Place Names of South Australia - P
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- Pittenweem
- Playford, Hundred of
- Pleasant, Mount
- Pleasant, Mount (KI)
- Poolna
- Plush Bend
- Plympton
- Poeppel Corner
- Point Pass
- Point Sturt
- Polda
- Poldinna
- Polly Well
- Poltalloch
- Pompey Pillar
- Pompoota
- Pompoon Swamp
- Ponde
- Poochera
- Poodra
- Pool of Siloam
Pittenweem
Nomenclature
A subdivision of part sections 124-25, Hundred of Wallaroo by Walter Watson Hughes (1803-1887) in 1871, who was born in Pittenweem, Scotland.
General Notes
A description of the town is in the Chronicle,
3 June 1871, page 8b.
Parliamentary Paper 26/1875 shows the school being conducted by Annie Quick with 75 enrolled pupils;
it opened in 1873 and closed in 1875.
The Register of 16 April 1888 at page 8b says "most of the tenants have got in arrears with their rent and many are not occupying the land."
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Place Names
Playford, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Thomas Playford, MP (1868-1901). The eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Playford (1795-1873), he arrived with his parents from England about 1843. He first entered Parliament as a Member for Onkaparinga and was closely associated with H.B.T. Strangways in the 'Land Bill' which gave farmers the opportunity of buying land on a deferred payment system. He died in 1915, aged 78 years.
General Notes
An obituary of Rev Thomas Playford is in the Observer,
10 January 1874, page 10c.
"The Hon. Thomas Playford and His Constituents" is in the Register,
15 February 1889, page 4h,
18 April 1889, page 7a.
Biographical details of Thomas Playford are in the Observer,
29 June 1889, page 33b;
satirical poems about "Honest Tom" are in the Observer,
21 April 1894, page 32c,
8 September 1894, page 25d.
A school of this name operated from 1887 until 1943.
Family photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 February 1904, page 42.
The district is described in the Register,
16 November 1906, page 6c.
An interview with Thomas Playford is reported in The Mail,
21 June 1913, page 8e.
Information on Reverend Playford and his son is in the Chronicle,
20 and 27 May 1937, pages 50d and 49a.
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Place Names
Pleasant, Mount (KI)
The Register of 15 June 1860, page 2h says:-
I arrived at Mount Pleasant or Thisbe [sic]. This is one of the highest points on the island, and composed entirely of sand thrown up by some convulsion of nature.
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[It] was a fancy name given to a very pretty spot by Mrs Price... There is no mountain anywhere near; but there is a mound... covered with a few mallee...
22 January 1910, page 11f.
- One of the most enterprising and optimistic of the new settlers in this neighbourhood is Mr L.S. Sanders... who, in partnership with Mr L.W. Engelbrech, secured last September the well known Mount Pleasant property, which they have since renamed Kaiwarra.... Prior to going to the island Mr Sanders resided in the Mount Gambier district where he took a deep interest in potatoes...
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Place Names
Pleasant, Mount
Nomenclature
A search at the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and a perusal of other records reveal that William Henry Kemp, born on 16 June 1830 at Walmer, Kent, England to William and Pleasant Kemp (nee Phillis) arrived in South Australia in 1855. Therefore, it can be concluded that Mrs Pleasant Kemp was a sister of James Phillis (1797-1889) who arrived in South Australia in the Duchess of Northumberland in 1839 and settled at what is now Mount Pleasant, where he purchased in 1848, jointly with Henry Bushell, his brother-in-law, section 7036, Hundred of Talunga which they named 'Pleasant'. (Henry Bushell married Charlotte Phillis and arrived in the Africaine, in 1836.) In naming the village of Mount Pleasant there appears to be no doubt that Henry Glover adopted the name of the Phillis and Bushell property for his creation.
An extension of this nomenclature is in Reg Butler's, The Quiet Waters By, where it is said:
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The undoubted attachment which the Phillis clan harboured for the name Pleasant may be clarified with further research beyond the immediate scope of this history. At the time the Phillises emigrated to South Australia, a Francis Bushell owned Mount Pleasant Farm on the lower branches of the famous hill in Kent...
