Place Names of South Australia - Q
Qualco - Quorn
Qualco
Nomenclature
The only available clue to its derivation is 'Qualco Hut' which appears on early maps on section 13, Hundred of Waikerie believed to have been used by shepherds on Thurk Station. Rooms were added to it and about 1897 it became the home of Captain James Patchey and his wife, Martha (nee Brand).
General Notes
Its school opened in 1900 and closed in 1945.
The Register of 14 December 1903 at page 8a says "Mr N. Morgan has 150 acres of [reclaimed lagoon] at what he calls Qualco."
A photograph of the post office is in the Chronicle,
8 September 1928, page 40.
Queens Own Town
Nomenclature
Named by the Acting-Gov., Lt-Colonel Hamley, the former Commander of the Queen's Own 50th Regiment. It has been 'Finniss' since 1940. (The town's railway station was always known as 'Finniss'.)
General Notes
Its school opened in 1869 and became "Finniss" in 1922.
The opening of the Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Chronicle,
1 May 1869, page 7d.
- The opening services in connection with our new Wesleyan Chapel were celebrated last Sunday when sermons were preached morning and evening by our old and respected minister, Rev M. Wilson... The building is of plain brickwork and is intended for the double purpose of chapel and day school...
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Place Names
Queenscliffe
The town is described in the Advertiser,1 March 1884, page 6g,
13 January 1886, page 6c,
6 March 1888, page 5g; also see
Chronicle,
29 June 1901, page 21c.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
September 1887, page 137.
- Our correspondent says that there is one lodging house in Queenscliffe the proprietor of which has been granted a hotel licence, which, however, has not yet come into force, but does not speak in very high terms of the accommodation provided... [It] exists largely on paper, but it possesses a post and telegraph office, a butcher's shop, an empty store, the lodging house aforementioned, besides two or three private houses. It is to have a police station and a church (curious that these should arrive simultaneously) and the residents assert that there is to be a jetty. I had to hear the rival claims of Brownlow and Queenscliffe to this last structure. The amount of jealousy which these two baby communities have managed to develop on the question is surprising...
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
12 January 1889, page 14e,
14 January 1893, page 21e,
11 January 1896, page 31b,
13 January 1900, page 15a.
An obituary of Henry Snelling is in the Register,
3 August 1898, page 6b.
The unveiling of the Flinders' obelisk is reported in the Advertiser,
24 March 1902, page 4g.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
5 April 1902.
Also see Place Names - Flinders.
Queenstown
Nomenclature
The original plan shows it as 'Queen's Town' and no doubt honours Queen Victoria.
General Notes
A public meeting called to press the Government to provide a "lockup" is reported in the Register,
8 August 1857, page 3c.
- A meeting of residents was held at Leslie's school room to take into consideration the expediency of petitioning Parliament, now assembled, to erect forthwith a Lock-up and also to appoint four policemen to protect the properties and persons of the inhabitants... Disreputable characters were known to be located in the neighbourhood; several cases of petty theft and one or two cases of sticking-up on the road had occurred...
A meeting of the Alberton and Queenstown Rifles is reported in the Register,
9 March 1860, page 2f.
Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.
School examinations are reported in the Observer,
1 January 1859, page 3d,
Register,
27 December 1860, page 3e,
Observer,
27 December 1862, page 3e,
Express,
26 December 1865, page 3a.
The local Commercial School has its examinations reported upon in the Register,
30 December 1863, page 2h,
26 December 1865, page 3g,
24 December 1868, page 3f,
23 December 1869, page 2f and
27 December 1870, page 6b.
These facts may relate to information in the Department of Education which shows the Queenstown School opening circa 1859 and closing in 1879 - see Register,
