Place Names of South Australia - B
Blyth - Booborowie
- Blyth
- Blythewood
- Bockelberg, Hundred of
- Boggy Flat
- Bold, Mount
- Bolivar
- Bollard Lagoon
- Bon Bon
- Bondleigh
- Bonealla
- Bonney Bluff
- Booborowie
- Bonney, Hundred of
- Bonney Flat
- Bonney, Lake (Riverland)
- Bonython, Hundred of
Blythewood
Nomenclature
A railway station in the subdivision of Blythe Woodville; changed to 'Torrens Park' in 1920. The Advertiser of 6 November 1920 at page 16 announces the subdivision of Blythewood Estate as comprising 19 allotments 'adjoining Glenburnie'.
General Notes
The destruction of the hotel by fire is reported in the Chronicle,
26 January 1889, page 22e,
Register,
25 January 1889, page 5c:
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The Blythewood Hotel at Mitcham was completely destroyed by fire in 1889... The hotel was the property of the SA Brewing Company and the lessee was Mr. W. Pollitt...
Blythewood - Booborowie
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Place Names
Bockelberg, Hundred of
Also see South Australia - Politics.
In the County of Robinson, proclaimed on 11 February 1971.
George Baron Bockelberg, former MHA for the West Coast electorate of Eyre. At the time of compilation of Manning's Place Names of South Australia this name was not in the official records of "place names" in the Department of Lands, Geographical Names Section.
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Place Names
Boggy Flat
(See Taylorville.)A requisition for a polling place is discussed in the Register, 19 November 1908, page 10d:
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Mr. Newland moved that an address be presented to the governor praying His Excellency to issue a proclamation declaring Boggy Flat a polling place in the electoral district of Burra Burra. He recognised that Boggy Flat was a rather out-of-the-way place and that it was not very well known... Right along the River Murray from Morgan to Renmark there were only two polling places - one at Overland Corner and the other at Renmark... At present no post office or other convenience existed there... It was centrally situated place for a polling place for the surrounding district...
Also see South Australia - Politics - Elections.
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Place Names
Bold, Mount
The name was applied to a copper mine and in 1907 it was said:-
"This property (now called Mount Bold Perseverance) is situated about 5 miles from Clarendon, in the vicinity of Mount Bold."
See Record of Mines of South Australia (fourth edition),
page 85 and
Register,
21 August 1889, page 7f.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.
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From Kangarilla to Mount Bold the road lies over high and steep hills and travelling is interminably slow... The Onkaparinga, foaming and rushing along, had to be crossed on a sapling about 18 feet in length and about 8 inches in diameter. The bark being peeled off it was rather slippery and a rough handrail swung loosely about 2 feet above the 'bridge' at one end and 2 inches at the other... Mount Bold is a steep hill, rising to a height of about 400 feet on the northern bank of the river. About 40 feet above the level of the stream a small plateau a few acres in extent is the site of the shaft and ore floors of the mine...
The Mount Bold School opened in 1918 and closed in 1923.
Information on the proposed reservoir is in The News,
16 June 1931, page 1b,
Advertiser,
17 June 1931, page 10c,
4 July 1931, page 5g,
16 December 1931, page 18g,
24 June 1933, page 18g,
21 February 1934, page 17b,
The Mail,
20 April 1935, page 2a.
Advertiser,
8 January 1937, page 22g,
12 June 1937, page 26e,
22 September 1937, page 24d,
The News,
4 March 1937, page 9:
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The story told in the report on the Mount Bold Reservoir is the same old story that has to be repeated about nearly every job that is undertaken by a Government - a story of long delays and of estimates greatly exceeded... Instead of costing £407,290, the reservoir will actually cost £552,660. Instead of being ready in March 1935 it will not be completed until August 1936 at the very earliest. Official explanations are given, of course. They spring very readily to official lips. But even a tolerant taxpayer is apt to grow weary of explanations while his nose is kept to the grindstone as it is in this State...
Also see Adelaide - Water Supply.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
20 April 1933, page 35,
1 March 1934, page 38.
"Another Bitter Lesson for Ratepayers" is in The News,
26 June 1935, page 4d,
22 August 1935, page 1g.
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Place Names
Bolivar
Nomenclature
Obtained its name from the 'General Bolivar Hotel', built by Walter Walpole (c.1839-1886), who arrived in South Australia in the sailing ship Bolivar in 1850. The subdivision was laid out by Para Vales Estates Ltd in 1956 on part sections 2276-77, Hundred of Yatala.
The Register of 2 January 1904, page 8b says that "Bolivar" is "really known to officialdom as Burton..."
General Notes
A complaint about the hotel's "Pigeon Match" is in the Register,
8 September 1877, page 6d; also see
Chronicle,
15 September 1877, page 15d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Pigeon Racing and Shooting.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Advertiser,
13 March 1888, page 5e,
Chronicle,
1 March 1890, page 21d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The Register of 2 January 1904, page 8b says that "Bolivar is really known to officialdom as Burton..."