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The Leake's country residence [in England] was closely situated between two promontories both named "Mount Pleasant"... The first Mount Pleasant is no more, but was a primary signalimg beacon point (later to become military barracks circa 1770) and was just a few kilometres to the east of Leake's residence on the cliffs of the then fast establishing seaport of Ramsgate, in Kent... The second and more lofty Mount Pleasant is... to the west of Ellington and was the second beacon in a line of fire-box signaling points that appeared to home in on Greenwich via Blackheath...
Residents of Mount Pleasant township in South Australia are not fully aware that the original settlers were basically from the younger sons of the Leake family that had setttled with merino sheep in Tasmania in 1822... the patriarch being John Leake (1780-1865)... A personal friend of Osmond Gilles, John Leake's son, Robert Rowland Leake, was directed to ride alongside the SA Company's surveyor, Johann Menge. Robert had intention to set up high signaling points from the sources of the River Torrens' interior to Adelaide and on to Glenelg, It is doubtful they were successful, but it was, no doubt, Robert's idea to name the actual Mount Pleasant upon sponsor, John Leake's behalf... Robert [Leake] felt securely enough settled by 1838 with 2,000 sheep fast increasing around Mount Pleasant and with pastoral lease in hand, soon purchased Mount Pleasant's first Special Survey 80 acre section... With his letters of invitation to his brothers in Tasmania he addressed them from "White Hills" (his original name for what became the Mount Pleasant township of Talunga)...
General Notes
A proposed Wesleyan Chapel is discussed in the Register,
3 June 1857, page 2d.
A ploughing match is reported on
10 October 1857, page 3d.
A ploughing match and show of livestock is reported in the Farm & Garden,
11 November 1858, page 84,
Register,
3 and 16 September 1859, pages 3g and 3f and
a reaping match in the Chronicle,
17 January 1863, page 3a.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
Information on a proposed Agricultural Society is in the Observer,
29 November 1862, page 1d (supp.).
A local Show is reported upon in the Register,
7 March 1873, page 6e,
21 March 1884, page 6e.
An interesting letter about it is in the Register,
12 April 1883, page 6f; also see
Advertiser,
11 October 1884, page 6e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
26 March 1904, page 44,
Observer,
25 March 1905, page 26,
Chronicle,
27 March 1909, page 30,
23 March 1933, page 31.
A photograph of Mr Peter Laing, the veteran bellman at the show, is in the Chronicle,
28 March 1935, page 38.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
Reports of larrikinism in the village are to be found in the Register,
29 March 1860, page 3d,
4 and 9 April 1860, pages 2h and 3c.
Also see Adelaide - Larrikism.
- This township would imply, from its name, that it is one of the prettiest, nicest and even quietest in which you could settle yourself. This has been the case until lately, when even storekeepers could retire to rest with their premises unfastened. But, alas, all that's bright must fade.... Early on Sunday morning... certain young men, some recognised, amused themselves by going around houses and knocking violently until they roused the inmates; several females were much alarmed and made ill for a day or two. Calves were turned loose and pigs so ill-treated, or otherwise abused, that they died a day or two after...
28 December 1863, page 2g,
29 December 1865, page 3c,
Chronicle,
21 December 1867, page 7d.
A "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1901, page 19d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Flags and Patriotic Songs.
A local cricket match is reported in the Register,
28 March 1862, page 3f,
18 April 1863, page 3g.
A match against a North Rhine team was played on Mr Phillis' property; see
Register,
1 April 1869, page 3a.
A match against Gumeracha is reported on
8 February 1871, page 6d; also see
Observer,
19 September 1874, page 7b,
Express,
5 May 1886, page 7f.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Tobacco growing is reported upon in the Express,
4 November 1864, page 2b. Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Tobacco.
- We have seen a sample of colonial tobacco grown and manufactured by Mr Robert Green of Mount Pleasant. It is a good example and we are pleased too learn that his experiment has so far been successful as to induce him to plant two acres....
