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Semaphore

(Also see Place Names - Lefevre Peninsula.)

Semaphore

Maritime Affairs

Also see South Australia - Communications - Sea Mail.

Information on the jetty is in the Chronicle,
19 March 1859, page 5d; also see
Register,
24 January 1860, page 3c.

A report on a proposed jetty, one-and-a-half miles long, and breakwater near Semaphore is reported in Parliamentary Paper 120/1869-70 - the attached map shows it to be between Wonga Shoal and the entrance to the Port River. A proposed extension is discussed in the Register,
12 January 1872, page 5c,
Express,
3 August 1874, page 2d.

It is described in the Register,
26 February 1874, page 6a; also see
27 February 1874, page 5e.
estrictions applied to bathing from it are reported on
9 and 12 January 1885, pages 7d and 7f; also see
25 January 1886, page 7h.

Information on the time-ball is in the Register,
13 January 1869, page 2e,
31 January 1874, page 6a,
1 May 1875, page 8a,
7 August 1875, page 7d.
Observer,
2 January 1892, page 40c.
A poem entitled "The Tale of the Time Ball Tower" is in the Register,
30 March 1875, page 5f; also see
3 August 1875, page 5b; also see
Express,
12 September 1874, page 2e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Clocks and Time.

"Extraordinary Fish" is in the Register,
14 September 1855, page 3g.
Fishing from the jetty is discussed in the Express,
4 August 1874, page 2d,
Register,
5 August 1874, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Fishing.

"The Proposed Semaphore Canal" is in the Observer,
27 June 1874, page 7d,
17 April 1875, page 14d.

Parliamentary Paper 75/1876 talks of improvements to "Semaphore Harbor", while
Parliamentary Paper 240/1876 recounts offers to bore a canal across Lefevre Peninsula -
see Register, 2 April 1875, page 6e for a discussion on the canal scheme.

An account of "Professor Cavell's Ten-Mile Swim" from Glenelg to Semaphore is reported in the Register,
15 and 16 March 1880, pages 6a and 5b.
A Semaphore to Largs swim is reported in the Register,
3 March 1919, page 4f and bathing facilities on
12 May 1922, page 6f.
Photographs are in the Observer,
11 March 1922, page 23.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Swimming and Bathing.

The formation of the Semaphore Boat Club is reported in the Observer,
14 April 1883, page 18c; also see
Express,
23 October 1883, page 2c,
Chronicle,
19 December 1885, page 13e.

"The Semaphore Railway Station and the Mail Service" is in the Register,
11 August 1885, page 7e,
while the landing of passengers and mails is traversed on
17 October 1885, page 7f; also see
31 October 1885, page 4h,
2 November 1885, page 7h.

The landing of mail is discussed in the Register,
12 and 14 January 1888, pages 6a and 7a,
15 February 1888, page 7f,
3 March 1888, page 5f,
Observer,
8 January 1876, page 8d,
14 January 1888, page 35b,
Express,
8 and 11 August 1885, pages 2c and 4b,
17 October 1885, page 4c,
12 and 13 January 1887, pages 3c and 3d,
12 January 1888, page 3f,
1 and 5 May 1888, pages 3f and 3g,
8 August 1888, page 4c,
Register,
17 and 31 October 1885, pages 7f and 4h-6d,
1, 4 and 8 May 1888, pages 6g, 7e and 6g,
18 June 1888, page 7g,
17, 21 and 27 September 1888, pages 7e, 3f and 3f,
29 December 1890, page 7d,
13 January 1891, page 5a,
3, 7, 11 and 13 February 1891, pages 5b, 5a, 6a and 4f-5a,
Express,
11 and 13 February 1891, pages 4f and 4c,
18 May 1909, page 3e.

Also see Place Names - Largs.

Register,
10 January 1903, page 5h; also see
Observer,
21 May 1904, page 24,
Advertiser,
9 July 1905, page 6c,
The Mail,
7 April 1928, page 12c.

The arrival of Japanese warships and subsequent events are reported in the Register,
20, 22 and 23 April 1910, pages 5c, 7e and 15e.

"Early Semaphore", including a photograph of a tide watcher's tent in the 1860s, is in the Advertiser,
30 July 1936, page 19.

Information on a jetty is in the Register,
4 and 8 February 1858, pages 2b and 2h,
3 March 1858, page 2g,
Chronicle,
19 March 1859, page 3d (supp.); also see
Register,
24 January 1860, page 3c,
14 July 1865, page 2e,
10 May 1867, page 2d.

