Place Names of South Australia - S
Snake Gully - Springton
- Snake Gully
- Snelling Creek
- Snewin Rock
- Snowden Beach
- Snowtown
- Snug Cove
- Sod Hut
- Solomon, Hundred of
- Solomontown
- Somerset
- Somerton
- South East
- Sour Flats
- South Gap
- South Hummocks
- South Rhine
- Southend
- Southwark
- Souttar, Point
- Spalding
- Spence, Hundred of
- Spencer Gulf
- Spring Cart Gully
- Spring Creek
- Spring Grove
- Springbank
- Springfield
- Springs
- Springhead Farm
- Springton
Snake Gully
The opening of a road at this place "which [has] hitherto been partly private property" is noted in the Register,16 August 1859, page 3b.
A report on the opening of the bridge is to be found in the Observer,
14 February 1874, page 12f; also see
Register,
26 February 1872, page 6d for a visit to the site of a new bridge and
a report of an opening of a bridge on
2 March 1872, page 6a,
7 May 1873, page 5d.
- For many years the want of a bridge over the Little Para on the Golden Grove and Sampson's Flat main road had been felt by residents of the Teatree Gully district whose farms are situated near the stream... {it] is the most direct road to the Barossa Diggings and the other goldfields in that vicinity... Wednesday, February 11th [was] the day fixed for the opening of the bridge... It is made completely of stone and has a span of 24 feet... The contractor was Mr J. Coad... The foundation stone was laid by Miss McEwin in May 1873...
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Place Names
Snelling Creek
Nomenclature
Henry Snelling who held the Middle River run west of Stokes Bay in 1876.
General Notes
An account of a H. Snelling being lost in the bush on Kangaroo Island is reported in the Register,
3 September 1861.
- A rumour was circulated that Mr Henry Snelling... had been lost in the bush on Kangaroo Island... The news was brought into town on Sunday last by Mr Wickham Daw... We are sorry to add that the missing man has a wife and a large family dependent upon him...
3 August 1898, page 6b and
of Mrs Eliza A. Snelling in the Observer,
26 July 1924, page 38b.
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Snewin Rock
Nomenclature
Captain Frederick P. Snewin, master of the coastal trading vessel, Penola.
General Notes
A testimonial to Captain Snewin is reported in the Register,
26 December 1861, page 5e and
an obituary on
29 September 1891, page 5c.
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It has seldom been our lot to record a more gratifying testimonial to a well known colonist and sailor than that which has just appeared in our advertising columns from of a letter to Captain Snewin from the passengers by the steamer Ant during her last voyage from Guichen Bay...
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Place Names
Snowden Beach
Nomenclature
Robert Snowden conducted a hotel and dairy in the district.
General Notes
Historical information on Robert Snowden is in the Advertiser,
20 February 1917, page 9d.
Register,
3 May 1917, page 8e:
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The building of Fletcher's slip in 1850 induced Robert Snowden to lease part of the same section to build the Waterman's Arms, which opened in 1851, being the second on LeFevre Peninsula. The first was opposite the North Arm, but it did ot get the support expected and closed in a couple of years.
- The only good sandy beach in the Port River 50 years ago was about two miles downstream, or north from Port Adelaide, and was known as Snowden's Beach. It is now gone, for the south-west wind blew sand from Lefevre Peninsula into the river where the beach was after Mr Mullet destroyed the rushes and allowed the sand to drift... [it was said that] Robert Snowden had a house and dairy near the beach and used the beach for his boat... but Snowden does not appear to have owned or leased land at Snowden's Beach... The first mention of him I find is in Tolmer's reminiscences... in which Tolmer tells how in 1844 he headed a party of police who went to Kangaroo Island and arrested a number of criminals [including a man] who had stolen one of Snowden's boats...
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Place Names
Snowtown
Nomenclature
The town was proclaimed on 19 December 1878 and named by Governor Jervois. Thomas Snow arrived in South Australia in August 1878 and was appointed Governor Jervois' private secretary on 15 August 1878 while Sebastian Cosens Snow was appointed his aide-de-camp on 25 November 1880.
