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    Cobdogla - Cohen, Hundred of

    Cobdogla

    Nomenclature

    Edith and Elizabeth Napper, daughters of William Napper, commented on the name in The Nappers of Lake Bonney, an article in the Murray Pioneer of 20 December 1929. Speaking of Aborigines in the area about 1870 they said:

    The River's Bounty, written by Max Lamshed in 1952, cites Cockburn's version, and another from the Hombsch family which it favours:

    Another explanation is that it was named after Cobdoglo Rampko, the King of the Overland Corner tribe 'whom I knew. The native name for that part was Bogorampko. There is a native legend attached to it.'

    General Notes

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

    An obituary of James Trussell who managed John Chambers' Cobdogla Run for 45 years is in the Register,
    6 December 1895, page 5c;
    also see Place Names - Lone Gum.

    A proposed irrigation area is discussed in the Chronicle,
    29 October 1892, page 6a,
    Register,
    6 February 1911, page 6f,
    Advertiser,
    9 November 1912, page 18f,
    Register,
    8 April 1914, page 8f; also see
    Observer,
    11 January 1919, page 4a;
    Advertiser,
    29 October 1925, page 19.
    Photographs are in the Chronicle,
    31 July 1920, page 26.
    Also see Barmera and South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Irrigation.

    The arrival of date palms from Marree and Lake Harry is reported in the Register, 7 December 1916, page 4f:

    Its school opened in 1918.

    "Progress at Cobdogla" is in the Register,
    2 January 1919, page 3e.

    "Hotel for Cobdogla" is in the Register,
    28 August 1919, page 4g,
    4 September 1919, page 6f.
    10 September 1919, page 10g,
    Observer,
    6 September 1919, page 21c,
    Register,
    14 November 1919, pages 4h-6i-8f-9a.

    Photographs of cotton growing are in the Observer,
    22 April 1922, page 24.
    The installation of a ginning plant is reported in the Observer,
    17 March 1923, page 9e.
    "Murray Cotton - Ginning Plant Arrived" is in the Register,,on
    13 March 1923, page 7c.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Cotton.

    "Cobdogla Transformed" is in the Advertiser,
    19 July 1921, page 8c.

    The opening of the Soldiers' Memorial Institute is reported in the Register,
    3 July 1924, page 7g,
    Observer,
    19 July 1924, page 46e.
    Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.

    "Cobdogla Blocks" is in the Register,
    6 June 1927, page 7c.

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    Cobera

    Nomenclature

    An Aborigine named 'Pilchera' applied this name to his waddy with which he used to beat a fellow Aborigine, 'Lotnumpie'.

    General Notes

    Its school opened as "Minyara" and had its name changed in 1928; closed in 1941.

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    Cobham

    This town in the Hundred of Bendleby about 45 km north of Orroroo was named by Governor Jervois on 29 September 1882. (See GRG 35/1, docket no. 1590 of 1882 at State Records Office.)

    Six days before this the Observer of 23 September, page 18c, contains a report of the departure of a team of cricketers from England "under the captaincy of the Hon. Ivo Blyth". Subsequent references to the captain indicate his name to be "Bligh".

    The Hon. Ivo Bligh (1859-1927) was a grandson of the 5th Earl of Darnley and son of the 6th Earl, from Cobham in Kent, where the family had lived for generations. (See The Complete Peerage, Vol IV, London, 1916, pp. 85-86.) Cobham is about 5 km south of the River Thames, about 24 km east of Woolwich and about 9 km west of Chatham. (See Shell Road Atlas of Great Britain, 1982, p. 22.)

    Governor Jervois (1821-1897), Lieutenant General, entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1837 and obtained a commission in 1839. He continued his training for nearly two years at Chatham. After service in South Africa, he returned to England and commanded a company of royal sappers and miners at Woolwich and Chatham from 1849 to 1852. (Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement, Vol 3, 1901, pp. 40-41.)

    Therefore, Governor Jervois may have known the Bligh family at Cobham during his service at Chatham. In addition, one of his daughters had married a cousin of Hon. Ivo Bligh, Reverend William Purey-Cust, also a grandson of the 5th Earl of Darnley, on
    14 February 1882, at St Peters Cathedral, Adelaide.
    (See Chronicle,
    18 February 1882, p. 18c and
    Illustrated London News,
    22 March 1884, p. 275c.)
    Also see Place Names - Bligh.

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    Cobham Gardens

    Nomenclature

    A subdivision of part sections 33-34, Hundred of Adelaide by William George J. Mills in 1926; now included in Bellevue Heights. Alan Cobham, a pioneer navigator of the England-Australia route who completed the first solo flight from England to Australia when he landed at Darwin on 5 August 1926.

