of).
An article on the railway terminus is in the Register,
4 October 1875, page 6d. See
15 and 17 January 1877, pages 5g and 5f for information on and the opening of the railway to Kingston.
A trip on it is described on
10 January 1883, page 5g.
Its history is recorded in the Advertiser,
15 January 1877, page 5e,
Register,
9 August 1880, page 5e.
Naracoorte - Obituaries
An obituary of James Tidy is in the Register, 1 May 1896, page 5c,
of Mrs Susan Forster on 26 March 1902, page 5a,
of Henry Smith in the Observer, 8 June 1907, page 40d,
of Alexander McKenzie on 29 February 1908, page 40b,
of Angus Cameron on 28 August 1909, page 40a.
An obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Dunning is in the Register,
26 April 1906, page 5b,
of Hugh Patterson on 7 August 1906, page 5a,
of J. McBain on 9 January 1907, page 6i,
of Andrew Attiwill on 18 December 1907, page 7a,
of Alexander McKenzie on 21 February 1908, page 5b,
of Angus Cameron on 21 August 1909, page 13e.
An obituary of Aitchison Grieve(s) is in the Register,
14 January 1911, page 13a,
Observer, 21 January 1911, page 39b,
of Samuel S. Grieves on 23 September 1911, page 39a,
of Edward Coe on 1 February 1913, page 41a,
of H. Melbourne on 6 December 1913, page 41a,
of Donald Campbell on 13 June 1914, page 39b,
of G.J. Manton on 28 November 1914, page 42a,
of Henry Threadgold on 21 August 1915 page 46a.
An obituary of Janet Thomson is in the Observer, 25 March 1916, page 32c,
of George Farmer on 28 October 1916, page 15a,
of G.G. McKay on 2 December 1916, page 22b,
of Allan McInnes on 13 January 1917, page 14c,
of A.E. Houghton on 7 July 1917, page 19b,
of Mrs W.J. Witt on 28 April 917, page 13e,
of Timothy Poole on 26 May 1917, page 33a,
of Mrs Juliet Caldwell on 11 August 1917, page 20e,
of W.C. Hastings on 29 September 1917, page 40b,
of Robert Thomson on 13 October 1917, page 13e,
of S.M. Gare on 15 December 1917, page 23c,
of Elisha DeGaris on 18 May 1918, page 19d,
of Mrs Catherine M. Attiwill on 27 December 1919, page 20a.
An obituary of John Price is in the Register, 5 March 1917, page 6g,
of Mrs W.J. Witt on 25 April 1917, page 6h, 14 May 1917, page 6f,
of Thomas H. Stuart on 30 April 1917, page 6g,
of Timothy Poole on 23 May 1917, page 6h,
of Thomas Farrow and Robert Leitch on 16 June 1917, page 6h,
of Mrs Jessie McLay on 29 June 1917, page 4g,
of H.E. Houghton on 4 Juy 1917, page 6g,
of Mrs Juliet Caldwell on 4 August 1917, page 8g,
of W.C. Hastings on 26 September 1917, page 6i,
of Robert Thomson on 9 October 1917, page 4f,
of Mrs R. Thompson on 3 November 1917, page 6f,
of S.M. Gare on 8 December 1917, page 8g.
An obituary of Mrs Mary Cameron is in the Register, 30 January 1918, page 6f,
of Mrs Jane Cartwright on 15 April 1918, page 4g,
of Robert Smith on 8 February 1919, page 6g,
of R.S. Sargent on 12 February 1919, page 6f,
of Duncan McIntyre on 6 May 1919, page 4g,
of Mrs Agnes McLellan on 2 July 1919, page 6h,
of John McBain on 12 November 1919, page 6g,
of Mrs Catherine M. Attiwill on 19 December 1919, page 6h.
An obituary of Mrs Esther Drew is in the Register, 10 March 1920, page 6h,
of George Humphries on 16 April 1920, page 6g,
of F.E. Lemke on 19 April 1920, page 7c,
of Mrs Anne Manton on 4 May 1920, page 7c,
of A.W. Barclay on 23 May 1921, page 4h,
of Patrick Glynn on 26 August 1921, page 8d.