General Notes
A sale of town allotments is reported in the Chronicle,
25 January 1879, page 9c.
Its school opened in 1879;
a photograph of the school band is in the Observer,
19 December 1914, page 28.
"School Experiments" is in the Observer,
3 November 1923, page 8a,
29 December 1923, page 38b.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Bible Christian Chapel is reported in the Chronicle,
10 January 1880, page 25e.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
8 January 1881, page 26f,
25 March 1899, page 17d.
A proposed Anglican church is discussed in the Register,
23 November 1881, page 4g.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Church of England is reported in the Chronicle,
9 September 1882, page 22b.
A local Show is reported in the Register,
3 October 1882 (supp.), page 1c; also see
28 September 1883, page 6d,
Chronicle,
29 September 1888, page 21d,
21 September 1889, page 7d.
The opening of a new showground is reported in the Register,
23 September 1904, page 4g;
a photograph is in the Chronicle,
1 October 1904, page 27,
Observer,
9 October 1909, page 32.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
The Snowtown Salt Works at Lake Bumbunga is described in the Register,
12 March 1883, page 5g,
28 January 1886, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.
For information on the erection of the Institute see Register,
11 and 18 December 1884, pages 5e and 7a; see
Chronicle,
30 May 1885, page 10f for its opening.
Information on the town's water supply appears in the Register,
7 February 1885, page 5d.
The town is described on
7 February 1911, page 10g.
- Mr E.W. Hawker, MP, presented a memorial... from 45 residents of Snowtown and district asking that a permanent supply of water, which is urgently required, might be provided in the locality. As no water fit for drinking can be obtained by sinking, the memorialists asked that a reservoir might be constructed about two miles north-west of the township on a creek well supplied with water from the Barunga Range...
A horse race meeting is reported in the Register,
13 February 1888, page 7d.
"From Snowtown Races to High Court" is in the Register,
4 November 1905, page 6i.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The town and district are described in the Chronicle,
17 June 1899, page 19a,
30 September 1916, page 15a,
7 October 1916, page 16b.
"Snowtown and Its People" is in the Chronicle,
14 October 1916, page 17a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
17 February 1923, page 28,
13 October 1923, page 30.
The opening of a Masonic Hall is reported in the Observer,
11 May 1901, page 14a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Freemasonry.
Information on the district council hall is in the Register,
25 March 1903, page 3g,
20 June 1903, page 4a.
Also see South Australia - MIscellany - Local Government.
"Telephone Connection" is in the Register,
3 July 1909, page 6c.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telephones.
A photograph of the laying of a foundation stone of the Methodist Church is in the Chronicle,
10 July 1909, page 31 and
Register,
11 June 1909, page 6a,
Observer,
18 September 1909, page 46d for a report of its opening), and
of a coursing meeting in the Chronicle,
10 July 1909, page 32,
of a recruiting train on
8 April 1916, page 25,
of coronation celebrations in the Observer,
8 July 1911, page 30,
of a motor car bogged on the main road to Bute in the Chronicle,
1 September 1923, page 34.
Information on a private hospital is in the Register,
23 August 1913, page 7e.
"Is it Oil - Excitement Near Snowtown" is in the Advertiser,
16 February 1914, page 6i, Also see South Australia - Mining - Petroleum
"Prosperous Snowtown" on
21 April 1917, page 8g.
"Motorists and Mud" is in the Chronicle,
30 October 1915, page 16d.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
"Snowtown Old and New" is in the Register,
3 February 1923, page 12a.
The opening of the railway from Lochiel is reported in The News,
3 September 1923, page 10b,
Register,
4 September 1923, page 11b.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
Information on the memorial hall is in The News,
4 October 1924, page 1c; also see
Register,
11 and 12 May 1925, pages 12c and 9g.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
"Car Bandit at Snowtown" is in the Register,
20 December 1924, page 9g.
A jubilee of the Methodist Church is reported in the Advertiser,
6 July 1929, page 8g.
Snowtown - Obituaries
An obituary of William Malcolm is in the Register, 3 November 1888, page 4h,
of Thomas Garvey on 20 March 1891, page 5a.
An obituary of W.B. Towler is in the Register, 1 April 1905, page 7d, Observer, 8 April 1905, page 34b,
of W.T. Phillis on 6 March 1909, page 55a,
of Mrs J.R. Bidgood on 24 June 1916, page 20a,
of Tom P. Turner on 23 June 1917, page 17e,
of Mrs Frances (Francis?) Burns on 2 March 1918, page 33e,
of S.S. Eyre on 30 August 1919, page 30e,
of Mrs Emily B.Phillis 28 July 1923, page 35c,
of Joseph Turner on 19 December 1925, page 43a,
of Mrs Martha Hill on 27 October 1928, page 50a.