15 April 1865, page 2g.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A proposed Presbyterian Church is discussed in the Chronicle,
3 March 1866, page 2f and
its opening in the Register,
1 August 1866, page 2g.
Parliamentary Paper 168/1870-71 has information on the local goldfield discovered in 1869 by William Kendell, George Pim, Jonas Scholes and William Bartholemew; also see Register, 8 February 1870, page 4f.
Information on the police station is in the Observer,
21 September 1867, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Police.
A report on the laying of the foundation stone of the Bank of South Australia is in the Register,
31 October 1868, page 2g.
A gold discovery in the district is reported in the Register,
25 January 1872, page 5a; also see
18 July 1872, page 5d.
The field was called an "El Dorado" - see
Register,
28 September 1872, page 5c and
1 October 1872, page 5a.
"A Visit to Messrs Scott's Auriferous Sections" is in the Register on
10 August 1872, page 5c and
14 March 1876, page 6a (see Place Names - Deloraine).
A history of the German Reef Company appears on
3 October 1881, page 6c and
a report on the Penryhn Mine on
24 October 1881, page 6d and
12 November 1881 (supp.), page 2f.
Also see Register,
17, 18, 19, 22, 28, 30 and 31 August 1893, pages 4g-7a, 6d, 6f, 7c, 7h, 4f and 7d,
13, 16, 17 and 21 March 1894, pages 7c, 7e, 6a and 3g,
30 May 1894, page 7c,
22 September 1894, page 6f,
24 January 1895, page 5a,
26 February 1895, page 5c,
12, 18 and 26 June 1895, pages 6d, 5h and 6d,
9 November 1896, page 3a.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
A mail coach accident is reported in the Chronicle,
3 October 1874, page 13e,
4 January 1913, page 31a.
The death of Mrs Bushell is reported in the Register,
12 June 1863, page 3e,
Henry Bushell's obituary is in the Register,
11 June 1875, page 5c,
James Phillis's on 6 September 1889, page 5a and
John Phillis Bushell's in the Chronicle,
25 March 1899, page 19c,
of Mrs C.E. Phillis in the Register,
9 December 1904, page 5b,
Observer,
17 December 1904, page 44d,
of Mrs Charlotte Bushell on 16 February 1907, page 40e,
of George Phillis on 31 July 1909, page 40a,
biographical details of Mrs Emma Phillis in the Register,
24 December 1925, page 8g,
Observer,
3 April 1926, page 46d (obit.).
An account of children lost in the bush is in the Observer,
29 April 1882, page 29c.
A visit to Mr Samuel Tapscott's dairy farm near Mullendella Creek is reported in the Register,
2 October 1882 (supp.), page 1b.
The Somerset Cheese and Butter Factory is discussed in the Observer,
24 October 1896, page 4e.
A swimming carnival held in the Wongara Dairy Farm Reservoir is reported in the Register,
27 December 1916, page 7g.
Information on R.T. Melrose's dairy farm is in the Register,
5 April 1921, page 6b.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
A coursing meeting is commented upon in the Observer,
26 July 1884, page 18,
Chronicle,
26 June 1886, page 14f,
Express,
16 June 1890, page 4c,
6 June 1892, page 3f,
Advertiser,
20 August 1892, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing.
A reunion of old colonists is reported in the Register,
1 April 1890, page 5b.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
25 November 1893, page 23f.
A disastrous bushfire is commented upon in the Register,
9 and 11 February 1901, pages 8d and 6e,
"Mount Pleasant Swept by Flame" on
15 February 1926, page 9a.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
20 February 1926, page 37.
Register, 15 and 16 February 1926, pages 9a and 9a-10.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.