A report on a proposed jetty, one-and-a-half miles long, and breakwater near Semaphore is reported in Parliamentary Paper 120/1869-70 - the attached map shows it to be between Wonga Shoal and the entrance to the Port River. A proposed extension is discussed in the Register,
4 August 1870, page 4e,
12 January 1872, page 5c,
Express,
3 August 1874, page 2d,
Register,
3 August 1874, page 5e.

It is described in the Register,
3 November 1862, page 2e,
26 February 1874, page 6a; also see
27 February 1874, page 5e,
20 May 1903, page 4g.
Restrictions applied to bathing from it are reported on
9 and 12 January 1885, pages 7d and 7f; also see
25 January 1886, page 7h,
24 February 1892, page 5b.
A photograph is in The Critic,
13 December 1911, page 23,
of the kiosk on
12 January 1916, page 17,
19 January 1916, page 11.

Parliamentary Paper 75/1876 talks of improvements to "Semaphore Harbor", while
Parliamentary Paper 240/1876 recounts offers to bore a canal across Lefevre Peninsula - see
Register,
2 April 1875, page 6e for a discussion on the canal scheme.

A ketch race is reported in the Observer,
4 January 1879, page 13f.

A new Customs Station is discussed in the Register,
20 June 1882, page 5a.

The demolition of an old wooden house originally built as quarters for a boat crew is reported in the Register,
5 August 1882, page 5c.

"The Semaphore Flagstaff" is in the Observer,
10 February 1883, page 30a.

The formation of the Semaphore Boat Club is reported in the Observer,
14 April 1883, page 18c; also see
Express,
23 October 1883, page 2c,
Chronicle,
19 December 1885, page 13e.

"Landing at the Semaphore" is in the Register,
7 August 1883, page 4g.

A proposed esplanade to Largs is discussed in the Register,
28 March 1884, page 7e.
The " The "union" of its esplanade with that of Largs is reported in the Register,
21 July 1884, page 7h;
also see
1 March 1902, page 6h.

"Sunday Labour on Steamers" is in the Register,
5, 6 and 8 June 1883, pages 4g-6c, 7g and 7c,
13, 19 and 21 May 1884, pages 7b, 4d and 5g-h-6e.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.

"Landing Passengers in Baskets" is in the Register,
12 August 1907, page 4h.

A fatal boat accident is reported in the Register,
13, 14 and 15 October 1890, pages 4h, 6g and 5b,
Observer,
18 October 1890, page 6e.

The arrival of Japanese warships and subsequent events are reported in the Register,
20, 22 and 23 April 1910, pages 5c, 7e and 15e.

"Early Semaphore", including a photograph of a tide watcher's tent in the 1860s, is in the Advertiser,
30 July 1936, page 19.

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Place Names

Semaphore

Churches and Religion

Open air preaching on the jetty is reported in the Observer,
19 August 1876, page 7a.

The laying of the foundation stone of the Church of England is reported in the Register,
28 October 1878, page 6c.

The opening services in the Baptist Church are reported in the Register,
23 November 1878, page 5b; also see
28 November 1882, page 6b.
Its history appears on
13 September 1924, page 4; also see
The News,
10 July 1928, page 8c.

Information on St Bede's Church is in the Register,
28 July and 21 August 1883, pages 6d and 7b; also see
18 September 1899, page 7d.
"Candles at the Altar - A Protest" is in the Register,
27 February 1900, page 6g.
Information on its memorial windows is in the Register,
22 November 1902, page 7b.
Photographs of a bazaar are in the Observer,
26 October 1912, page 32.

The Wesleyan Church School is described in The Critic,
25 November 1908, page 22,
Register,
4 February 1884, page 5b.
A history of the Methodist Church appears on
26 July 1924, page 4; also see
Advertiser,
6 October 1927, page 12f,
The News,
11 September 1928, page 8c.

Information on the Wesleyan Chapel is in the Register,
21 August 1877, page 6d,
Observer,
25 August 1877, page 19g.
The Wesleyan Church School is described in the Register,
4 February 1884, page 5b.
A history of the Methodist Church appears on
26 July 1924, page 4; also see
Register,
6 October 1927, page 13a,
Advertiser,
6 October 1927, page 12f,
The News,
11 September 1928, page 8c.

"Sunday Concerts at Semaphore" is in the Register,
10 March 1890, page 7e.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.

A photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of the Church of Christ is in the Register,
16 December 1912, page 9e
Observer,
28 December 1912, page 12,
of the opening of the Semaphore Park Baptist Church in the Chronicle,
19 March 1931, page 37.