An obituary of John Andrews is in the Register, 8 February 1912, page 4h,
of Mrs J.R. Bidgood on 17 June 1916, page 8h,
of T.P. Turner on 16 June 1917, page 6h,
of C.H. Coltman on 4 December 1917, page 6g,
of Mrs Francis Burns on 23 February 1918, page 6h,
of Francis Burns on 5 August 1919, page 4i,
of S.S. Eyre on 28 August 1919, page 6h.
An obituary of Mrs Emily B. Shields is in the Register, 21 July 1923, page 8i,
of Joseph Turner on 10 December 1925, page 8h,
of Mrs H. Ashby on 19 April 1926, page 6h,
of Mrs K.F. Hancock on 6 August 1926, page 13f,
of Mrs Theodore Bickhoff on 26 November 1926, page 10h.
An obituary of Theodore F. Krieg is in the Register, 11 February 1928, page 5e,
of August W. Hoffmeyer on 19 March 1928, page 12d.
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Place Names
Snug Cove
A history of the area is in the Chronicle,18 November 1937, page 51.
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The quiet little haven of blue water at Snug Cove is almost land-locked, but in safe weather small craft can sail right in and tie up alongside a mass of broken rock on the edge of a sandy beach. Here in years gone by anchored the Governor Musgrave and many another craft now broken up and forgotten... An added attraction of Snug Cove is the tradition that long ago some of the desperadoes who made Kangaroo Island their headquarters, buried treasure at this Cove, and although no one has as yet unearthed anything worth while, there is no telling when some ardent searcher might not uncover a hidden chest as rich in treasure as anything found on the Spanish Main!
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Place Names
Sod Hut
Nomenclature
Takes its name from the 'Sod Hut Inn', leased by Daniel O'Leary (1815-1905) from G.S. Kingston in the 1840s.
General Notes
"It is a sorry halting place, it has been unroofed by the hands of wanton despoilers." See Register,
28 November 1846, page 4a.
Information on its builder/owner, Daniel O'Leary, is in the Register,
2 June 1900, page 6g,
Observer,
25 January 1902, page 28d.
- Mr O'Leary, a leather worker by trade, tanned the first hide ever so dressed in the Colony at Hindmarsh, and later started business in the Mount Lofty Ranges in the gully at the back of the Eagle-on-the-Hill. Then he speculated in bullock teams... About 40 years ago he opened the old hostelry known as the Sod Hut at the Burra and "made a pot of money" there. Then he built a large mill in Clare which is still standing... He had a tannery at Wirrabara and after a typical life of colonial enterprise retired with a competency... Mr O'Leary's sight is not as good as his memory and digestion, but he is a member of the Semaphore "No Blessed Worry Society"...
see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition) page 160.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
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Place Names
Solomon, Hundred of
Nomenclature
L. Solomon, MP (1890-1908). Born in Adelaide in 1853 he was educated at J.L. Young's Academy later working in the warehouse of Messrs. Donaldson, Andrews and Sharland. He represented the firm at Kapunda where he 'developed a taste for amateur theatricals and made quite a reputation as a comedian.' Inspired by visions of the possibilities of the Northern Territory, he joined a prospecting party and sailed for Darwin and, like hundreds before him, he was doomed to failure and returned to Adelaide 'a poorer though not exactly a sadder man'. He later returned to the Northern Territory as a businessman:
- He had a finger in every pie and pioneered many things. Sometimes he gained greatly, but generally he lost heavily, for the fates seemed occasionally to be dead against him. As a parliamentarian he had 'great debating power and could, upon occasion, be extremely sarcastic... He delivered his hardest blows with an obvious absence of malice which, after the first impact had been felt, robbed them of any rankling effect.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Biographical details of Mr Solomon are in the Observer,
15 November 1890, page 33b,
Register,
28 May 1891, page 6b,
15 June 1891, page 5h,
Weekly Herald,
6 July 1901, page 5a;
an obituary is in the Register,
21 October 1908, page 7a.
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Place Names
Solomontown
Nomenclature
Section 2, in the now Hundred of Pirie was granted to Matthew Smith and Emanuel Solomon (1800-1873) in May 1848 which they subdivided in the same year; the Register of 29 October 1848 advertised this subdivision as 'Port Pirie Township'. Emanuel Solomon reserved a section of land in the centre of Solomontown, referred to as the 'Church Circle', for religious purposes.
