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Yorke Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula
Descriptive
Nomenclature
Named by Matthew Flinders on 30 March 1802. Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke of the Admiralty.
General Notes
Robert Cock's report of his exploration is in the Register,
15 June 1839, page 2b.
An account of a trip to Yorke Peninsula is recounted in the Register,
23 April 1845, page 3c.
Reminiscences of southern Yorke Peninsula are in the Observer,
2 and 16 May 1914, pages 39b and 46d.
The area is described in the Register,
21 January 1861, page 2e,
18 July 1866, page 2c.
A journey from Clare to Black Point and Wallaroo and a return trip to Adelaide is described in the Register,
20 May 1867, page 3d.
The district, towns and mines are described in the Chronicle,
9 and 16 September 1865, pages 4d and 4f,
Register,
6 November 1869, page 3a; also see
Chronicle,
10 June 1871, page 11g.
The Register of 20 August 1872, page 5a has an editorial entitled "Farmers on Yorke Peninsula" where the country is described.
"Recollections of a Trip to Yorke Peninsula" is in The Irish Harp,
27 September 1872, page 3b.
"A Visit to Yorke Peninsula" is in the Advertiser,
9, 10, 11 and 12 June 1873, pages 2h, 2g, 2g and 2h.
"Town Lands on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Observer,
7 September 1872, page 8b.
Townships on the peninsula are described in the Advertiser,
10 and 17 August 1905, pages 6d and 7g.
The towns and districts of southern Yorke Peninsula are described in the Register,
3, 9 and 19 March 1874, pages 6a-c, 6a and 5d and
7 December 1877, page 6d-g,
Express,
7 and 8 December 1877, pages 3e and 3c,
Chronicle,
19 August 1905, page 39a,
"The Coastal Towns" in the Advertiser,
1 October 1910, page 16h.
Southern Yorke Peninsula is described in the Advertiser,
7 and 8 May 1877, pages 6c and 5f,
7 December 1877, page 6e,
Farmers Weekly Messenger,
30 November 1877, page 2d,
8 December 1877, page 2b,
31 May 1878, page 3c,
"Notes on Southern Yorke Peninsula" in the Chronicle,
1 June 1878, page 6b.
A "Round up of the Crops" is in the Register,
27 and 28 September 1883, pages 6a,
1 October 1892 (supp.), page 1c.
A trip through southern Yorke Peninsula is reported in
the Advertiser,
29 November 1883, page 1c (supp.).
Information on ports and farming is in the Advertiser,
14 September 1885, page 5d.
"A Trip Down Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
20 October 1885, page 6g; also see
16 November 1889, page 6b.
"The Future of Yorke's Peninsula" is discussed in the Register,
13 March 1891, pages 4g-5h,
"Northern Yorke's Peninsula" on
28 March 1891, page 6d.
"A Visit to Yorke's Peninsula" is in the Register,
11 April 1891, page 5a,
"Southern Yorke Peninsula" on
10, 15 and 20 November 1909, pages 5c, 7c and 15c.
A cycling tour on the peninsula is described in the Register,
10 June 1892, page 3f,
"Cycling Tours - The Scenery and the Roads" on
4 December 1897, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cycling.
"In the Mallee Country - Northern Yorke's Peninsula" is in the Advertiser,
10 August 1895, page 7a.
"Motor Tour on the Peninsula" is in the Register on
6 January 1903, page 6h,
Adelaide to Port Moonta by motor car on
17 December 1909, page 8f,
"Impression from a Motor Car" on
15 May 1923, page 11c.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
"A Pioneer Farmer[ Mr Thomas King]" is in the Observer,
11 August 1906, page 39d.
"The Coastal Towns" is in the Chronicle,
8 October 1910, page 43e.
"Diary of Four Tramps - A Tour of Farming Areas" is in the Register,
11 July 1925, page 11g,
"The Southern End of Yorke Peninsula" on
15 June 1926, page 7.
"Lower Yorke Peninsula - A Progressive District" is in the Advertiser,
24 October 1927, page 12f.
"Busy Scenes in the Paddocks and on the Waterfront" is in the Chronicle,
16 December 1937, page 51b.
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Yorke Peninsula
Aborigines
Also see South Australia - Aboriginal Australians.
"Natives of Yorke Peninsula" is in the Adelaide Chronicle,
21 January 1840, page 3c.
An 1850 private survey expedition is described in some detail in The Life and Adventures of Edward Snell (Angus & Robertson, 1988), chapter 3. A vocabulary of "The Natives of Yorke's Peninsula" is on page 148 while a sketch map of the country he traversed is on page 150.