"Learning to Fly - Trials at Bolivar" is in the Register,
14 March 1910, page 7d.
Observer, 26 March 1910, page 18a - "The Blyth Butter Factory" is in the Register,
13 August 1895, page 7c.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Aeroplanes:
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Quiet and little known Bolivar - 10 miles north of Adelaide - does not appear to have been born to greatness, but there is some likelihood that greatness will be thrust upon it. This in connection with the conquest of the air. Mr. F.H. Jones has selected it as the place for trying his Bleriot monoplane and since none of the other states has recorded anything in aviation worthy of note, insignificant Bolivar may yet claim the honour of being the scene of the first aerial flight in the Commonwealth... The housing of the machine on the ground presented the greatest difficulty. The aeroplane, having been on view at the Magic Cave, and spent last week in Messrs Eyle & Crowle's garage, was transported thither on Saturday in the huge case in which it was brought from Europe... Sabbatarians whispered it! The machine was taken for its maiden run under Australian skies on Sunday...
A monoplane flight is reported in the Advertiser,
22 March 1910, page 8e.
A photograph of an artesian bore on Mr A. Snell's property is in the Chronicle,
21 August 1915, page 30. Also see South
Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied
Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs
An obituary of James Snell is in the Observer,
17 January 1920, page 31d.
An obituary of Arthur M. Coles is in the Register,
1 January 1916, page 6g.
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Place Names
Bollard Lagoon
Nomenclature
North-east of Lake Blanche. Thomas Hyland Bollard of Tinga who took out an application for a pastoral lease in 1877 over 147 square miles 'N by E of Mullegin' (sic).
General Notes
In a report on 'The Murder at Strezlecki Creek' it is said, inter alia, by Mr. N.E. Phillipson:
- Bollard and Edward Long [were] the two men who found the body. The former is Mr. Burkett's manager and the latter is our overseer at Mulligan...(Observer, 4 May 1878, page 5a).
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Place Names
Bondleigh
Nomenclature
A post office located on section 2001, lot 16, Hundred of Monarto 5 km NNE of Kanmantoo; it was opened by H.S. Dunn in 1886; it closed in May 1900. [An early settler, John Dunn (1802-1894), came from Bondleigh, Devon, England -R. Cockburn.] In 1846 William Giles subdivided section 2001 into 20 blocks of 1,000 acres; the General Registry Office has no record of John Dunn purchasing any of them.
General Notes
John Dunn's reminiscences are in the Register,
13 February 1892, page 6d.
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Place Names
Bon Bon
A pastoral property "230 miles NW of Port Augusta" is described in the Register,14 December 1915, page 9a,
Observer,
18 December 1915, page 10c,
15 March 1924, page 46e.
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Place Names
Bonealla
A railway siding between Keith and Coombe - see Observer, 8 November 1913, page 16e:
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The siding recently put in at the 151 mile post on the Adelaide-Melbourne line was opened for passenger, parcel and limited goods traffic today...
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Place Names
Bonney Bluff
Nomenclature
Charles Bonney, MP (1857-1858) and MLC (1865-1866).
General Notes
Charles Swinden's journal is reproduced in the Register,
24 August 1857 and at page 3f is recorded: "[It is] 21-and-a-half miles east of Bottle Hill [and was] named by Murdoch Campbell on 5 August 1857" - see note Place Names - Swinden.
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Place Names
Bonney Flat
Nomenclature
During the 1840s an area known as Bonney Flat was settled on the western side of Balhannah and a Methodist Church was built there in 1859 on land donated by John Camac, snr. Charles Bonney, MP (1857-1858) and MLC (1865-1866)
General Notes
The opening of a Primitive Methodist Chapel is reported in the Advertiser, 22 December 1859, page 3f:
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The opening services of the Primitive Methodist chapel was held on 18 December 1859... A public tea was held and addresses given by Messrs Botham, Lindo, Theobald, Attemborough, Brown and the Reverends J.H. Browne and J. Standrin. Votes of thanks were moved to J. Camac for his liberal donation and valuable services in overseeing the erection of the building; to the ladies for the supply of trays; the Nairne choir, assisted by a few friends from Woodside choir, for their efficient performance; to the public, who had so generously assisted...
The discovery of bismuth and the subsequent working of a mine are reported in the Register
19 and 21 July 1869, pages 2f and 2h,
25 August 1869, page 2f and
4 October 1869, page 2h.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
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Place Names
Bonney, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Charles Bonney, MP (1857-1858) and MLC (1865-1866).
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
A school of this name opened in 1902 becoming "Coorong" in 1904.
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Place Names
Bonney, Lake (Riverland)
Nomenclature
Charles Bonney, MP (1857-1858) and MLC (1865-1866).