General Notes
The hotel is described in the Register,
28 February 1878, page 7b.
Early history is in the Register,
12 August 1926, page 7h,
Observer,
28 August 1926, page 19d.
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Only eight lots, 35 to 43, were sold in 1848 and was surveyed externally by H.C. Talbot in 1872, when only Bowman's jetty and a woolshed existed and a small home near the jetty. The unsold lots were auctioned on 8 January 1877 at Solomontown. There were reserves for a church and parklands in the south-east corner...
Information on the State school Mothers' Club is in The News,
28 February 1929, page 9d.
A photograph of students is in the Chronicle,
10 August 1933, page 32,
of a school band on
14 November 1935, page 31,
10 September 1936, page 36.
Biographical details of John Sandery are in the Register,
15 June 1926, page 8g.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs George Collins is reported in the Observer,
10 November 1928, page 34b.
A photograph of a football team is in the Chronicle,
23 November 1933, page 37,
25 July 1935, page 36.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.
Solomontown - Obituaries
An obituary of Emanuel Solomon is in the Register,
4 October 1873, page 6e, while his funeral is reported on 6 October 1873, page 5d.
An obituary of Patrick McBride is in the Observer,
9 December 1911, page 41a,
of Joseph Manifold in the Register, 3 November 1921, page 6h,
of Mrs J. Trestrail on 25 November 1921, page 6i,
of Maurice J. Nunan on 20 July 1922, page 6i,
of John Langsford on 24 July 1922, page 6h,
of Mrs Martha Symonds on 16 April 1926, page 8g,
of George Parks on 24 November 1926, page 13b.
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Place Names
Somerset
The Register of 11 August 1881 at page 7a reproduces a letter from Lord Edward Somerset to Colonel Light.
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Place Names
Somerton
Nomenclature
The name was imported from County Dublin, Ireland, whence the Walsh family emigrated and applied to a subdivision of section 206, Hundred of Noarlunga by James Smith and James Walsh in 1854.
General Notes
The district is described in the Register,
8 May 1879, page 5f.
- Hastings, a pleasant sea frontage on the southern limit of Somerton, which was cut up for a township some considerable time ago, remains a township but in name. The same may be said of various allotments between Somerton and the further end of Brighton and of Victor, adjoining the Thatched House tavern; though at several points the Corporation of Brighton are cutting approaches through the sandhills to the line of railway which runs along the beach. This line, which is convenient enough for casual visitors inclined to spend a day on the sea coast, or to explore the hitherto almost inaccessible [Marino] "rocks" to which locomotion now extends, is undoubtedly constructed an inconvenient distance from the main portion of Brighton...
5 May 1883, page 22c.
A fire at Harry Turner's home is reported in the Register,
10 October 1891, page 76c.
An obituary of E.C. Kempe is in the Register,
21 August 1905, page 4i,
of George H. Ayliffe on 3 and 5 November 1906, pages 7a and 7a,
of William Pile on 22 May 1916, page 5b.
"Erratic Bus Service" is in The Mail,
15 February 1930, page 3f.
Also see Adelaide - Transport - Motor Buses.
"Luxurious Modern Flats [Beachleigh]" is in The Mail,
12 June 1937, page 23c.
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Place Names
Sour Flats
The original name for the Bagot Well district - see Kapunda Herald,13 May 1904, page 6; it was so named because of "a kind of grass that used to grow there".
The Chronicle of
4 September 1858, page 3 refers to "Mr Henry Kelly of the Sour Flats".
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Place Names
South Gap
Also see Place Names - Roxby Downs.
Historical information on this pastoral property is in the Observer,
22 March 1924, page 47a.
- Gleeson and Beare, both residents of Clare, were the first lessees of South Gap in 1872 but they did nothing with it and after a short time they sold it to Grant, Thorold and Butler; W.H. Greenfield, who had just left Oakden Hills, was placed in charge... Shortly after they vacated the place Greenfield and his brother George H. took up a lease on the South Tiffen and the station paddocks upon which were the homestead, buildings and woolshed...
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South Hummocks
Information on a proposed school is in the Register,22 March 1882, page 5c; it opened later that year and closed in 1945.
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A deputation consisting of Messrs R. Forrest, William Young and J.F. Mills visited the Attorney-General with reference to the provisional school... They had arranged with the owner, Mr C.A. Schultz, the owner of some land in the district to convey to them a half an acre on which to erect a school... [which] was erected at a cost of £80. Since then a dispute had arisen between Mr Schultz and themselves in which he had threatened to appropriate the school and not carry out the agreement...