Voluminous correspondence in support of the foundation of an Aboriginal Mission is to be found in the Register - 1866 -
10, 11, 12, 17, and 29 January;
17, 27 February;
14, 19 April, 21 May, 20 July and 18 August;
12 September 1867, page 2g - this letter includes information on the acquisition of land at Point Pearce.
The Register of 9 June 1868, page 2e says:
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The poor creatures are ill-housed, ill-fed and ill-clothed and the only consolatory set-off to these ills is the excellent instruction - secular and religious - which they receive... Government has acted very shabbily towards the mission...
28 February 1876, page 5b.
Comment on the Adjahdurah tribe is in the Register,
30 July 1887, page 7e,
"Tribal Customs of Yorke's Peninsula" on
24 January 1922, page 4g.
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Yorke Peninsula
Mines and Mining
Also see Place Names - Inneston and South Australia - Mining - Coal.
"Mining Discovery Upon Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
12 June 1847, page 2c.
A feature article on the area is in the Register,
21 January 1861, page 2e, while
Parliamentary Paper
191/1862 has a petition from Richard G. Wooldridge, a chainman with a survey party, in respect of a copper deposit he claims to have found during work on the Clinton to Wallaroo road; also see
Advertiser,
24 April 1862, page 2b.
"The Yorke Peninsula Mines" is in the Chronicle,
26 April 1862, page 4e.
Extensive editorials on the mining district, including a trip overland from Adelaide, are in the Register of 1868 -
11, 14, 15 and 16 September, pages 2d, 2e, 2e and 2d.
"The Mining Districts" is in the Advertiser,
23 and 30 August 1865, pages 2d and 2e,
1, 5 and 12 September 1865, pages 2e, 2e and 2f.
"Yorke Peninsula and Its Mines" is in the Chronicle,
28 May 1870, page 11e.
"Among the Copper Miners" is in the Register,
10 June 1873, page 6c; also see
Observer,
14 and 21 June 1873, pages 10e and 10,
Register,
10, 16 and 18 June 1873, pages 6c, 6e and 6a.
"Copper Mines of Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
13 February 1878, page 6a,
the Kurilla Mine is described on
1 May 1880 (supp.), page 1c; also see
Advertiser,
20 January 1882, page 6c,
11, 16 and 18 February 1882, pages 1a (supp.), 5f and 6b, Chronicle,
4 March 1882, page 10d.
"A Run Around the Copper Mines" is in the Register,
1 March 1886, page 6h.
"Copper Mining - Thirty Four Years Progress" is in the Observer,
22 October 1898, page 16a,
"Mines and Mining Townships" on
4 March 1899 (supplement).
Reminiscences of Captain Hancock are in the Register,
19 October 1898, page 6b and
biographical details of his son, Thomas Hancock, in the Observer,
11 February 1928, page 34d.
"Copper and the Peninsula Mines" is in the Register,
7 February 1899, pages 4e-5h.
"The Lime Industry" is in the Chronicle,
4 November 1899, page 15d.
"A Venture That Failed - Alunite Mining on YP" is in the Chronicle,
25 November 1937, page 51b.
"The Peninsula Mines" is in the Register,
21 November 1902, page 3h,
"Mining Districts" on
21 and 30 May 1904, pages 4e and 8d.
"Oil on Yorke Peninsula - Air Pungent with Kerosine" is in the Register on
20 January 1906, page 8g; also see
31 May 1906, page 4e,
Advertiser,
22 June 1906, page 10d,
2 October 1906, page 11d under "Warrenben Oil Claims"; also see
Advertiser,
4 June 1929, page 15b.
"Peninsula Oil Company - A Confident Statement" is in the Register,
19 June 1920, page 6d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Petroleum.
"The Romance of Phosphates - YP Six Years Ago and Now" is in the Observer,
14 July 1906, page 48d,
"At the Salt Lakes" on
2 February 1907, page 15c.
"Mining on Yorke Peninsula - A Retrospect of 1906" is in the Register,
30 January 1907, page 8h.
Photographs are in the Observer,
22 July 1911, page 28.
The Register of 15 September 1868, page 2h says:
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Messrs Wills, Reid, Heath and Willimott of Port Adelaide have secured leases of all the principal salt lagoons on Yorke Peninsula with a view to supplying the colony with this useful article; the salt in its coarse state is well adapted for pickling...