An obituary of F.E. Lemke is in the Observer, 24 April 1920, page 14a,
of Archibald Carmichael on 1 July 1922, page 20b,
of Alexander Johnstone on 5 August 1922, page 21a,
of A.H.E. James on 13 January 1923, page 43d,
of Dr A.R. MacMillan on 17 March 1923, page 35c,
of William Reddan on 31 March 1923, page 35d,
of J. Lobban on 18 August 1923, page 39b,
of Thomas Farmer on 3 November 1923, page 39a,
of Samuel Tavender on 14 June 1924, page 38b.
An obituary of Mrs Martha Stuart is in the Register, 29 April 1922, page 6i,
of Mrs Hannah Light on 5 July 1922, page 6g,
of Alexander Johnstone on 2 August 1922, page 4g,
of William Wooffinden on 1 November 1922, page 8h,
of Mrs Ann MacDonald on 7 February 1923, page 6g,
of William Reddan on 28 March 1923, page 8g,
of Mrs Sophia McLeod on 3 August 1923, page 8h,
of J. Lobban on 14 August 1923, page 8h,
of Thomas Farmer on 19 October 1923, page 8h,
of Allan Maclean on 3 December 1923, page 11b,
of Mrs Jessie Badcock on 3 December 1923, page 11b.
An obituary of John P. Spence is in the Register, 25 June 1924, page 8h,
of Mrs Harriet C. Rule on 22 October 1924, page 8h,
of Simon Turnbull on 25 October 1924, page 8h,
of Mrs Joanna Farmer on 6 January 1925, page 6f,
of John A. Symes on 12 February 1925, page 8g,
of Mrs Johanna M. Girrbach on 16 April 1925, page 8f,
of Miss Robertina R. McKay on 23 April 1925, page 8g,
of Peter Anderson on 1 July 1925, page 13h,
of Mrs Isabella G. Johnstone on 12 August 1925, page 8i,
of Benjamin J. Lawrance on 29 August 1925, page 8h,
of Charles Calder on 7 October 1925, page 10h,
of Mrs Augusta C.F. Marcus on 21 November 1925, page 12e.
An obituary of Thomas Hollis is in the Observer, 8 August 1925, page 44c,
of W.T. Grundy on 5 September 1925, page 45b,
of Thomas Kidman on 1 January 1927, page 36c,
of P.E. Buck on 16 April 1927, page 44c,
of Mrs Johanna C. Schinckel on 17 September 1927, page 51e,
of Campbell Mehaffey on 10 March 1928, page 49a.
An obituary of William J. Cotter is in the Register, 31 March 1926, page 14f,
of August W. Langeludecke on 18 may 1926, page 15a,
of William C. Buck on 22 June 1926, page 9b,
of John Thomson on 14 July 1926, page 8h,
of Mrs Emily A. Price on 28 July 1926, page 17e,
of Harry Hawkes on 8 September 1926, page 8g,
of Mrs Jessie S. Davies on 22 September 1926, page 10f,
of Mrs Myrtle R. Leitch on 27 October 1926, page 8g.
An obituary of Mrs Isabella Cameron is in the Register, 23 November 1926, page 13a,
of Thomas Kidman on 24 December 1926, page 11c,
of Daniel Barrett on 9 April 1927, page 10f,
of Peter E. Buck on 12 April 1927, page 8g,
of Mrs Elizabeth B. Kidman on 11 June 1927, page 14a,
of John H. Atkins on 5 August 1927, page 8g,
of Hugh Longmore on 19 August 1927, page 11f,
of Peter A. Raffan on 5 September 1927, page 8f,
of Mrs Johanna C. Schinckel on 10 September 1927, page 13g,
of Mrs Hannah Tidy on 9 November 1927, page 19h.
An obituary of D.G. Mehaffey is in the Register, 5 March 1928, page 8h,
of Mrs Mary H. Thomson on 17 March 1928, page 8g,
of Charles T. Martlew on 9 April 1928, page 9f,
of Mrs Ann McInnes on 10 July 1928, page 11e,
of Reuben Chapman on 12 July 1928, page 13c,
of Mrs Christina M. Gould on 21 November 1928, page 11e,
of Michael J. Malone on 6 December 1928, page 12f.