16 November 1878, page 5c.
Information on Mr Leslie's school is in the Observer,
26 February 1870, page 12g.
The results of a cricket match between Queenstown and Alberton are in the Observer,
8 September 1862, page 2g,
Express,
2 November 1864, page 2b,
Register,
4 January 1870, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Information on the football club is in the Observer,
22 July 1871, page 6g; also see
Express,
21 and 24 July 1871, pages 2d and 2c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Whittaker Memorial Church is reported in the Register,
4 November 1878, page 5c.
Information on the Primitive Methodist Church is in the Express,
10 June 1879, page 3g.
A meeting called to consider "the desirability of taking some means to check the inundation of the upper part of Queenstown which took place on the occasion of heavy floods" is reported in the Register,
3 August 1883, page 6d; also see
11 August 1883, page 6a.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.
Information on a rope factory is in the Observer,
17 April 1886, page 30d,
Register, 27 August 1886, page 6f;
also see 23 June 1888, page 5c,
Express, 13 March 1888, page 2f.
Also see Adelaide - Factories and Mills.
The township is described in the Register,
26 July 1888, page 7g and
in the reminiscences of A.T. Saunders on
7 July 1903, page 7h.
Biographical details of Samuel Bavistock are in the Register,
12 January 1892, page 5c,
of W. Brooks on 11 April 1911, page 7a.
A proposed amalgamation with Port Adelaide is discussed in the Express,
12 November 1897, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
"Annoying Citizens" is in the Register,
24 February 1903, page 4h.
The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs Joseph Noblet is reported in the Register,
26 November 1903, page 4i.
"A Disastrous Cyclone" is in the Register,
28 December 1903, page 5b.
An account of "A Queenstown Pioneer", Charles Emery, is in the Register,
6 and 13 August 1907, pages 5c and 8h.
Biographical details of Miss E.L. Parry are in the Register,
5 July 1927, page 8h,
of Thomas W. Rackett on 24 May 1928, page 11g.
Biographical details of A.T. Clutterham are in the Observer,
1 December 1928, page 34a,
of William Brooker on 29 December 1928, page 18d.
Queenstown - Obituaries
An obituary of Captain Gardiner is in the Register, 25 September 1889, page 5b.
An obituary of Thomas Edwards is in the Register, 12 May 1914, page 8a,
of Mrs Ellen E. McKinnon in the Observer, 16 July 1927, page 44e.
An obituary of Captain Gardiner is in the Register, 25 September 1889, page 5b.
An obituary of Mrs William Short is in the Observer, 19 April 1902, page 22c,
of Charles Emery on 10 August 1907, page 43a,
of Mrs E.A. Fricker on 15 October 1910, page 41a,
of J.E. Webb, baker, on 26 April 1913, page 41b,
of Mrs H.B. Channon on 24 June 1922, page 20d.
An obituary of E.C.A. Zeitz is in the Register, 16 January 1905, page 4i,
of Mrs W.H. Cammell on 5 June 1908, page 5a,
of L.E. Webb on 22 April 1913, page 6g,
of Mrs Amy Messenger on 23 April 1913, page 6h,
of W.H. Cammell on 22 November 1915, page 4i,
of Miss Mary M. Short on 3 February 1916, page 4g,
of Mrs Mary A. Evans on 7 November 1917, page 6g,
of George Bickle on 1 July 1920, page 7a,
of William S. Hill on 4 September 1925, page 11g,
of Jacob Bull on 9 September 1925, page 20a,
of Mrs Christopher Temby on 11 October 1926, page 8g.
An obituary of Thomas Edwards is in the Register, 12 May 1914, page 8a,
of Mrs Ellen E. McKinnon in the Observer, 16 July 1927, page 44e,
of Henry Ashby in the Register, 13 August 1928, page 13h.
Quin Rock
Nomenclature
Near Cape Gantheaume on Kangaroo Island was named by Captain Bloomfield Douglas in 1857. Hugh Quin (1817-1896), a former Harbor Master at Port Adelaide.