28 July 1888, page 12f.
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Place Names
South Rhine
The opening of a Baptist Chapel is reported in the Register,15 April 1863, page 2h,
Observer,
18 April 1863, page 8d.
Its school opened in 1865 and closed in 1875.
An item about its gold diggings is in the Register,
31 August 1869, page 2h; also see
10, 20 and 21 September 1869, pages 2g,
1 and 8 November 1869, pages 2d and 2f,
6 December 1869, page 2g,
3 January 1870, page 5b,
10 February 1870, page 4f,
18 May 1870, page 5c,
11 and 14 June 1870, pages 5c and 7b -
an intimation of the proposed winding-up of the company appears on
14 July 1870, page 5d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
An exodus of farmers is reported upon in the Register,
7 September 1867, page 2f,
1 March 1871, page 5b; also see
4 May 1871, page 5c.
- Having heard many enquiries in this neighbourhood as to the expense incurred in the transit of heavy goods per ton from Albury, NSW, to Melbourne, such as grain, cheese, bacon etc., I am induced to ask... the information which I feel assured will prove beneficial to many of your subscribers, especially so on account of so many anticipating leaving this and other parts of the colony...
6 February 1885, page 5c,
of Peter Miller in the Observer,
4 August 1906, page 38e,
of Mrs Jessie Miller on 11 January 1908, page 40b.
"Alleged Coal Discovery" is in the Register,
20 August 1888, page 7d,
5 September 1888, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
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Place Names
Southend
F.E. Bucknall's plans for a canal through section 105 to connect the river with the sea coast is discussed in the Register,22 October 1880, page 5b,
1 January 1881, page 6b.
- Mr Bucknall has supplemented his request to the Marine Board for permission to erect two piers for a canal from the Semaphore to the Port River... The proposed canal would go through section 105, Glanville, almost two miles south of the Semaphore jetty...
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Place Names
Southwark
Nomenclature
The name comes from London which derives from the Anglo-Saxon suthgeweorg - an earthwork made to defend the southern approach to London Bridge.
General Notes
The laying of the foundation stone of the Baptist Church is reported in the Register,
3 September 1883.
A draughts match against Norwood is reported in the Express,
19 April 1888, page 2d.
Proposed boxing matches in a hall adjoining the Southwark Hotel are discussed in the Register, 7 February 1894, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Boxing.
Information on the Bunyip Soap Company is in the Observer,
28 April 1894, page 44c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.
The opening of the brewery is reported in the Register,
25 November 1899, page 10h.
photographs, etc., are in The Critic,
12 and 19 December 1903, pages 50-51 and
9, 26 April 1905, page 27,
13 December 1905, page 15.
"Dynatmitards" at the brewery are reported upon in the Register,
3 November 1911, page 7e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Brewing.
"Walkerville Brewery - Nathan Plant to be Installed" is reported in the Register,
31 March 1926; also see
13 July 1926, page 8g,
30 October 1926, page 14 (photo).
"A Local Lager" is in the Register,
1 February 1928, page 11a.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs G. Gitsham is reported in the Register,
9 June 1905, page 4g.
Biographical details of George Gitsham are in the Register,
29 October 1912, page 6g.
"Colonel Light's Cottage" is in the Register,
25 July 1913, page 12f,
19 September 1913, page 9e,
30 November 1926, page 3f,
6 December 1926, page 7d.
Also see Place Names - Light.
"Southwark Tragedy" is in the Register,
3 December 1919, page 7d.
"Mrs Foreman of Southwark" is in the Observer,
7 February 1925, page 39e.
A photograph of the Foreman family is in the Observer,
14 February 1925, page 31.
Biographical details of Mrs M.A. Cutts are in the Register,
28 September 1926, page 8h.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs W.H. Job is reported in the Register,
4 November 1926, page 8h.
Also see Place Names - Thebarton.
Southwark - Obituaries
An obituary of William Mugg is in the Register,
2 June 1896, page 5d,
of William Tonkin in the Observer, 16 September 1906, page 38a,
of John Dibell on 9 January 1909, page 38a,
of George Gitsham on 6 February 1915, page 41a.
An obituary of John Dibell is in the Register,
6 January 1909, page 6h,
of Wilhelm Weber on 20 December 1909, page 6h,
of Mrs Stacey on 11 July 1913, page 6h,
of George Gitsham on 29 January 1915, page 4g,
of Mrs Martha Hobbs on 13 June 1920, page 6h,
of George R. Weeks on 3 May 1923, page 8h,
of Richard Menhennett on 17 January 1924, page 6g,
of Robert Martin on 1 April 1925, page 8g,
of John Perriam on 12 August 1925, page 8i,
of Thomas D. McKenzie on 29 November 1927, page 11f.
