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    Wilpoorinna - Witchelina

    Wilpoorinna

    A shetch of the station homestead is in the Pictorial Australian, February 1884.

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    Place Names

    Wilsdonville

    A school near Apilla; opened in 1926 it closed in 1971.
    Records are at a variance in respect of the school - another source says it opened as "Tarcowie West" in 1890, changed to "Willsden" in 1891 and to "Wilsdonville" in April 1891; closed in 1944.
    A photograph is in the Chronicle,
    28 June 1934, page 34.

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    Place Names

    Wilsford

    The Register of 23 February 1863 at page 3b describes it as "12 miles from Adelaide on the Great South Road"; "Wilsford Garden and Vineyard" was the property of Thomas Young.

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    Place Names

    Wilson, Point

    On 7 December 1991 a plaque was unveiled near this place to commemorate the exploration journey from Adelaide to King George's Sound by the explorer Edward John Eyre with companions Wylie and John Baxter in 1840-41. It was placed by the Institution of Engineering and Mining Surveyors (Australia), Department of Lands - South Australia and the Department of Land Administration - Western Australia.

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    Place Names

    Wilson

    Nomenclature

    Named by Gov. Jervois after a compatriot, General Sir Charles Wilson.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1882 and closed in 1942; see
    Observer,
    7 March 1891, page 39d.
    A "Hoisting the Flag" ceremony is reported in the Chronicle,
    25 May 1901, page 19c (Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Flags and Patriotic Songs)
    a sports day on
    9 December 1905, page 16c.

    The Register of
    19 June 1882 at page 5a has a report on the confusion caused because the railway station was often called "Kanyaka Siding"; also see
    5 October 1882 (supp.), page 3c,
    6 December 1882, page 6g.

    The town is described in the Advertiser,
    20 December 1881, page 6b,
    Register,
    25 June 1885, page 7g,
    Advertiser,
    3 June 1899, page 11a.

    A Northern Areas Amalgamated Show is reported in the Chronicle,
    20 September 1884, page 8g.
    Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .

    "Determined Suicide" is in the Chronicle,
    13 December 1884, page 21c.

    A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
    17 January 1885, page 8g.

    "The Wants of Wilson" is in the Register,
    27 May 1885, page 3g.

    An obituary of William Logan is in the Register,
    21 October 1925, page 8h.

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    Place Names

    Wilton, Hundred of

    Nomenclature

    C.R. Wilton, a journalist of Adelaide. Born in Brunswick, Victoria on 25 May 1855, in 1877, with Messrs J.C.F. Johnson, D. Magill and W.J. Kennedy, he was associated in the conduct of the Adelaide Punch. In 1890 he became sub-editor of the Advertiser, subsequently becoming leader of the Hansard staff. In the House of Assembly he was one of the best known figures in the press gallery and his humorous comments and his store of anecdotes made him sought after as a critic and raconteur.

    General Notes

    Also see Adelaide - Newspapers, Newspaper Vendors and Almanacs.

    It is described in the Advertiser,
    12 January 1910, page 7a.

    Mr Wilton's obituary is in the Advertiser,
    9 March 1927, page 15c.

    A photograph of a bullock team is in the Chronicle,
    2 February 1933, page 38.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Miscellany.

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    Place Names

    Wiltoria

    An alternative name for "Pancharpoo".
    See Place Names - Pancharpoo.

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    Place Names

    Wiltunga

    Nomenclature

    A corruption of the Aboriginal wiltonga - 'place of the eagles'.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1887 and closed in 1945.

    The Hundred is described in the Advertiser,
    10 August 1895, page 7a.

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    Place Names

    Winckel Bridge

    Nomenclature

    Friederich Ernest Winckel, who was born at Gawler on 30 March 1857 and died there on 16 July 1946.

    General Notes

    Mr Winckel's obituary is in the Express,
    2 January 1880, page 2c.

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    Place Names

    Windabout, Lake

    Nomenclature

    Named by B.H. Babbage on 14 May 1858 'on account of its twisting in and out among the hills'.