"Mount Pleasant Products" is in the Register,
23 March 1903, page 3e.
The town is described in the Register,
1 December 1903, page 3d.
Photographs are in the Observer,
5 July 1924, page 32.
A photograph of Mrs Stephen Castle and descendants is in the Observer,
17 November 1906, page 29.
A photograph of "Blyth's Cutting" is in the Chronicle,
19 December 1908, page 10.
Information on a golf club is in the Observer,
31 August 1912, page 25b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf.
The opening of the hospital is reported in the Register,
28 June 1924, page 14h.
The laying of a foundation stone of a soldiers' memorial hall is reported in the Register,
22 November 1926, page 10c and
its opening in the Advertiser,
18 July 1927, page 13f;
a dedication service is reported on
12 November 1929, page 13c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
27 November 1926, page 34,
23 July 1927, page 33,
Chronicle,
23 July 1927, page 40.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
Mr Melrose's property "Rosebank" is described in The Mail,
17 October 1928, page 16.
A photograph of shearers is in the Observer,
17 November 1906, page 29,
of aquatic sports on
6 January 1917, page 26,
5 January 1918, page 20.
Mount Pleasant - Obituaries
An obituary of Mrs George Melrose is in the Register, 4 November 1887, page 5c,
of Joseph Thyer on 8 February 1889, page 5a,
of James Burke on 9 October 1894, page 5b,
of Henry Giles in the Observer, 3 December 1892, page 31a,
of Edward Brice on 24 March 1900, page 22d.
An obituary of Francis Dixon is in the Register, 23 October 1896, page 5b,
of Edward Brice on 20 March 1900, page 5b,
of Isaac Hall on 30 December 1903, page 4h,
of C.W. Hamilton, bank manager, on 21 July 1905, page 4h.
An obituary of Isaac Hall is in the Observer, 2 January 1904, page 34d,
of C.W. Hamilton on 29 July 1905, page 38d,
of Mrs Muir on 28 March 1908, page 40e,
of Mrs John Royal on 12 December 1908, page 40e,
of Mrs Hannah Starkey on 9 December 1916, page 35e,
of Thomas O'Dea on 27 July 1918, page 19c,
of H.A. Giles on 8 October 1921, page 20c,
of Miss Sarah K. Giles on 24 July 1926, page 11c.
An obituary of Mrs Harriet Brice is in the Register, 28 July 1913, page 6g,
of Mrs Hannah Starkey on 7 December 1916, page 4h,
of Thomas O'Dea on 24 July 1918, page 6f,
of H.A. Giles on 5 October 1921, page 61,
of Sarah K. Giles on 16 July 1926, page 8i,
of Francis Thomson on 27 June 1927, page 8g.
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Place Names
Plush Bend
The nomenclature of this place as expressed in Manning's Place Names of South Australia as honouring Frederick Plush may well be adjudged as being "partially" correct because his brother, John Plush, was also a coach driver - see "Coaching from Morgan to Wentworth", the reminiscences of John Plush, in the Advertiser, 3 January 1933, page 8g.
An obituary of William Plush is in the Observer,
13 June 1914, page 39c.
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Place Names
Plympton
Nomenclature
In his entertaining reminiscences held in the Mortlock Library, Henry Webb, who lived in the village in about 1841, said:
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... My father bought a five acre allotment of land from Mr Boswarva in the suburban section now known as Plympton which he [Boswarva] named in honour of his native town in Devonshire.
General Notes
The laying of the foundation stone of the Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Register,
7 October 1854, page 2f.
Information on the Half-Way Stables of the coaching days is in The News,
1 January 1930, page 9c.
Information on the cricket club is in the Observer,
24 May 1879, page 14b,
Express,
21 May 1880, page 3c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
The opening of the public school is reported in the Register,
19 and 21 February 1881, pages 5a-6d and 7c.
A photograph of its "Toy Band" is in the Chronicle,
28 December 1933, page 30,
27 December 1934, page 34.
A report on a race meeting at Mr Washington's paddock is in the Register,
27 December 1881, page 6a.
Pony races are reported in the Chronicle,
6 August 1892, page 14f,
Advertiser,
12 September 1892, page 7a,
Observer,
17 December 1892, page 14b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The district is described in the Register,
24 December 1883, page 6g and
the village in the Advertiser,
24 June 1887, page 7b.
- Mr John Martin [lives] in the vicinity of Plympton ... and close to that beautiful group of native pine trees (Frenelias), which has to this day escaped the destroying hand of the settlers, whose greatest ambition appears to have been to shave the rugged face of their newly adopted country and give it a smug "civilised" appearance. Although in the times long past - that is about forty years ago - there was a thick black forest to the eastward there was never any particularly strong growth of trees upon the land occupied by Mr Martin. Mr Richard Patterson who is a landscape gardener, etc., by profession and was late the garden foreman at the Melbourne Exhibition, undertook the task of beautifying the land surrounding Mr Martin's cottage...