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Place Names

Semaphore

Civic Affairs

1873 and 1923 photographs showing buildings on the foreshore, including the time ball tower, are in the Observer,
29 December 1923, page 31.
An 1860s photograph of Bone's Federal Hotel is in the Observer,
29 November 1924, page 34.

"Improvements at the Semaphore" is in the Register,
3 November 1862, page 2e.

Smuggling is reported upon in the Observer,
6 June 1863, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.

The subdivision is advertised in the Register,
14 April 1864, page 4e.

A pigeon shooting match is reported in the Express,
6 August 1864, page 2c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Pigeon Racing and Shooting.

A sports day is reported in the Express,
10 November 1866, page 3c,
10 November 1892, page 4c,
10 November 1893, page 3c.

A letter about local gales is in the Register, 24 June 1868, page 3c:

Chronicle

"Enormous Damage at the Semaphore" is in the Chronicle,
2 February 1901, page 34a,
"Gales in the Gulf - Excitement at the Seaside" is in the Register,
3 October 1910, page 7a.

"The Signalman at the Semaphore" is in the Observer,
31 October 1868, page 13d.

"The Semaphore - Past and Present" is in the Express,
27 January 1873, page 3b,
Observer,
1 February 1873, page 15d.

Information on the township is in the Register,
30 January 1871, page 5d,
3 April 1873, page 6e,
27 March 1875, page 4g,
29 January 1881, page 6b,
15 October 1885, page 3g,
1 February 1892, page 5a.
Reminiscences of the village circa 1860 appear on
19 May 1905, page 6f.

The inadequacy of water supply prompted a petition from citizens of the village - see Register,
22 December 1871, page 5b; also see
9 and 21 January 1880, pages 7a and 5c,
Advertiser,
12 January 1887, page 7c,
Express,
22 February 1892, page 2c,
28 August 1897, page 3e,
27 October 1897, page 3b,
22 December 1897, page 2c,
22 March 1898, page 2b,
Register,
5 May 1893, page 6h,
2 November 1893, page 5c,
13 and 20 February 1897, pages 6h,
6 November 1897, pages 4i-10c,
18 December 1897, page 4g,
5, 12 and 13 January 1898, pages 3h, 7c and 6d,
17 August 1898, page 6g,
24 March 1916, page 4e.
Also see Adelaide - Water Supply.

An editorial on a proposed convalescent home is in the Register,
20 July 1872, page 5a.
Information on it is in the Register,
29 July 1879, page 5g,
2 August 1879 (supp.), page 1f,
27 July 1880, pages 5b-6c,
7 August 1885, page 6b.
See Saint Margarets.

Information on the Convalescent Hospital is in the Chronicle,
2 September 1882, page 7d;

The opening of a Cottage Hospital is reported in the Register,
21 January 1907, page 3h.

"Semaphore Past and Present" is in the Chronicle,
1 February 1873, page 6g.

Proposed baths are discussed in the Register,
10 January 1878, page 5a; also see
Express,
28 January 1888, page 2f,
11 February 1888, page 3g,
24 December 1888, page 2e,
Register,
28 January 1889, page 6c,
12 February 1889, page 5a,
Chronicle,
2 February 1889, page 8c,
Express,
12 October 1891, page 2c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Swimming and bathing.

The opening of the swimming baths is reported in the Advertiser,
28 January 1889, page 5f.
Information on the Semaphore Swimming Club is in the Chronicle,
20 April 1889, page 16a.
For information on swimming matches see Express,
13, 24 and 27 March 1890, pages 2d, 2d and 2b.
A controversy over "mixed bathing" is commented upon in the Advertiser,
24 and 25 January 1906, pages 4d and 6b.
A proposed trial of mixed bathing at the Semaphore Baths is reported in the Register,
17 January 1906, page 4h:

Our prudishness is one of the great evils of the day and leads to many more... It is the giggling and the secretive talking which renders some matters illicit and obnoxious...
(See Register, 26 and 27 January 1906, pages 7h and 3h.)

That immorality is on the increase there is not the slightest doubt, yet vice in the shape of mixed bathing is openly encouraged... If half the women could hear the remarks passed about them by the men they would bathe in a more seemly way.
(Register, 18 January 1908, page 9i.)

When I perceive such silly prudishness displayed by a person writing in all possible seriousness I cannot help thinking how neglected has been the rudimental as well as the moral education of some of the upstart purists.
(Register,
22 January 1908, page 9c; also see
24 January 1908, page 7g and Adelaide - Beaches and Bathing.