    General Notes

    It is described in the Register, 3 November 1904, page 6d.

    Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.

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    Place Names

    Windittie Creek

    Nomenclature

    Aboriginal for 'plenty of water'.

    General Notes

    The "Windittie Mine" was also known as "Arno Bay Mine" -
    see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 152 and
    Register, 2 February 1900, page 7c.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.

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    Place Names

    Windsor

    Nomenclature

    This English name is applied to three subdivisions, one country and two suburban.

    General Notes

    The public school opened in 1878 and closed in 1971.
    Prior to this a school was conducted by Miss Temby, a daughter of the first storekeeper - "She used a room of the verandah at the store as a schoolroom. When the church was built, the school moved to the church and remained there until the public school was opened..." See Life Around the Light, page 144.
    A photograph of students is in the Observer,
    30 October 1909, page 29.

    Information on the Institute is in the Register,
    9 August 1884, page 5e,
    Observer,
    16 August 1884, page 28e.

    The town is described in the Register,
    8 January 1904, page 6d.

    An obituary of Mrs W. Fabian is in the Register,
    16 March 1906, page 4h.

    The Adelaide subdivision's nomenclature is explained by Nathaniel Hailes in a letter to the Adelaide Times on 1 November 1849:

    "The Passing of the Windsor Hotel" is in the Register,
    3 February 1911, page 5b,
    "Alleged Sunday Trading" on
    16 November 1911, page 5g.

    A photograph of Australia Day celebrations is in the Observer,
    7 August 1915, page 29.

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    Place Names

    Wingfield

    Nomenclature

    R.W. Wingfield, clerk of the Executive Council.

    General Notes

    The new township is described in the Register,
    28 May 1877, page 5a.

    The school opened in 1882 and closed in 1885;
    Wingfield Camp School opened in 1951 and closed in 1952.

    "The Easter Encampment" is in the Observer,
    31 March 1894, page 13a,
    14 April 1894, page 14d; also see
    Register,
    21 and 24 March 1923, pages 9h and 11d,
    19, 20 and 26 June 1923, pages 9b, 9c and 11c.
    Photographs of a military camp are in the Chronicle,
    24 March 1923, page 34.
    Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.

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    Place Names

    Winicke Berick Well

    Nomenclature

    Probably corrupted from the Aboriginal byrlung byrleck - 'the sea'.

    General Notes

    In the Peake District (see Manning's Place Names of SA under "Box Flat").
    Probably corrupted from the Aboriginal byrlung byrleck - "the sea".
    See Register,
    16 August 1905, page 4e for the surrounding legend.

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    Place Names

    Winkie

    Nomenclature

    John Chambers first held the land under occupation licence in 1846 and most of the Winkie irrigation settlement is contained in that part of the run known as 'Wink Wink Paddock'; Aboriginal for 'a flat'.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1919.

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    Place Names

    Winklers Crossing

    The Register of 23 November 1894, page 7f places it as between Riverton and Saddleworth.

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    Place Names

    Winnininnie

    The pastoral lease is described in the Register,
    6 October 1890, page 5f.

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    Place Names

    Winninowie

    Nomenclature

    An Aboriginal name for local springs, probably meaning 'a meeting place near water'.

    General Notes

    Information on a proposed school is in the Register,
    15 August 1881, page 6e; also see
    22 July 1885, page 3f.
    The school opened in 1899 and became "Nectar Brook" in 1938; closed in 1939.

    A find of pre-historic bones by a Mr Bowden is reported in the Register,
    5 July 1883, page 5b.

    Biographical details of G. Baker are in the Register,
    1 March 1915, page 6h.

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    Place Names

    Wintanerta

    An obituary of Mrs Emily Pengelley is in the Register,
    3 September 1926, page 8h.

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    Place Names

    Winulta

    Nomenclature

    Aboriginal for 'swamp root place'.