- Water is laid on from the Adelaide reservoirs. Several piggeries, slaughterhouses and cow keepers' premises were in a most unsatisfactory condition, some of the piggeries especially were in a filthy and offensive state... There is no person licensed by the local board to perform the duties of nightman...
24 December 1883, page 6g.
Boring for water is commented upon in the Register,
20 March 1891, page 7c,
Chronicle,
28 March 1891, page 7g.
Also see Adelaide - Water Conservation.
Information on the reformatory is in the Express,
22, 24 and 31 May 1895, pages 3e, 2e and 2b,
"The Plympton Reformatory Case" is in the Advertiser,
8 August 1895, pages 4e-6d.
For further information see Place Names - Edwardstown.
The opening of the plumpton (live hare coursing) track is reported in the Register,
25 July 1896, page 4f; also see
27 July 1896, page 7c,
10 and 29 August 1896, pages 7d and 7h,
Advertiser,
21 May 1898, page 5h,
Express,
11 May 1900, page 4c,
Register,
26 June 1909, page 5g.
A photograph is in the Observer,
2 June 1923, page 28.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing.
A polo match on the course is described in the Register,
17 April 1902, page 7h,
Chronicle,
20 December 1902, page 26d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Polo.
"Run Down by a Train" is in the Express,
26 January 1904, page 4d.
A gymkhana is reported in the Chronicle,
20 April 1907, page 21c.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Register,
18 July 1908, page 8h.
Also see South Australia -Education - Arbor Days.
A photograph of the Bronzewing Poultry Farm in the Observer,
13 September 1913, page 31,
of Methodist Tennis Club members in the Chronicle,
28 March 1935, page 34.
Biographical details of Mrs M.A. Padman are in the Observer,
22 April 1916, page 28c, Register
18 April 1917, page 6g,
of Mrs S.J. Sincock on 13 April 1929, page 17d.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Church of Good Shepherd is reported in theRegister,
26 October 1925, page 11c.
Plympton - Obituaries
An obituary of Edward Jury is in the Register,
20 March 1893, page 5a,
Observer,
25 March 1893, page 30d,
of Thomas Manning, vigneron, on 30 May 1896, page 14d,
of Mrs Elizabeth Ryan on 9 June 1928, page 49a.
An obituary of Captain W.H. Morish is in the Register,
14 June 1905, page 5c,
of Alfred Beckman on 5 June 1920, page 9e,
of Mrs Mary A. Padman on 1 October 1920, page 8d,
of Mrs Elizabeth Ryan on 2 June 1928, page 14c.
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Place Names
Poeppel Corner
Nomenclature
August Poeppel (1839-1891), a surveyor who, in 1879, established the eastern boundary line of South Australia from Cooper Creek to 26? latitude (Haddon Corner).
General Notes
His report on the sinking and timbering of a well "about 90 miles north of the Corner" is in the Register,
17 June 1884, page 5c; also see
21 August 1885, page 5b,
Express,
30 September 1885, page 7c.
- I have the honour to report that I have completed sinking and timbering a native well, known to the blacks as Mudloo. I find the position to be about 90 miles north of the corner and about five miles west of the boundary... I have not as yet found timber sufficiently good for mileposting... The party is in good health and the camels have improved in condition.
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Place Names
Point Pass
Nomenclature
The first settlers in the district were the Richards family and when asked to name the place, tradition has it that Mrs Richards said:
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I came from Pointz Pass in Ireland and here's a point to pass, so let's call it Point Pass.