General Notes
A Lake Bonney horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
23 January 1869, page 5c,
8 January 1870, page 5d,
11 January 1873, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The lake and environs are described in the Observer,
24 August 1878, page 9d.
"Interesting History" is in the Register,
4 June 1927, page 14d.
Observer,
11 June 1927, page 16c.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
13 February 1936, page 32.
See Observer,
29 September 1888, page 9c,
Register,
4 June 1889, page 6f,
Register,
28 October 1892, page 4h.
See note Place Names - Barmera for information on a proposed irrigation scheme.
Charles Bonney's obituary is in the Register,
16 March 1897, pages 5a-7a.
An inexplicable death of fish is reported in the Register,
18 February 1907, page 4f:
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The theory of the death of fish on Lake Bonney being caused by pelicans pecking out their eyes has been brought under the notice of Mr. J.W. Mellor (President of the SA Ornithological Association), who pointed out that anyone knowing anything of these river birds would smile at such ridiculous statements... He could give no information respecting the untimely end of such large numbers, but he had seen many fresh water fish dead on the shores of Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, caused probably by the inroad of salt water in the dry season...
Also see Advertiser,
11 February 1913, page 11f:
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The idea of a pelican taking the eyes out of a perch is really too ridiculous to require further comment... I am satisfied that the destruction of the fish is due to the temperature, the water rising when it has been forced by wind onto the shallow flats. In addition to this, the decaying vegetation causes the water to become impure and discoloured...
Also see South Australia - Sport - Fishing.
A photograph of men fishing in the lake is in the Observer,
21 August 1915, page 28.
"Lake Bonney Fish" is in the Observer,
15 February 1913, page 40e.
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Place Names
Bonython, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Sir John L. Bonython, MLC. Born in London in 1848, he came to Adelaide with his parents in 1854. He was employed by the Advertiser and by 1879 was one of the proprietors. He died in 1939.
General Notes
A school of this name opened in 1926 and closed in 1937.
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Place Names
Booborowie
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word meaning 'round waterhole'. The town was proclaimed on 29 March 1877. The name was adopted from the 'Booborowie Run' established by W.J. and J.H. Browne in 1843 under occupation licence.
The Observer of 19 September 1874, page 6g says the word means "large water".
General Notes
The district is described in the Chronicle,
24 May 1873, page 5e.
A proposed district council is discussed in the Observer,
25 July 1874, page 6d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
The Register of
7 May 1881 at page 7c has a report on the eradication of rabbits from Dr Browne's property; also see 22 December 1881, page 7a and under South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Rabbits.
A photograph of a wheat crop is in the Observer,
20 November 1923, page 27,
shearers and shedhands in 1895 is in the Chronicle,
29 June 1933, page 34,
of a football team on
12 September 1935, page 37.
The sale of one half of the station is reported in the Register,
26 August 1897, page 6d; also see
Observer,
28 August 1897, page 23b,
Advertiser,
31 August 1912, page 22d,
Chronicle,
7 September 1912, page 17d.
The school opened in 1892. Information on the South Booborowie School is in the Advertiser,
20 January 1919, page 9e.
An experimental training farm for boys is described in the Register,
20 December 1911, page 5a,
12 March 1912, page 10d,
Observer,
9 August 1919, page 4a,
Register,
30 July 1919, page 8g,
10 November 1925, page 2g:
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Mr. W.R. Birks has been placed in charge of the government farm which consists of one of the largest blocks surrounding the homestead and a 300 acre block, all of first class ploughable land...
A training farm for boys is discussed in the Advertiser,
12 March 1912, page 14b.
Observer,
27 July 1912, page 13d:
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The government farm at North Booborowie for the training of boys for farm work opened on 21 March 1912. 'There will be room to begin with for 20 boys... A certain sum, namely, £2.10s. will be
paid each half year into a Savings Bank account to the credit of the respective boys...'
An experimental farm is described in the Register,
30 July 1919, page 8g.
"Fertile Booborowie" appears on
17 November 1923, page 12g.
"Great Northern Fire" is in the Register,
28 January 1919, page 5a.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Bushfires .
"Fertile Booborowie" is in the Register,
17 November 1923, page 12g.
A photograph of the North Booborowie cricket team is in the Chronicle,
18 June 1936, page 32.
Booborowie - Obituaries
An obituary of James Loudon, station manager, is in the Register,
3 January 1905, page 4h,
of Michael Kelly on 27 September 1917, page 4g,
of William Baynes on 16 June 1921, page 8e,
of A.J. Cousins on 17 and 23 October 1923, pages 11f and 10g.
An obituary of B.H. Beaven is in the Register, 2 and 4 August 1923, pages 8g and 16e, Observer,
11 August 1923, page 35c,
of James Madigan in the Register,
16 September 1925, page 11c.