    General Notes

    The school opened as "Hundred of Tiparra" in 1884;
    name changed in 1891 and closed in 1950.
    Also see Place Names - Tiparra.

    Biographical details of William Short are in the Observer,
    6 November 1926, page 19d.

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    Place Names

    Wirra Wirra

    Nomenclature

    Wirra is a Kaurna tribal word meaning 'in the midst of red gum trees'.

    General Notes

    The vineyard at McLaren Vale is described in the Register,
    3 March 1910, page 15b.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.

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    Wirrabara

    Nomenclature

    Aboriginal for 'forest with running water'.

    The Register of 21 August 1901, page 3h says, inter alia:

    General Notes

    A history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
    22 December 1932, pages 33 and 42.
    The town is described in the Chronicle,
    27 March 1875, page 7d,
    the town and district on
    24 August 1901, page 33,
    27 August 1904, page 34d,
    Register,
    6 March 1902, page 3h.

    "Dummyism in Wirrabara" is in the Farmers Weekly Messenger,
    5 June 1874, page 9d.

    Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Land Development.

    A sports day is reported in the Observer,
    9 January 1875, page 3d.

    Its first ploughing match and show of horse stock is reported in the Advertiser,
    22 September 1875, page 6f; also see
    Chronicle,
    9 September 1876, page 18e,
    Advertiser,
    29 September 1876, page 1d (supp.).
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.

    The laying of the foundation stone of the Wesleyan Church is reported in the Chronicle,
    23 October 1875, page 22e.
    Photographs of the ceremony for the Anglican Church are in the Chronicle,
    5 December 1908, page 31.

    The Wirrabara Forest Reserve is described in the Register,
    31 May 1877, pages 4f and 5g,
    7 June 1877, page 4f,
    9 February 1878, page 6e,
    17 July 1879, page 6d.
    Its sawmill is discussed on
    15 and 30 July (supp.) 1880, pages 6f and 2d,
    Chronicle,
    5 March 1881, page 20c,
    Register,
    23 January 1884, page 6f.

    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Forestry.

    Also see Register,
    15 January 1881 (supp.), page 2a,
    Advertiser,
    1 March 1881, page 6b,
    Register,
    22 June 1882, page 6b,
    26 March 1885, page 6e,
    Chronicle,
    14 August 1886, page 23e,
    Register,
    19 September 1887, page 6c,
    21 May 1889, page 6d,
    4 and 21 February 1903, pages 4c and 3g,
    20 November 1923, page 10h.

    "The Timber Industry" is in the Register,
    14 August 1906, page 11b.

    "Wirrabara Forest Pioneer - Retirement of Mr W. Dansie" appears in the Register,
    22 December 1926, page 11f.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    18 June 1927, page 33.

    A visit to Mr Murray's station is described in the Register,
    21 June 1876, page 6a; also see
    28 September 1904, page 6f.
    A memorial is discussed in the Register,
    21 October 1880, page 5b,
    10 February 1881, page 4g,
    Observer,
    11 February 1882, page 31d; also see
    Chronicle,
    18 February 1882, page 8a.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    16 July 1910, page 30.

    A sports day and horse racing event are reported upon in the Chronicle,
    7 December 1878, page 22c; also see
    5 June 1886, page 15e.
    Observer,
    13 March 1886, page 17c.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.

    The school opened in 1879;
    Wirrabara Forest Reserve School was opened in 1881 and became "Wirrabara Forest" in 1892; it closed in 1967.
    Information on the Wirrabara Forest School is in the Register,
    25 August 1903, page 6f,
    11 April 1910, page 10b,
    Observer,
    16 April 1910, page 16e.

    Photographs are in the Observer,
    16 April 1910, page 30,
    Chronicle,
    16 April 1910, page 32 and
    of an Arbor Day on
    27 August 1910, page 29, (Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days)
    of students on
    15 June 1933, page 32.