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Place Names
Souttar, Point
Nomenclature
Captain Hutchinson, RN named it after John Souttar who married Joanna Daly, the Governor's daughter.
General Notes
A presentation to John Souttar is reported in the Register,
10 December 1879, page 5f.
His obituary is in the Register,
4 June 1910, page 15b,
6 July 1910, page 6g,
Advertiser,
6 June 1910, page 10f,
Observer,
11 June 1910, page 40a.
His wife's obituary is in the Register,
9 February 1899, page 5b.
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Place Names
Spalding
Nomenclature
In 1876 part section 393 was subdivided into fifteen allotments by its owner W.E. Lunn, who was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England in 1842.
General Notes
An account of Mr Lunn's death at Porter's Lagoon is in the Advertiser,
7 October 1876, page 5e.
Its school opened in 1877.
This information from the Department of Education is disputed by a report in the Register,
8 October 1881 (supp.), page 2g.
Observer,
15 October 1881, page 29c.
The laying of the foundation stone of a new school is reported in the Advertiser,
17 April 1929, page 16f.
Photographs are in the Observer,
27 April 1929, page 36.
- There is no school at Spalding, provisional or otherwise... During 1877 a provisional school was opened at a place called Boree, a distance of over three miles from Spalding; the same was discontinued during 1879; since then and up to a week ago a female teacher has been officiating (provisionally) at a place over six miles from Spalding called Hacklin's Corner... (Editor's note - We learn from the Inspector-General that the school at Hacklin's Corner is known in the Education Office as Spalding and that he was not aware that it is so far away from the township...)
27 February 1879, page 5c; also see
13 May 1881, page 2c.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Express,
8 January 1881, page 3d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A proposed bridge over the River Broughton at "the Flag Quarry" is discussed in the Register,
18 August 1883, page 6d.
Information on a proposed district council is in the Observer,
18 April 1885, page 35c.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
A sports event on Mr Henzel's paddock is reported in the Chronicle,
31 March 1894, page 6e; also see
16 March 1895, page 12d.
Information on the football club is in the Chronicle,
21 April 1894, page 3g (See South Australia - Sport - Football) and
a horse race meeting on
26 January 1895, page 14d.
A tennis match is reported in the Observer,
14 June 1902, page 19d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Tennis.
Information on a recreation ground is in the Register,
9 May 1911, page 6g.
Photographs of a social and dance are in the Observer,
7 June 1913, page 31,
of the town are in the Chronicle,
23 January 1916, page 28,
of the opening of a convent on
7 May 1921, page 26,
of a polo gymkhana in the Observer,
25 February 1928,
of a cricket team in the Chronicle,
9 May 1935, page 34,
of a tennis team on
6 June 1935, page 34,
of a football team on
29 August 1935, page 37,
17 October 1935, page 36.
"Presbyterians and Methodists - Trouble at Spalding" is in the Observer,
3 June 1916, page 21b.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.
Information on Edwin Gill is in the Observer,
31 July 1915, page 44a; also see
3 November 1917, page 20a (obit).
The opening of the hospital is reported in the Register,
26 February 1926, page 11d.
Observer,
27 February 1926, pages 19d-37e.
Spalding - Obituaries
An obituary of Colin Campbell is in the Observer,
24 September 1910, page 47b,
of Michael Daly on 4 July 1914, page 39a,
of Mrs A.G. Hawkins, hotelier, on 7 July 1917, page 19c,
of Patrick Keain on 26 February 1927, page 43a.
An obituary of George Boulton is in the Register,
6 November 1919, page 6h,
of Mrs Grace Low on 24 March 1920, page 8f,
of Mrs Elizabeth Boulton on 13 November 1922, page 6h,
of Allen Jamieson on 25 January 1926, page 6h,
of Patrick Keain on 18 February 1927, page 8g.