General Notes
A horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
7 January 1871, page 8a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A rabbit plague is discussed in the Register,
13 August 1875, page 3f; also see
2 September 1875, page 4e.
- A meeting took place at Point Pass to discuss the necessity of getting the main road to Kapunda macadamised and to consider the rabbit question. Mr John Farley acted on behalf of the English and Mr C.F. Fechner for the Germans present... The [rabbits] extended across a large tract of country north and east of the river over an area of 1,000 square miles... A dispute arose as to whether the rabbits could be buried alive in their burrows, it having been found that the entrances to burrows when closed were opened again in a few days. It was stated that outside rabbits would open the holes again...
The school opened in 1891 and closed in 1945.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
16 April 1904, page 13c,
6 April 1907, page 40c,
Advertiser,
3 April 1929, page 12f.
Information on the Point Pass College is in the Register,
19 July 1900, page 6g.
The 65th wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs Gerlach is reported in the Register,
1 December 1903, page 4h, and
the golden wedding of Mr & Mrs W. Nicolai on 17 April 1922, page 5g.
A photograph of the golden wedding of Mr & Mrs J. Schutz is in the Observer,
6 December 1913, page 41c.
Photographs of the Lutheran college are in the Observer,
11 July 1914, page 4 (supp.).
Point Pass - Obituaries
An obituary of C.T. Rowett, hotelier, is in the Observer, 1 August 1896, page 10d,
of J.G. Reuther on 7 March 1914, pages 41c-44a,
of C.F. Leditschke on 2 June 1923, page 35c,
of J.G. Schultz on 26 November 1927, page 45b.
An obituary of J.F. Schmidt is in the Register, 24 September 1927, page 16c,
of Johann W. Schulz on 21 May 1928, page 8g,
of Johann W. Nicolai on 7 November 1928, page 12b.
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Place Names
Point Sturt
Historical information on the Church of Christian Disciples is in the Observer,14 March 1925, page 60d.
Parliamentary Paper 73/1872 shows the school being conducted in a chapel by Alfred Gray with 33 enrolled pupils; it opened in 1860. Examinations are reported in the Observer,
3 January 1863, page 3d,
Chronicle,
20 April 1872, page 7b.
An obituary of Mrs Jane Mitchell is in the Register,
24 August 1901, page 5c,
of William Pearce in the Observer,
17 July 1909, page 42c.
A history of the Point Sturt pastoral property is in the Observer,
30 August 1913, page 49a.
"Dairying in the South" is in the Register,
1 September 1915, page 4d.
- Two names indissolubly associated with Point Sturt are those of Angas and Yelland - the former in relation to the famous shorthorn cattle and the latter in connection with cattle also, but chiefly the dairying breeds. The late Mr J.H. Yelland launched out at Point Sturt more than 50 years ago... The grazing in the district is some of the finest in the State... Messrs Yelland have a substantially built and well appointed butter and cheese factory...
Biographical details of Alexander Mann are in the Observer,
2 June 1928, page 34b.
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Place Names
Polda
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'good water place'. The 'Polda Run' was held by Gregory Hawson (lease no. 1652), originally no. 491 taken up on 27 May 1856.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1920 and closed in 1933.
"The Polda Scheme" is in the Advertiser,
20 September 1928, page 16d,
"Water from Polda Rocks" on
26 February 1929, page 15d; also see
Chronicle,
5 September 1929, page 46a.
- In order to test thoroughly the Polda area on Eye Peninsula as an auxiliary water supply in the Tod River reservoir, a number of wells were sunk to determine the most suitable situation for a pumping plant and to record the effect of continuous pumping on the watertable... 12,000 gallons of water per hour were delivered through 800 feet of piping... It was apparent that a much larger body of water existed than was hitherto supposed...
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Place Names
Poldinna
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word, meaning 'rockhole'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1927 and closed in 1931.