    The town is described in the Register,
    21 February 1878, page 6c-f and
    in article entitled "The Garden of the North",
    16 February 1905, page 5i,
    24 October 1906, page 6a,
    9 June 1910, page 9f,
    "A Gem of the North" is in the Advertiser,
    17 July 1903, page 6f.
    The town and district are described in the Observer,
    24 August 1901, page 10d.

    Mr Copas' nursery is described in the Register,
    24 June 1881; also see
    12 September 1881 (supp.), page 1b,
    9 and 17 November 1881, pages 6b and 5b,
    21 August 1901, page 3h,
    23 September 1904, page 4g.
    Henry Copas' obituary is in the Advertiser,
    29 October 1918, page 6h.
    Also see Place Names - Findon.

    Market gardening is discussed in the Advertiser,
    2 June 1882, page 6g.
    Local gardens are described in the Register,
    14 and 23 May 1895, pages 6a,
    21 February 1903, page 4c,
    1 March 1905, page 7d.
    "Market Gardening in the North" is in the Chronicle,
    10 June 1882, page 15b,
    "Fruit Growing in the North" in the Advertiser,
    6 May 1887, page 6g.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fruit and Vegetables.

    A shearers' strike is discussed in the Register,
    19 October 1881, page 7a.

    A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
    3 November 1883, page 7b.

    The unveiling of the Alexander S. Murray Memorial is reported in the Register,
    10 and 13 February 1882, pages 6a and 5b.

    Sleeper cutting is described in the Register,
    4 September 1888, page 3e; also see
    17 September 1888, page 7e.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

    A locust plague is reported in the Register,
    25 December 1890, page 6h.
    Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Locusts.

    Information on the gun club is in the Observer,
    1 August 1891, page 19c.
    Photographs of the opening of a rifle club are in the Chronicle,
    6 March 1915, page 30.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting.

    "The Wirrabara Forest Settlers" is in the Express,
    14 August 1891, page 3b,
    A photograph of a "social centre" in the Chronicle,
    12 August 1937, page 38.

    "Among the Blockers in Wirrabara" is in the Advertiser,
    22 February 1893, page 3h,
    Register,
    23 February 1893, page 3e,
    Observer,
    25 February 1893, page 10e.
    Also see Place Names - Cotton, Hundred of.

    A typhoid fever outbreak is reported in the Chronicle,
    4 March 1899, page 19e.
    Also see South Australia - Health - Fevers - Typhoid.

    "Wirrabara's Claim for a Railway" is in the Register,
    21 August 1901, page 3h.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

    A photograph of a fancy-dress football match is in the Chronicle,
    14 August 1909, page 31,
    Observer,
    7 October 1911, page 32,
    of the opening of the Institute in the Chronicle,
    14 September 1912, page 32,
    of harvesting on Mr J.W.G. Seaman's property on
    12 March 1927, page 40,
    of a football team on
    25 October 1934, page 36,
    of a hockey team on
    13 August 1936, page 32,
    of "old" residents on
    26 November 1936, page 38.

    The sale of Wirrabara Estate is reported in the Observer,
    30 July 1910, page 38d,
    Register,
    28 July 1910, page 5e.

    "Fire Fighters Honoured" is in the Register,
    27 February 1912, page 3e.
    "Fire Fighting Organizations - Northern Areas Pioneers" on
    26 March 1926, page 10d.
    Observer,
    3 April 1926, page 19a.
    Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.

    The laying of the foundation stone of an Institute hall is reported in the Register,
    16 March 1912;
    for its opening see Register,
    26 August 1912, page 9a,
    Observer,
    31 August 1912, page 54a.

    A proposed high school is discussed in the Observer,
    21 March 1914, page 17b,
    a golf club on
    13 June 1914, page 28e.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf.

    "The Wirrabara Tragedy" is in the Express,
    5 August 1915, page 3e.

    Information on a war memorial is in the Register,
    3 December 1921, page 8h.
    A photograph of the unveiling of the war memorial is in the Chronicle,
    24 December 1921, page 28; also see
    7 February 1925, page 36.
    Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.