8 August 1868, page 7b,
Observer,
18 November 1876, page 17f,
1 November 1884, page 35b,
Advertiser,
16 April 1889, page 7c,
12 December 1889, page 6d,
16 and 23 October 1896, pages 7c and 7g,
7 November 1896, page 6f,
18 May 1897, page 6a (history of).
The salt industry is discussed in the Observer,
1 January 1876, page 4g,
Chronicle,
2 January 1904, page 31d,
Register,
22 April 1911,
15 October 1921, page 9b,
19 May 1923, page 6b.
Photographs are in the Observer,
21 April 1923, page 28,
29 October 1927, page 27,
Chronicle,
15 August 1925, page 39,
19 July 1934, page 34.
Gypsum deposits "fifty miles south of Edithburgh" are discussed in the Register,
23 July 1890, page 5c.
Salt leases are mentioned on
14 October 1891, page 6e; also see
8 and 27 August 1895, pages 3e-5a and 7g,
29 September 1896, page 6i,
23 October 1896, page 3h,
7 November 1896, page 6e,
22 December 1896, page 11h,
18 May 1897, page 7b,
19 April 1904, page 7h,
27 May 1904, page 7c,
13 September 1906, page 8h,
10 November 1909, page 5c.
Also see Observer,
14 November 1896, page 43c,
22 May 1897, page 43a,
18 March 1899, page 15a,
20 September 1902, page 3c (supp.),
Advertiser,
21 July 1905, page 7i,
26 March 1907, page 6e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
26 January 1907, page 29.
"Our Salt Industry" is in the Register,
8 and 27 August 1895, pages 3e-5a and 7g; also see
7 November 1896, page 6e.
"Salt Lake Jumping Cases" is in the Advertiser,
8 and 27 August 1895, pages 4f-7a and 6h.
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As soon as the salt season is about to commence... Yorketown is made the dumping ground for about the most undesirable class of men Australia possesses, a great number being mere vagrants and loafers, while others only work a few days to earn a few shillings, get drunk, and by their disgraceful language at the hotel bars and in the streets, shock the sensibilities of all respectable people.
(Advertiser, 10 January 1902, page 5h.)
31 December 1903, page 4f.
An annual general meeting of the Castle Salt Co is reported in the Advertiser,
18 June 1912, page 13b.
An obituary of John Jordan, lakes manager for the Castle Salt Company, is in the Register,
23 July 1912, page 6h.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.
"Peninsula Mines - Attempt to Smash the Company" is in the Advertiser,
29 March 1922, page 8.
"Industries of Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
25 and 26 October 1927, pages 7a and 10a.
"Thriving Trade [in gypsum] at Remote Spot" is in the Advertiser,
30 June 1934, page 12h.
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Miscellany
"Progress of the Peninsula" is in the Register,
23 January 1868, page 2d,
Observer,
25 January 1868, page 12b.
A report on kangaroo hunting is in the Register,
22 February 1869, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Marsupials and Mammals.
"The Cruise of the Flinders" is in the Chronicle,
8 May 1869, page 6a.
A report on fatal bushfires is in the Register,
23 December 1869, page 2g; also see
3 January 1870, page 5f.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires.
The Governor's visit is reported in the Register,
8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 July 1870, pages 5f, 5f, 5e, 6a and 5f.
Also see South Australia - Governors and Ancillary Matters.
An annual horse racing event is described in the Register,
14 April 1871, page 6e.
"Annual Races" is reported upon in the Chronicle,
19 April 1873, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
"Farmers on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Observer,
17 August 1872, page 9a.
"Town Lands on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Observer,
7 September 1872, page 8b.
The prospectus of the Yorke Peninsula Gas Co Ltd. is in the Observer,
19 October 1872, page 8c.
Water Reserves on the peninsula are discussed in the Register,
19 July 1873 (supp.), page 2d.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
"The Public Health" is in the Express,
3 December 1874, page 3a,
Register,
31 December 1874, page 4f.
"Exports of Southern Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
28 December 1875, page 5e.
Schoolhouses on the Peninsula are discussed in the Register,
17, 18, 27 and 28 January 1876, pages 6d, 6e, 6e and 6e.
A water famine on the Peninsula is described and commented upon in the Register in 1877 -
11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25 and 31 January, pages 4e-5c, 4e-5c & e, 5g, 5e, 5e, 5d-7d, 5a-b-g, 5b, 5d and 5b,
5, 6 and 19 February, pages 5f, 5c and 5d.