General Notes
Biographical information on Mr Quin is in the Observer,
3 December 1892, page 33b;
an obituary is in the Register,
30 April 1896, page 7e.
Quondong
Nomenclature
The 'Quondong Run' was established by Thomas Elder in 1869 (lease no. 1822). Quondong; a post office north-east of Burra; opened in September 1884 it closed in April 1907. It is a corruption of 'quandong', the native peach (Santalum acuminatum); the flesh of this fruit is sweet and palatable and was eaten in great quantities by the Aborigines who sometimes pressed its flesh into cakes.
General Notes
The need for a mail service for this district "110 miles north-east of Burra" is discussed in the Register,
21 May 1884, page 6g.
- [The government] was urged that a weekly mail service, either by horse or coach, be established between the Burra and Quondong about 110 miles to the north-eat of the Burra. The pastoral leases to the east and north-east of the Burra had had no mail service at all, although the country was permanently settled... The lessees who would be served held between 3,000 and 4,000 square miles of country... and there were six shearing stations, the clip from which reached as high as 1,400 bales...
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Place Names
Quorn
Nomenclature
The town was proclaimed on 16 May 1878 and named after Quorndon in Leicestershire.
General Notes
Details of the sale of town allotments are in the Register,
31 May 1878, page 5b.
The opening of Cowan's mill is reported in the Register,
24 December 1878 (supp.), page 2f.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1880,
of Dunn's mill in Frearson's Weekly,
13 November 1880, page 563.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
"The Wants of Quorn" is in the Register,
10 July 1879, page 2f (supp.).
- It was resolved that the government be asked to place a sum upon the Estimates for the erection of a police station at Quorn.... It was pointed out that the funds voted for a police station at Saltia might now be applied to one here instead, the opening of the railway through the Pichi Richi Pass having driven very much of the traffic off the road and caused a great decrease in the population and trade of that place... The necessity of obtaining a piece of ground for a cemetery was next discussed. It was stated that during two months only four persons had died and they had been buried in the cemetery to the south-east of the township. Mr Harris, however, explained that the graves were situated on the park lands, much too close to the township...
24 November 1932 and 15 December 1932, pages 33-42 and 43.
The town is described in Parliamentary Paper 91/1889,
Register,
7 February 1879, page 6a,
Chronicle,
20 November 1880, page 24e,
Advertiser,
20 December 1881, page 6b,
28 October 1886, page 7e,
27 January 1887, page 6d,
14 June 1888, page 3d,
Register,
16 December 1884, page 6a,
14 June 1888, page 6h.
Also see Chronicle,
29 October 1887, page 13e,
Register,
21 May 1889, page 6e,
22 December 1890, page 6f,
17 October 1892, page 7d,
15 January 1894, page 7b,
9 July 1894, page 7c (includes a race meeting),
16 June 1899, page 7a,
10 January 1900, page 10a,
25 February 1905, page 9a,
8 June 1922, page 7d,
9 November 1926, page 7,
7 and 12 September 1928, pages 15b and 7a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
19 March 1921, page 26,
Chronicle,
14 July 1932, page 32.
The sanitary state of the town is discussed in the Chronicle,
16 June 1888, page 9b.
On 10 November 1888 at page 7c of the Register it is said:
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This town... is often subjected to an influx of strangers of divers nationality, languages and tongues; and, of course, some with morals as mixed. To keep these in check, in addition to our local black sheep, we have now but one police constable...
Chronicle,
28 May 1892, page 6f.
Reminiscences of it appear in the Register,
29 September 1928, page 12a.
A history of the school is in the Observer,
6 October 1928, page 50a.
Information on a new high school is in the Register,
14 and 19 May 1924, pages 8g and 11h.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
27 July 1933, page 37,
3 August 1933, page 37,
24 October 1935, page 32.
A meeting to consider the formation of an agricultural society is reported in the Register,
23 April 1880, page 6d.
A report of a Show is in the Register,
29 September 1881 (supp.), page 3a,
2 October 1882 (supp.), page 1a,
Chronicle,
3 October 1885, page 7f,
Register,
21 September 1895, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
In an editorial of 12 May 1880, page 4d the Advertiser says:
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Typhoid is not the only disorder that has risen at Quorn from the disgustingly unclean condition of the township and the outrageous violation there of the most ordinary sanitary rules... There were unpaved, filthy pigsties, accumulations of house refuse even in the streets, pigs and goats at large, heaps of manure fresh and in all stages of decomposition, and not a single load of refuse had been removed for two years. It was, in fact, the dirtiest township the inspector had seen for several years.