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Place Names
Spence, Hundred of
Nomenclature
J.B. Spence, MLC (1881-1887). Born in Melrose, Scotland in 1825 he came to South Australia with his parents in the Palmyra in 1839. In 1864 he became the first manager for the English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, a position he held for fourteen years.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Biographical details of J.B. Spence are in the Register,
29 January 1876, pages 5a and 6d; also see
Advertiser,
25 September 1879, page 4d for his land dealings in the Grange-Tennyson area and
Observer,
13 December 1902, page 28c (obit.).
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Place Names
Spencer Gulf
Nomenclature
Named by Matthew Flinders on 20 March 1802. Rt. Hon. George John, the Earl of Spencer, President of the Board of Admiralty.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.
A note on its nomenclature is in the Observer,
5 April 1902, page 4a.
"Voyages and Adventures Among the Islands of the Adjacent Gulfs" is in the South Australian Magazine, 1841-1842, page 281.
"Gulf Spencer and Its Ports" is in the South Australian,
8 December 1846, page 4a,
"Prosperous Seaports" in the Chronicle,
15, 22 and 29 April 1911, pages 45, 44 and 42a.
The rescuing of five men from the gulf is reported in the Observer,
15 July 1882, page 33a.
Pilotage in Spencer Gulf" is in the Register,
1 February 1887, page 4g.
"Lighting Spencer Gulf" is in the Chronicle,
17 October 1891, page 22e.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs - Lighthouses and Lightships.
Marine fibre deposits are discussed in the Advertiser,
3 July 1909, page 10h,
Chronicle,
11 September 1909, page 43c.
- It is about five years since the discoverer's lease in connection with the valuable marine fibre deposits on the east shore of Spencer's Gulf in the neighbourhood of Tickers was granted to Mr S.H. Manners, a blacksmith...
"Round Spencer Gulf - The Cruise of the Morialta" is in the Advertiser,
31 January 1912, page 11a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Leisure and Allied Matters.
"Bridging Spencer Gulf" is in the Observer,
11 September 1926, pages 35b-43e.
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Place Names
Spring Cart Gully
Nomenclature
The nomenclature cited in Manning's Place Names of South Australia is taken from a Presidential address given by John Lewis at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (SA Branch) in 1917 - see Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol 18, page 18; unfortunately, the source is not quoted. No mention is made in RGS Vol 17, page 105 or the SA Gazette of 1 September 1838 of trouble with a cart during Sturt's overlanding of cattle.
Similarly, no specific account of a like event is mentioned in his journal or Daniel Brock's diary of Sturt's 1844-46 exploration. John Lewis' father was a member of Sturt's exploration party and, if the published nomenclature is to be believed, we must accept that the alleged incident was verbally conveyed from father to son.
In a Journal of an Experimental Trip by the "Lady Augusta" on the River Murray by James Allen, junior, at page 57 he says:
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This gully was named by Captain Sturt, in his exploratory voyage down the Murray, from him having to leave his spring-cart there...
An article in the Register of 4 June 1892, page 6b says, inter alia:
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Many years ago a horse and cart managed by some means to find its way over the high cliffs...
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Place Names
Spring Creek
The Spring Creek copper mine "11 miles N from Melrose" was worked from circa 1860 -see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition),
page 133.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.
Photographs of the creek are in the Chronicle,
13 June 1935, page 33.
Information on a smelter is in the Observer,
10 October 1868, page 16g; also see
Register,
18 August 1899, page 7c.
- The Spring Creek Smelting Works has lately commenced operations and are likely (says our Melrose correspondent) to prove a success, several tons of copper having already been sent to the Port for shipment.
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Place Names
Spring Grove
Near Meadows. Information on its Chapel is in the Chronicle, 8 June 1861, page 2f (supp.) and
the first anniversary of its Sunday School is reported in the Register,
8 April 1864, page 2f.
The laying of the foundation stone of a Wesleyan Chapel "to be called Prospect Hill Chapel" is reported in the Chronicle,
4 October 1873, page 7a.
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Place Names
Springbank
Nomenclature
The name comes from either Berwickshire or Staffordshire, England.
General Notes
The opening of a Primitive Methodist Chapel is reported in the Register,
2 April 1858, page 2h,
of a Wesleyan chapel on
9 February 1860, page 3h,
23 March 1860, page 3f.
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The Primitive Methodists opened for divine worship a new chapel... on Sunday, March 21 when two sermons were preached to crowded congregations... On the following Tuesday a public tea meeting was held, the expense of which was borne by Messrs Berriman, Holmes, Boscence and Howe...
5 November 1877, page 2d,
of John S. Knox on 30 October 1926, page 39c.
Springbank School near Burra opened in 1860 and closed in 1888.