Also see Advertiser,
13 January 1877, page 4e,
Register,
31 October 1882, page 7a.
"Beetaloo Springs as the Source of Water Supply for Northern Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
25 January 1883, page 6b; also see
3 September 1885, page 7d.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
"Cricket on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
13 January 1877, page 6g. See
10 March 1877 (supp.), page 1d for comments on a match versus a city team on the Adelaide Oval.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Destitution on the peninsula is reported in the Register,
25 June 1877, page 7a,
23 July 1877, page 5f and
7 August 1877, page 4g; also see
Parliamentary Paper
186/1877.
Steam communication with south-western Yorke Peninsula is discussed in the Register,
7 December 1877, page 6f,
Observer,
8 December 1877, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.
Its annual regatta is reported in the Register,
4 January 1878, page 7b.
Crops, etc, on central Yorke Peninsula are reported upon in the Register,
20 October 1880 (supp.), page 3d.
"Justice on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Chronicle,
12 and 26 April 1884, pages 21d and 12e.
Also see South Australia - Crime, Law and Punishment - Law - Local courts.
"Defence of the Peninsula Towns" is in the Express,
18 April 1885, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.
"Gardens on the Peninsula" is in the Advertiser,
23 October 1885, page 7c.
"The Depression on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
18 May 1886, page 7f.
Vine-growing is described in the Advertiser,
12 August 1886, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
"Some of the Capabilities of Yorke Peninsula" is in the Chronicle,
30 March 1889, page 9a.
"Our Scrub Farmers and Settlement on Yorke's Peninsula" is in the Register,
27 February 1889, page 5g,
"Some Remarkable Gardens on Yorke's Peninsula" on
14 March 1889, page 6a.
"Some of the Capabilities of Yorke Peninsula" is in the Advertiser,
28 March 1889, page 6d.
Fruit growing on southern York Peninsula is described in the Advertiser,
13 March 1891, page 6c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fruit and Vegetables.
"Yorke Peninsula and its Resources" is in the Register,
10 March 1899, page 6c,
"Farming on Yorke Peninsula" on
8 October 1902, page 7c,
"On Yorke Peninsula - Some of the Industries" on
3 November 1902.
It is extolled as a place to breed draught horses on
12 February 1910, page 11d.
"Its Progress During Twenty Years" is in the Advertiser,
3 November 1902, page 6f,
"Prosperous Yorke Peninsula" on
23 March 1904, page 7g.
The opening of a telephone service from Adelaide is reported in the Advertiser,
29 June 1905, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telephones.
"The Romance of Phosphate - Yorke Peninsula Six Years Ago and Now" is in the Observer,
14 July 1906, page 48d.
A photograph of representatives of various municipal bodies is in the Chronicle,
23 March 1907, page 32,
of a lacrosse team in the Observer,
28 November 1908, page 31,
of a cricket team on
25 May 1912, page 32,
of rock fishing on
19 April 1919, page 25.
"Motor Cars on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Observer,
30 October 1909, page 17c.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
"Electric Power for the Peninsula" is in the Register,
18 and 29 March 1911, pages 8a and 10c.
Also see Adelaide - Lighting the City and Homes.
"Nature Study" is in the Register,
6 May 1911, page 8a, Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Birds
"Christmas in Copper Towns" on
31 December 1923, page 9b, Also see South Australia - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia
"Early Day Sport" on
9 August 1924, page 7a.
An obituary of Peter Roach is in the Observer,
13 September 1913, page 41b,
of B.W. Newbold on 14 August 1920, page 31e.
"Education on the Peninsula" is in the Register,
12 and 14 January 1921, pages 3h and 5g.
"The Disappearance of Game on Yorke Peninsula" is in the Register,
23 March 1926, page 12a.
York Peninsula nomenclature is traversed in the Advertiser,
26 June 1934, page 10e.
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Transport
Also see South Australia - Transport .
A trip from Adelaide to Wallaroo is described in the Register,
16 June 1873, page 6e; also see
18 June 1873, page 6a.
The subject of mail deliveries is the cause for complaint in a letter in the Register,
22 July 1873, page 6e;
details of mail services appear on
11 January 1875, page 5b and
25 September 1875, page 7d,
2 October 1875, page 6d.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Mail and Postal.
A meeting re shipping requirements is reported in the Register,
7 April 1880, page 6a.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.
"A Trip to Yorke Peninsula" by rail and coach is described in the Register,
23 October 1903, page 6g.
A motor car excursion is reported in the Register,
5 and 9 September 1907, pages 5d and 7e.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
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