(Also see Advertiser, 13 May 1880, page 4d.)
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
13 November 1880, page 26c,
22 November 1884, page 8d,
11 April 1885, page 15c,
1 May 1886, page 15a,
13 November 1886, page 23d,
5 September 1896, page 26c,
11 September 1887, page 26d.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
25 June 1881, page 21d,
3 January 1885, page 15c,
6 July 1889, page 14g,
Express,
21 July 1887, page 4e.
Information on the horse racing club is in The Mail,
17 July 1926, page 7a;
its history is in The News,
29 March 1928, page 15d and
reminiscences of it in the Register,
26 September 1928, page 14d.
Also see South Australia Sport - Horse Racing.
Information on local water supply is in the Register,
20 January 1882, page 5b-c; also see
31 January 1882, page 5d,
Chronicle,
24 July 1886, page 19c,
Register,
2 January 1892, page 7h,
Observer,
9 January 1892, page 20d,
Register,
7 March 1892, page 7e,
Observer,
12 March 1892, page 34c
Chronicle,
14 April 1894, page 2f,
4 January 1902, page 36e,
Register,
31 July 1914, page 9d,
Advertiser,
20 July 1886, page 7a,
26 January 1926, page 12i.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
The opening of the railway from Terowie is reported in the Observer,
25 March 1882, page 34e.
A train trip from Quorn to Hergott Springs is described in the Register,
6 August 1885, page 6a.
Information on the "old" and "new" railway stations appears on 28 October 1902, page 7g.
Information on the Quorn to Hawker train service is in the Advertiser,
7 and 17 June 1926, pages 7d and 15g.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
Vegetable growing by John White is reported upon in the Register,
7 April 1883, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fruit and Vegetables.
A fire at the Transcontinental Hotel is reported in the Register,
21 April 1883, page 3c (supp.).
A proposed institute is discussed in the Register,
5 July 1883, page 3f.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported in the Advertiser,
10 February 1891, page 7d;
also see Observer,
14 February 1891, page 30c.
Information on a rifle club is in the Express,
24 November 1882, page 3b.
The opening of a new rifle range is reported in the Observer,
3 October 1891, page 19d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting.
Information on the Chess Club is in the Chronicle,
22 December 1883, page 15g.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Chess.
A proposed council chamber is discussed in the Express,
16 September 1884, page 2e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
The divining of water in the district by Mr Gerber is reported and discussed in the Register,
13 and 16 June 1885, pages 4h-5h and 5b-7h.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Water Divining and Rainmaking.
Information on the local pound is in the Observer,
30 January 1886, page 14c.
A jubilee celebration is reported in the Advertiser,
12 September 1887, page 6e.
A proposed smelting works is discussed in the Advertiser,
1 May 1888, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Miscellany.
An embezzlement at the National Bank is reported in the Register,
26 April 1889, page 5a.
Also see South Australia - Banking and Finance - Banking - Trading Banks .
A railway picnic on Mr McConville's paddock is reported in the Chronicle,
28 September 1889, page 6d,
8 June 1901, page 32b,
the first Catholic picnic on
22 March 1890, page 22c and
a Catholic Fair on
2 November 1901, page 19b.
Biographical details of a Mayor, John Rock, are in the Register,
10 December 1892, page 1c (supp.).
The first local association cricket match played on the Quorn Oval is reported in the Register,
22 October 1894, page 7h.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
"Resuming the Quorn Park Lands" is in the Advertiser,
30 May 1891, page 7d.
A photograph of "Blondin at Quorn" is in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1894, page 169,
of R. Thompson's ironmonger's shop in
February 1895, page 21.