The gas works are described in the Observer,
2 March 1878, page 24.
Also see Adelaide - Lighting the City and Homes.

A progress report on the construction of local fortifications is in the Register,
17 March 1879, page 5g,
9 January 1880, page 3c.
Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.

Information on the glee club is in the Express,
8 July 1879, page 2c,
22 October 1879, page 2c.

Information on a football club is in the Express,
11 May 1881, page 3f,
8 July 1884, page 3e,
3 and 9 March 1887, pages 4e and 5g.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.

A proposed Institute is discussed in the Register,
16 December 1881, page 4g,
Express,
4 September 1882, page 2c and
Register,
29 September 1882, page 5c; also see
19 March 1883, page 7b,
17 March 1884, pages 5a-6d (opening),
28 May 1889, page 7d,
6 June 1889, page 7g.

An aquatic sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
17 November 1883, page 6g; also see
Advertiser,
10 November 1892, page 7e.

A "suspicious" fire is reported in the Chronicle,
22 November 1884, page 9e.

Information on police is in the Express,
21 February 1885, page 2c.
A new police station is described in the Register,
11 August 1891, page 5c; also see
9 May 1883, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Police.

A meeting called to consider the formation of a local corporation is reported in the Express,
11 April 1883, page 2b,
16 May 1883, page 3d,
2 October 1863, page 3d,
26 December 1883, page 4c; also see
Register,
29 September 1883, page 7c,
2, 5, 13 and 25 October 1883, pages 5b-6c, 6e, 5c-6e and 7a,
25 December 1883, page 7d.
A municipal inspection of the district is reported in the Express,
25 February 1884, page 3e.
The search for an appropriate motto for its seal is reported on
6 February 1884, page 5c:

Councillor Lovely came to the rescue and reduced the soaring of the scholars to the very prosaic level of adopting "sure hold"... A proposed amalgamation with Port Adelaide is reported in the Express,
3 August 1896, page 3c,
29 March 1898, page 4c,
4 April 1898, page 3f,
11 August 1898, page 2g,
13 August 1900, page 3f,
11 October 1900, page 2e.

An Art and Industrial Exhibition is reported in the Register,
17 December 1885, page 6g; also see
6, 7 and 9 September 1886, pages 5b, 5c and 5a and
Advertiser,
2 September 1886, page 6a.
Also see South Australia - Entertainment and the Arts - Art.

A tennis match is reported in the Express,
5 October 1886, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Tennis.

"The Governor at Semaphore" is in the Express,
6 January 1888, page 2a.

The opening of the rotunda is reported in the Register,
19 January 1889, page 6d; also see
Express,
6 March 1890, page 2c.

A proposed aquarium is discussed in the Register,
18 and 26 June 1889, pages 5b and 5a,
9 July 1889, page 7d,
20 and 24 October 1893, pages 7f and 7b,
Express,
20 and 24 October 1893, pages 3c and 4d,
Register,
13 July 1927, page 2f,
The News,
16 June 1927, page 9c.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany.

Information on a baseball team is in the Express,
21 and 27 October 1890, pages 4c and 4c,
19 November 1890, page 6g.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Baseball.

"Larrikins and Horses" is in the Register,
1 January 1892, page 5e.
Also see Adelaide - Larrikinism.

Speech days at the High School and Collegiate School are reported in the Express,
30 December 1890, page 2d,
Chronicle,
19 December 1891, page 22e,
Register,
20 December 1895, pages 7e and 7d.

Information on a water tower is in the Express,
4 February 1891, page 7c.

Information on the collegiate school is in the Express,
19 December 1891, page 4c.

Mr J. Deslandes's garden is described in the Express,
17 January 1893, page 3g.

Information on a chess club is in the Express,
27 November 1893, page 4a,
13 February 1894, page 4b,
2 May 1894, page 3e,
28 February 1895, page 4b.
Also see South Australia - Entertainment and the Arts - Chess.

A fire at a drapery store and information on a proposed fire brigade are reported upon in the Express,
11 and 19 March 1895, pages 3b and 3c,
7 May 1895, page 3f.

An outbreak of typhoid fever is reported in the Register,
10, 13 and 18 January 1896, pages 7c, 6f and 7c,
Express,
4 and 19 February 1896, pages 2g and 3f,
14 April 1899, page 3e,
while "Semaphore Sanitation" is traversed in the Advertiser,
11 March 1896, page 3i.
Also see South Australia - Health - Fevers - Typhoid.