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Place Names
Polly Well
Nomenclature
On section 19, Hundred of Peake; it was sunk by John Whyte in 1877 and has since been filled in. As to its name, one theory is that a horse 'Polly' was employed in drawing water from it; it has also been suggested that Polly, a cow fell down it. Finally, it may have been the name of the wife of an early settler. Was it a horse, cow or lady? In a letter to the author in December 1990, the Jabuk district historian, Elizabeth Nicholls, said, inter alia:
- ...some people say it was named after an early settler. That settler was Mrs George Lee. George was a worker constructing the new railway line that was opened in 1906. His wife, Polly, decided to join him at the head of the line which was a camp at Polly's Well... Also, while I was reading through letters of John Whyte's (the pastoralist) wife, she was explaining to her sister, Polly, that she would not be travelling south due to the Murray drying up... Perhaps the well was named after her because [it] was named well before 1906 according to my maps...
General Notes
It is referred to in the Register, 24 May 1893, page 7a.
A sports day and picnic at Welcome Well is reported in the Chronicle,
12 January 1907, page 42c.
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Place Names
Poltalloch
Nomenclature
On 30 August 1839 Neill Malcolm paid £4,000, in England, for a special survey of 4 000 acres on the northern shores of what is now known as Point Malcolm. It may take its name from Poltalloch, in Argyllshire, Scotland from whence he came; it derives from the Gaelic teallach - 'stream of the smithy'. Prof N.B. Tindale says it could be derived from poltoan, the name of an Aboriginal camping ground on a flat beside the lake.
General Notes
The history of Poltalloch Station is in the Register,
20 January 1904, page 8c.
A photograph of an Aboriginal, Queen Louisa, is in the Observer,
25 March 1916, page 26.
"[Peace] Celebrations at Poltalloch Estate" is in the Register,
28 July 1919, page 6f.
- Matthew Kropinyeri, a member of the coloured community at Point McLeay, writes: "With the exception of only half a dozen or so, all the inhabitants of Point Mcleay went to Poltalloch on Peace Day in response to a very kind invitation from Mr and Mrs Bowman... On [arrival] the schoolchildren's fife and drum band, under the direction of Mr Lawrie, the school teacher, headed the procession to the grounds... A football match having been arranged, the visitors stripped off to face a strong combination from different clubs... The good old mission team proved more than equal to the conflict and scored a remarkably easy win... The peace celebration was a red letter day... "
15 October 1921, page 24,
28 August 1930, page 33.
Also see Adelaide - Girl Guides.
The introduction of koala bears from Queensland is reported in the Register,
7 September 1927, page 8f; also see
The News,
16 September 1927, page 5g.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Marsupials and Mammals.
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Place Names
Pompey Pillar
Nomenclature
A hill of Wilpena Pound named by William Greig Evans in 1895, while surveying the Hundred of Moralana, after a black tracker who was with his party.
General Notes
The Register of
29 October 1857, page 2d mentions a native guide called "Pompey" "who attended and deserted Mr Babbage..."
An editorial headed "Death of Pompey" is in the Register,
6 May 1864, page 2e; also see
Chronicle,
18 January 1890, page 21f.
- Mr Ball pushed his way through a desolate country to the northern part of the Barrier Range and to the Grey Range... Here... Mr Ball found abundance of feed, but was frequently unable to obtain water. He had with him during a portion of the time the native guide, Pompey, who attended and deserted Mr Babbage and who played off a similar trick on Mr Ball. In consequence of the desertion of his guide this gentleman was compelled to return much earlier than he had intended and he again crossed Lake Torrens...
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Place Names
Pompoon Swamp
The district is described in the Register,3 February 1875, page 6d.
- Has some of our northern farmers a section of it near their wheat-sick holdings it would be a fortune to them, as it would furnish a supply of manure for years. The soil consists of partly decomposed vegetable matter for three or four feet and is of such combustible nature when dry that the earth thrown out from the cutting of the drains has in several places taken fire and burnt away...
Modern-day maps show the School Reserve as contiguous to sections 230 and 173, Hundred of Mayurra.