The refusal of a licence for Springbank School near Yankalilla is reported in the Register,
10 December 1864, page 3b; also see
19 December 1864, page 3b.
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Place Names
Springfield
Nomenclature
The Adelaide suburb takes its name from a house of the same name built by Charles Burton Newenham (1794-1887) in 1842.
General Notes
Historical information on Springfield House is in The Mail,
4 May 1929, page 13c,
The News,
16 April 1934, page 8g.
Information on the Adelaide subdivision appears in the Register,
30 August 1928, page 5a-h.
"A Springfield Ghost" is discussed in the Advertiser,
22 June 1936, page 17b.
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By far the most momentous announcement made for some time in the real estate world of Adelaide is that concerning the new residential community of Springfield ... Conscientiously aiming at a higher aesthetic standard of suburban development we have taken infinite trouble in the creation of a self-contained residential community in which exceptional beauty of
The Springfield Pound stood on section 1102, Hundred of Gilbert - see Advertiser,
18 February 1861, page 4f.
The Register of 16 November 1861, page 3f has a report on a "Murder at Springfield" near Gawler.
On 17 May 1856, page 8f of the Observer tenders are called for the erection of a Bible Christian Chapel at "Springfield, Dirty Light, six miles above Hamilton" (the advertisement mentions Mr Rollings, Springfield Farm) -
an anniversary is reported in the Register on 31 December 1857, page 2f.
Also see Observer
19 December 1857, page 2g,
2 January 1858, page 3e,
Register,
29 April 1865, page 3e and
26 April 1869, page 3e where mention is made of "the property of Mr Warren, known as Springfield" (see 1840 list of farms in the northern district).
Information on St Andrew's Church, Springfield, Barossa, is in the Register,
18 January 1860, page 6c.
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Place Names
Springhead Farm
The opening of its school by Mr B.D. Lange is reported in the Advertiser,2 April 1873, page 2g.
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Applications Preliminary - Berthold D. Lange, Springhead Farm. The school was opened on March 10 and there was an average attendance which, it was hoped, would increase.
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Springs
Information on the Spring Farm Wesleyan Chapel is in the Register,23 June 1854, page 2f,
Express,
3 November 1870, page 2e.
A school anniversary is reported in the Register,
1 May 1858, page 3h.
The settlement was also known as "Spring Town" -
see Register, 8 March 1895, page 6a.
- We branched off and had a look at Springtown where several small settlers have taken up land. Mr E. Noble has four or five acres of orchard, principally apples. Adjoining... three Poles have each a small block...
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Place Names
Springton
Nomenclature
Rodney Cockburn records that the town was so named because J.H. Angas conducted the 'Springs Dairy' in the district.
General Notes
The laying of the foundation stone of the Church of England is reported in the Chronicle,
15 September 1866, page 2g.
Its school opened in 1868; examinations are reported in the Chronicle,
27 November 1869, page 7d;
information on it is in the Express,
6 October 1876, page 2c,
Register,
19 October 1876, page 4g,
Chronicle,
21 October 1876, page 11c,
Observer,
2 November 1912, page 46.
Information on the town's coursing club is in the Register,
3 July 1876, page 5e and
26 August 1876, page 7a,
16 June 1877, page 7c,
11 August 1877, page 7c,
12 August 1879, page 6b,
3 May 1880, page 6d; also see
Express,
25 July 1877, page 2c,
Advertiser,
18 August 1879, page 7a.
- The first matches held by the Coursing Club were continued on Saturday... The ground gone over was in some paddocks belonging to Mr W. Gilbert at South Rhine... and also some land of Mr Forrest in the same neighbourhood. There was an excellent supply of fur and some excellent courses were run, most being in full sight of the spectators. The hares were shy owing to a great measure of noise made by the onlookers and the manner in which some rode over the ground...
A ploughing match is reported in the Advertiser,
4 October 1890, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
The district is described in the Register,
31 January 1903, page 3d.
A photograph of the opening ceremony of the hall is in the Chronicle,
4 January 1908, page 27.
The Lutheran Church's jubilee is reported in the Register,
27 March 1909, page 11e,
Observer,
3 April 1909, page 15a.
Local bushfires are described in the Register,
16 February 1926, page 10.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.
Springton - Obituaries
An obituary of Rudolph Klau, hotelier, is in the Observer,
25 August 1906, page 38b,
of Adolph Rohrlach on 8 May 1920, page 20c.
An obituary of Thomas W. Millyard is in the Register,
14 June 1927, page 8g.