Experimental wheat plots are described in the Register,
13 December 1894, page 6f.
"Some Northern Gardens" is in the Chronicle,
21 September 1895, page 9d.
A report on the drought is in the Chronicle,
7 and 21 November 1896, pages 18c and 15a.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Droughts.
A tennis match against Port Augusta is reported in the Express,
28 May 1896, page 4b,
against Wilmington in the Chronicle,
30 December 1899, page 16b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Tennis.
Information on the Anglican Church is in the Register,
27 September 1897, page 5h.
A cottage gardener's show is reported in the Observer,
23 October 1897, page 4d,
Register,
5 November 1903, page 3g.
Biographical details of a Mayor, H. Matthews, are in the Register,
12 February 1900, page 5c,
Observer,
17 February 1900, page 16a,
9 February 1901, page 16a,
of G.J. Middleton on 19 July 1924, page 36e.
A flower show is reported in the Register,
3 May 1907, page 9f.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
A photograph of Mr & Mrs R. Thompson on the occasion of their silver wedding is in the Observer, 7 September 1907, page 31.
Information on a golf club is in the Observer,
30 May 1908, page 25d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf.
The opening of a branch of the Savings Bank of SA is reported in the Register,
3 December 1909, page 7e.
An obituary of H. Willshire, bank manager, is in the Register,
5 December 1922, page 10a.
Also see South Australia - Banking and Finance - Banking - Savings Bank of SA and Allied Matters .
"Larrikinism" is reported in the Register, 5 January 1911, page 9h:
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The offenders seemed to defy the police, threw stones, rang the Railway Station bell, upset the footboards at the street crossings, threw bricks and stones on roofs... called out insulting remarks to the two policemen, removed doorsteps and gates (including the one from the Court House), old wheels, tanks, one reaping machine, sliprails, and so on, from yards into the street, upset troughs, signboards, and anything movable they could lay their hands on, and some used disgusting language and hooted... These were not a pack of boys, but mostly young men and some were married men... Surely this matter will not be allowed to pass unnoticed.
(Also see Register, 7 and 10 January 1911, pages 11g and 3e.)
A photograph of a football team is in the Observer,
4 August 1906, page 30,
"Miss Quorn", Miss Morna Brown, is in the Chronicle,
27 October 1928, page 41,
of a band on 15 August 1935, page 34,
of members of a rifle club on 9 July 1936, page 35.
"Kindhearted Bagmen [commercial travellers]" is in the Observer,
31 May 1913, page 17b.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Commercial Travellers.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Richard Grigg is reported in the Register,
23 October 1915, page 8f.
A photograph of a railway ambulance team is in the Observer,
13 November 1920, page 24,
of farm houses destroyed by lightning on
17 September 1921, page 28.
Biographical details of George Easther are in the Register,
7 April 1923, page 8f.
"A Pioneer of Quorn - John Benjamin Rowe" is in the Observer,
11 October 1924, page 47e.
The opening of St Matthew's Church Parish Hall is reported in the Register,
3 August 1926, page 13f.
A "Back to Quorn" movement is mooted in the Register,
29 May 1928, page 3d; also see
25, 26 and 27 September 1928, pages 10b-13f, 12a and 13d.
A photograph of the committee is in the Chronicle,
25 August 1928, page 56; also see
Observer,
6 September 1928, page 36,
10 November 1928, page 38.
"Memories of the North" is in the Register,
22 September 1928, page 5a.
Information on Colebrook Home is in The Mail,
24 November 1928, page 25c.
The reminiscences of Mr Jabez Wright are in the Chronicle,
15 June 1933, page 8; also see
22 June 1933, page 6.
Quorn - Obituaries
An obituary of Thomas Lees is in the Observer, 30 June 1894, page 39e,
of J.G. Neindorf on 8 January 1910, page 37c.