    A photograph of a football team is in the Observer,
    23 October 1926, page 31,
    Chronicle,
    22 October 1927, page 25,
    29 October 1936, page 34.

    Biographical details of William Dansie are in the Observer,
    25 December 1926, page 39c.

    Photographs of cricket teams are in the Chronicle,
    14 January 1937, page 37.

    Wirrabara - Obituaries

    An obituary of J. Milne is in the Register,
    3 November 1899, page 5i,
    of Adam M. Potts on 9 January 1912, page 6g,
    of George Holland on 2 January 1913, page 4g,
    of Mrs Matilda Sizer on 12 May 1923, page 8h.,
    of Mrs Henry Hunt on 18 November 1926, page 10g

    An obituary of Mrs Boothby is in the Observer,
    17 July 1909, page 42b,
    of Mrs Magdalena Zwar on 28 May 1910, page 38a,
    of Paul Lawson of Santo Vale on 24 July 1915, page 45b,
    of Dr W.M. Hunn on 15 September 1917, page 40a,
    of W.J.J. Curnow on 7 October 1922, page 25d.

    An obituary of Paul Lawson is in the Register,
    19 July 1915, page 6g,
    of Henry Peake on 18 January 1919, page 6g,
    of Thomas H. Lewis on 26 January 1927, page 13c,
    of Henry Hunt on 30 June 1927, page 10g,
    of John Milhinch on 27 July 1927, page 8g,
    of Mrs Mary A. Shuttleworth on 17 August 1927, page 13a,
    of Lewis H. Fisher on 13 December 1928, page 17a.

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    Wirraminna

    Nomenclature

    Aboriginal for 'gum tree water'.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1967 and closed in 1969.

    The pastoral station is described in the Observer,
    17 January 1880, page 91a,
    Register,
    5 November 1904, page 8f,
    Observer,
    8 March 1924, page 46b,
    12 April 1924, page 47b.

    Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.

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    Wirrealpa

    Nomenclature

    Aboriginal for 'on the open plain'.

    General Notes

    An entertaining story of a pelican which made its home on a local waterhole is in the Register,
    13 December 1883, page 5d.

    Its silver mines are discussed in the Register,
    6, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26 and 27 October 1887, pages 6a, 7h, 6h, 7d, 7d, 3f and 7c,
    23 and 29 March 1888, pages 6b and 7h,
    15 and 18 September 1888, pages 6a and 6d,
    27 December 1888, page 7a; also see
    Advertiser,
    19, 24 and 25 October 1887, pages 7d, 7g and 6f,
    11 May 1888, page 6g.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.

    Information on the pastoral station is in the Chronicle,
    12 March 1898, page 40c.

    An obituary of Francis H. Duffield is in the Register,
    22 July 1922, page 8g,
    Observer,
    29 July 1922, page 20a.

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    Wirreanda

    Nomenclature

    Derived from the Aboriginal wirra - 'gum tree' and ando - 'rock wallaby'.

    General Notes

    "University Lands at Wirreanda" is in the Observer,
    4 August 1883, page 36a.

    Also see Place Names - University Blocks.

    This school near Cradock opened in 1891 and closed in 1944;
    see Chronicle,
    1 August 1896, page 26a.

    The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs W.H. Rouse is reported upon in the Register,
    20 May 1908, page 9a.

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    Wirrega

    Nomenclature

    John Binnie first applied the word, which means 'dwellers in the open forest', to the pastoral run he established on 26 February 1846.

    General Notes

    "The Wirrega Educational Lands" is in the Chronicle,
    4 September 1886, page 8b.

    Also see Place Names - University Blocks.

    The property of Mr A.L. Fry, a pioneer farmer, is described in the Register,
    5 December 1905, page 3d.

    The school opened in 1925 and closed in 1946.

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    Wirrigenda

    This name was given to a school on Eyre Peninsula; it opened in 1928 and closed in 1935.