An obituary of W.P. Thompson, teacher, is in the Register,
11 May 1911, page 4h.
Pittenweem - Pool of Siloam
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Place Names
Pompoota
Nomenclature
An irrigation area 14 km south of Mannum, derived from the Aboriginal pompe - 'rising' or 'swollen' and putte - 'end of the tide'. Tidal influence ceases at this point of the river.
General Notes
"The Pompoota Swamp Strike" is in the Advertiser,
11 June 1912, page 12d.
- Referring to the trouble at the reclamation works on the Pompoota swamp where several days ago 12 men ceased work and demanded one shilling and sixpence an hour for six hours a day for working on wet ground the Commissioner of Crown Lands said: "... The work must proceed as desired by the expert officers who are responsible for its successful conclusion. I regret the attitude of the men concerned."
15 April 1916, page 33d,
12 May 1917, page 5d.
The opening of a school is reported in the Chronicle,
27 January 1917, page 16e.
Information on the "Soldier Settlement" is in the Advertiser,
17 August 1916, page 6h,
2 December 1916, page 13e,
23 January 1917, page 9a,
Register,
25 and 29 January 1917, pages 5c and 9d,
9 February 1917, page 4f,
16 April 1917, page 8e,
Advertiser,
16 November 1920, page 8d.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
27 May 1916, page 27,
9 December 1916, page 18e,
17 November 1917, page 24,
Observer,
17 March 1917, page 28.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Repatriation.
The irrigation area is described in the Advertiser,
29 October 1925, page 19.
Education Department records show its school being opened in 1937 and closed in 1947.
However, the Advertiser of
23 January 1917, page 9a has a report on the opening of a school.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
13 August 1936, page 37.
Flooding of the settlement is reported in the Advertiser,
25 and 26 August 1931, pages 9h and 9a.
Pittenweem - Pool of Siloam
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Place Names
Ponde
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'murray cod' or, more specifically, 'a silhouette of the looping river likened to that of the great fish'. (See Mason, Neeta and Tailem Bend for the associated myth of 'Ponde')
General Notes
Its school opened as "Neeta" in 1921;
name changed in 1921 and closed in 1960.
Flooding of the settlement is reported in the Advertiser,
24 August 1931, page 7a.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
8 October 1931, page 33.
- Dairy Settlements Being Crippled - Thirteen Ponde Farmers Lose Livelihood Overnight - Following quickly upon the bursting of the levee which had held the flood from the Cowirra farms, the neighbouring settlement on the reclaimed Ponde swamp was submerged beneath from two to ten feet of water... and 13 dairy farmers, some of whom had struggled to comparative comfort in the years they had been there, lost their essential fodder crops... They are in a desperate plight...
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Place Names
Poochera
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal name for a hill in the area, the name of a tribal chief, or a corruption of putyednura - 'towards the mist or fog'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1920 and closed in 1976.
"Poochera Tragedy" is in the Register,
26 and 27 July 1928, pages 9a and 9a,
25 August 1928, page 9c,
Observer,
1 September 1928, page 16c.
A photograph of a football team is in the Chronicle,
4 November 1937, page 37.
Pittenweem - Pool of Siloam
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Place Names
Poodra
An 1872 photograph of the property is in the Chronicle, 28 July 1932, page 34.
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Place Names
Poolna
An obituary of Mrs Ann Crowe is in the Register,2 October 1915, page 8g,
Observer,
9 October 1915, page 46a.
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Place Names
Pool of Siloam
Nomenclature
Was the name of a pool in Jerusalem to which Hezekiah channelled water through a rock tunnel from the Gihon Spring. Here Jesus sent a blind man for healing. (See 2 Kings 20:20 and John 9:7) Early tourist brochures claimed that the lake near Beachport possessed therapeutic or healing properties. It is now known as 'Lake Beachport' or 'Beachport Salt Lake'.
General Notes
It is described in the Register,
4 May 1894, page 5c.
- Beachport has a wonderful pool which is all too little known... We make the following statement from a letter just to hand from Dr Campbell: "Pure water is reckoned as 1, sea water 20.3 and Pool of Siloam 40... It is difficult to sink when in the water... If your people wished to condense it you will have an excellent deposit waiting for you..."
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