An obituary of Thomas Lees is in the Register, 25 June 1894, page 4h,
of Fred Gaskell on 16 January 1896, page 6e,
of Father Cleary in the Express, 21 October 1896, page 4b.
An obituary of Fred Gaskell is in the Observer, 18 January 1896, page 21e,
of Carl Meinck of "Round Hill" on 6 August 1904, page 1a (supp.),
of Arabella C. Williams on 11 November 1905,
of Abraham Brewster on 17 November 1906, page 38d,
of W.E. Robinson, bank manager, on 1 December 1906, page 38d,
of John Carling on 18 June 1910, page 40a,
of Philip Ridgway on 25 May 1912, page 41a,
of James Donovan on 7 September 1912, page 41a.
An obituary of Mrs Arabella C. Williams is in the Register, 8 November 1905, page 7b,
of Mrs William Wright on 21 November 1905, page 4g.
An obituary of Robert Hotchins [Hutchins?] is in the Register, 2 November 1909, page 9b,
of Joseph Parsons on 28 February 1910, page 7a,
of Patrick Linnane on 9 November 1910, page 6h,
of Phillip Ridgway on 20 May 1912, page 6g,
of James Donovan on 31 August 1912, page 15a,
of Edward Tonkin on 5 February 1913, page 6i,
of George Venning on 19 February 1915, page 4h,
of Mrs Esther Flower on 10 November 1915, page 6h,
of Henry H. Hancock on 14 April 1916, page 4g,
of John Cook on 23 November 1917, page 4g.
An obituary of Edward Tonkin is in the Observer, 8 February 1913, page 41a,
of Mrs Rose Finlay on 3 May 1913, page 41a,
of Mrs Sarah Hill on 17 April 1915, page 44a,
of Mrs Esther Fowler on 13 November 1915, page 46b,
of James Foster on 18 December 1915, page 24c,
of H.H. Hancock on 22 April 1916, page 19d,
of John Williams on 22 July 1922, page 31b,
of John McColl on 21 October 1922, page 24b,
of John Finlay on 13 October 1923, page 11a,
of J.C. Turner on 1 December 1923, page 39b,
of G.A.F. Altmann on 22 August 1925, page 43c,
of W.C. Laidlaw on 14 January 1928, page 49d.
An obituary of James K. Marshall is in the Register, 4 May 1918, page 6g,
of G.J. Shepherd on 10 August 1918, page 6g,
of Mrs A. Brewster on 12 August 1918, page 4g,
of Mrs Catherine Gardiner on 19 March 1919, page 6i,
of Mrs Lucy H. Hilder on 18 November 1924, page 8g.
An obituary of George E. Prettejohn is in the Register,17 November 1920, page 7a,
of T.J. Evans on 3 May 1921, page 4h,
of Mrs Sarah F. Venning on 24 Janaury 1922, page 6h,
of Thomas White on 12 June 1923, page 9g,
of John Finlay on 5 October 1923, page 8h,
of Mrs Mary A. Taylor on 19 November 1923, page 6i,
of John C. Turner on 26 November 1923, page 13g,
of C.H. Altmann on 4 December 1923, page 8h,
of Mrs J.A. Knox on 7 October 1924, page 13d.
An obituary of James Hill and S. Shute is in the Register, 5 August 1925, page 15b,
of G.A.F. Altmann on 18 August 1925, page 8g,
of Mrs Margaret Foote on 12 April 1926, page 8f,
of Edward Ellery on 9 June 1926, page 13d,
of John B. Rowe on 30 June 1926, page 11f,
of George Miller on 23 July 1926, page 10f.
An obituary of Mrs Ellen E. Brewster is in the Register, 11 January 1927, page 11h,
of William Rodgers on 23 March 1927, page 15b,
of Mrs Mary Donnellan on 2 August 1927, page 12c,
of Mrs Mary A. Matthews on 20 September 1927, page 8h.
An obituary of John Hooper is in the Register, 6 April 1928, page 9f,
of William English on 22 May 1928, page 11h.