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    Wirrilla

    Nomenclature

    An Aboriginal word meaning "to make haste, to be quick".

    General Notes

    This former school near Manoora took its name from the Wirrilla Estate - see Advertiser,
    2 December 1910, page 11g and
    Ben Evans, From Weavers to Wapstraws,
    page 115.

    The Wirrilla Estate of 1136 acres owned by Mr D.H. Power was subdivided in 1914 -
    a copy of the sale notice is held in the State Bank Archive, Adelaide.
    Also see Observer,
    25 July 1914, page 42d.

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    Wirrulla

    Nomenclature

    Aboriginal for 'rockhole'.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1919.

    The opening of the Memorial Hall is reported in the Register,
    16 February 1926, page 3g.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    21 March 1925, page 33.
    Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.

    The town and district are described in the Register,
    18 May 1926, page 7.

    A photograph of a donkey team in front of the hotel is in the Chronicle,
    26 March 1931, page 38,
    of the children in the Burke family on
    21 April 1932, page 32.

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    Wisanger

    Nomenclature

    On Kangaroo Island 19 km WNW of Kingscote, was named by Henry Partridge, who took up land there, after 'Wisanger Manor' near Stroud, Gloucestershire once owned by his forebears.

    The name was also given to a subdivision of section 1175, Hundred of Yankalilla by Septimane (or Septimus) Herbert in 1869 he also hailed from Gloucestershire. Earlier, in 1854, he sold portion of the section to Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Early documents spell it as 'Wissanger').

    General Notes

    A public dinner to Mr S. Herbert at Normanville is reported in the Register,
    21 July 1859, page 3f.
    Biographical details are in The Pioneers of South Australia - Records, Vol 1, number 13;
    an obituary is in the Register,
    18 June 1886, page 5b.
    The reminiscences of his son, G.S. Herbert, are in the Express,
    1 November 1900, page 3d.

    Examinations at the school are reported in the Register,
    29 December 1862, page 3e,
    23 December 1863, page 3f;
    the opening of a new school to replace the "old school opened in 1857" is reported in the Register,
    20 August 1875, page 5a.
    An Arbor day is reported in the Chronicle,
    1 September 1894, page 12f.

    Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.

    The school on Kangaroo Island was opened in 1886 by Mary A. Snelling;
    it closed in 1945.
    Photographs of the property on Kamgaroo Island are in the Observer,
    20 January 1906, page 27.

    An obituary of Oscar J. Herbert is in the Register,
    1 July 1926, page 6d.

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    Place Names

    Wistow

    Nomenclature

    Its nomenclature is a mystery, but it can be said that it is most unlikely that, as Rodney Cockburn asserts, it has any reference to the Reverend T.Q. Stow, who was born at Hadleigh, Sussex on 7 July 1801, educated for the ministry at Gosport and before leaving for South Australia in 1837 was a minister at Halstead, Essex. The name occurs in Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and Yorkshire.

    General Notes

    The school opened in 1867 and closed in 1967; see
    Register,
    23 July 1880, page 6f,
    Observer,
    24 July 1880, page 147a.

    A parrot shooting match is reported in the Express,
    8 December 1883, page 3d.

    Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Birds.

    The village and district are described in the Register,
    27 July 1892, page 1a (supp.),
    Observer,
    30 July 1892, page 9e.

    An obituary of Mrs Frederick Natt is in the Observer,
    19 October 1895, page 29b.

    Biographical details of Mr & Mrs Robert Piggott are in the Register,
    10 February 1928, page 10f.

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    Witchelina

    Nomenclature

    Taken from the name of a sheep run established by J. Ragless in 1873.

    General Notes

    Information on shearing at the station is in the Register,
    7 September 1887, page 7h.
    A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
    February 1884, page 25;
    photographs are in the Observer,
    15 September 1906, page 29,
    Chronicle,
    7 November 1935, page 34.

    The reminiscences of T.J. Ragless are in the Register,
    27 November 1926, page 5a.

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