Information on a gymnastic club is in the Express,
11 June 1896, page 2c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Athletics and Gymnastics.

The reminiscences of George Coppin are in the Register,
22 and 23 September 1896, pages 7g and 5a.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Theatre.

"Tragedy at Semaphore" is in the Express,
27 January 1897, page 3a.

A charity fair is reported in the Express,
4 October 1897, page 3f.

A Semaphore Boys' Club camp at Edithburgh is reported in the Chronicle,
8 January 1898, page 21a; also see
Express,
17 May 1900, page 4a.

Information on a cricket team is in the Express,
7 September 1885, page 3d,
21 September 1888, page 4e,
10 June 1889, page 4b,
27 April 1891, page 4b,
3 September 1891, page 4b,
12 July 1892, page 3e,
4 January 1893, page 4b,
6 June 1893, page 4c,
18 April 1894, page 3f,
29 July 1895, page 4e,
13 June 1898, page 4e.
A cricket match "Semaphore Have Beens versus Woodville Fossils" is reported in the Register, 29 April 1898, page 3b;
a club excursion to Port Lincoln is reported in the Chronicle,
14 January 1899, page 17c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.

Information on the District Trained Nurses' Society is in the Advertiser,
16 June 1899, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Women - Nursing and Female Doctors.

The aftermath of a cyclone is described in the Register,
28 January 1901, page 5e.

"The Semaphore Anchorage Light" is in the Express,
14 February 1902, page 4b.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Matters - Lighthouses and Lightships.

The YWCA Domestic Servants' Training Home is discussed in the Register,
27 March 1903, page 4c; also see
30 March 1903, page 6g.
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A performance of Handel's "Messiah" at the town hall is reported in the Express,
24 December 1903, page 4f.

The opening of a bowling green is reported in the Observer,
15 April 1905, page 18e-26 (photos).
Also see South Australia - Sport - Bowling.

A photograph of the Semaphore Ladies' Hockey Club is in the Chronicle,
25 November 1905, page 30.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Hockey.

"Semaphore Requirements" is in the Register,
28 February 1907, 9h,
23 November 1910, page 5 and
complaints about vandalism, etc, on
13 May 1907, page 9e.

Sanitation is discussed in the Register,
27 November 1907, page 6c,
27 March 1908, page 4d and
a sports day reported on
16 November 1909, page 8h.
A swimming carnival is reported on
11 April 1910, page 5c.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
7 February 1935, page 32.

A photograph of a water polo team is in the Chronicle,
22 October 1910, page 34,
of a men's hockey team in the Observer,
2 August 1913, page 29.

The opening of a kiosk is reported in the Register,
26 December 1914, page 8g,
the presence of "Quicksand" on
22 January 1917, page 4e and
a patriotic carnival on
29 January 1917, page 6h.

"New Wondergraph Cafe" is in The Mail,
11 December 1915, page 17.

A photographs of a ladies' hockey team is in the Observer,
5 October 1912, page 32,
of deep drainage excavation work on
7 June 1913, page 32,
of the Semaphore Central Football Club on
3 October 1914, page 28 (also see
Express,
26 April 1909, page 3h),
of a patriotic celebration in the Chronicle,
3 February 1917, page 30.

The first annual general meeting of the Semaphore and Largs Progressive Association is reported in the Express,
4 April 1917, page 4f.

A proposed soldiers' memorial is discussed in the Register,
3 March 1921, page 6e,
14 March 1922, page 4e,
15 August 1923, page 8g;
photographs are in the Chronicle,
30 May 1925, page 35,
1 May 1926, page 40.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Soldiers' Memorial Hall is reported upon in the Advertiser,
15 July 1929, page 10i and
its opening on
9 December 1929, page 15b.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.

The opening of a bathing pavilion and palais is reported in the Advertiser,
25 December 1922, page 11g.

Information on the Semaphore Photographic Society is in The News,
30 August 1923, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Photography.

A proposed amusement park is discussed in The News,
19 August 1925, page 8a.

Photographs of a carnival are in the Observer,
30 January 1926, page 32.

A feature article on the district is in the Register,
15 December 1927, page 8.
Photographs of "old residents" are in the Chronicle,
30 January 1930, page 30.

An article on Oldfield's Bakery is in the Observer,
31 December 1927, page 19a.

Photographs of Semaphore in the 1870s and 1930 are in the Chronicle,
23 January 1930, page 36,
of the RSL club rooms on
2 March 1933, page 38.

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