    General Notes

    For details of Alan Cobham's flight from England see Register,
    23 June 1926, page 9a,
    1 and 8 July 1926, pages 9e and 8c-9d,
    6, 13, 16, 23 and 30 August 1926, pages 8e-9h, 10a, 8f, 9d and 6d-8,
    Chronicle,
    21 and 28 August 1926, pages 39 and 50,
    4 September 1926, pages 37-49.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    4 September 1926, page 31:

    Also see South Australia - Transport - Aeroplanes.

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    Cocata

    Nomenclature

    It was probably corrupted from 'Cokata', the name of the Aboriginal people who occupied the land 'betwen Mount Wedge and the Gawler Ranges' - see Register, 27 December 1919, page 9e. The name was applied to pastoral lease no. 1608 by W. Morgan, M. Kingsborough and G. Agars at 'Mount Southam, East of Venus Bay' circa 1867. The land was originally held by J. Kelsh at 'Mount Southam' from July 1860 (leases nod. 838-839).

    General Notes

    A news item in the Register on 27 December 1919, page 9e says that the name of the Aboriginal people who inhabited the land between Mount Wedge and the Gawler Ranges was "Cokata".

    The school opened in 1921;
    changed to "Mount Damper" in 1944.

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    Cockabidnie

    A photograph of the school and students is in the Chronicle,
    22 December 1932, page 32.

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    Cockaleechie

    Nomenclature

    A.N. Day's Railway Nomenclature published in 1915 suggests that the person in authority within the SA Railways was partial to a soup bearing this name and so passed it on to this railway station near Cummins. It is more probable, however, that it came from the 'Cockaleechie Run' (lease no. 1951) named by James Anderson. He had held the land from 2 July 1860 (lease no. 837). The Oxford dictionary defines 'cockaleekie' (sic) as 'a Scottish soup of cock boiled with leeks'. Thus, with the nomenclator, James Anderson, being born in Scotland the name applied to his sheep run may be a corruption of the soup's name.

    General Notes

    Information on Mr Anderson is in the Register,
    5 June 1884 (supp.), page 1a.
    Also see Place Names - Cummins:

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    Cockatoo Valley

    Nomenclature

    Located on section 572, Hundred of Barossa 3 km south of Sandy Creek. It was named by Messrs Hill, Wood and John Oakden on 2 March 1838 because it was swarming with cockatoos.

    General Notes

    Local residents were roused to petition the government in 1862 with the view to having a local road improved:

    See Parliamentary Paper 199/1862 and Place Names - Arno Vale.

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    Cockburn

    Nomenclature

    Sir John Cockburn (1850-1929), who came to South Australia in 1875 and settled at Jamestown. He was a Premier of South Australia in 1889-1890. His principal achievement was in promoting a Bill for payment of members which was passed through the agency of his strenuous, persistent and eloquent advocacy.

    General Notes

    Also see South Australia - Politics.

    The town is described in the Register,
    22 April 1887, page 6f,
    Parliamentary Paper 91/1889, 91/1891.
    Observer,
    12 July 1902, page 32e.

    The opening of the railway to Broken Hill is reported in the Register,
    11 January 1888, page 5h.
    Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
    January 1888, pages 8, 9 and 12.
    Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

    Its school opened in 1889.
    The opening of a new school is reported in the Register,
    23 January 1891, page 6b; also see
    Observer,
    27 November 1897, page 20e.
    An Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle,
    18 August 1894, page 12a,
    14 August 1897, page 37a.
    Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.

    A sports meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
    8 January 1887, page 15c,
    30 May 1896, page 11b,
    2 January 1897, page 19e,
    3 June 1899, page 15c.

    Biographical details of John Cockburn are in the Observer,
    23 April 1887, page 33b,
    19 January 1889, page 33b,
    Register,
    27 June 1889, page 5f and
    Advertiser,
    19 April 1893, page 7a,
    Weekly Herald, 2 April 1897, page 1 and
    his obituary on 28 November 1929, page 14h.(Observer?)

    Information on the water supply is in the Chronicle,
    29 December 1888, page 10f,
    Register,
    25 April 1892, page 5c:

    Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.

    "Wants of Cockburn" is in the Register, 7 February 1889, page 7c.

    A union official describes railway employees' accommodation in the Register, 3 February 1890, page 6e:

    A controversy over the dismissal of railway employees is reported in the Register,
    27 and 30 September 1892, pages 7c and 6b,
    3, 4, 6 and 11 October 1892, pages 7f, 6f, 6h and 5c.

    "Barrier to Cockburn Tram" is in the Register,
    2 February 1904, page 5a.
    "New Railway Barracks" is in the Observer,
    13 May 1911, page 14.
    "Caterpillars Stop a Train" is in the Observer,
    12 August 1911, page 17b.

    Public grievances are aired in the Register, 6 and 17 February 1893, pages 3g and 7f:

    Information on a cricket club is in the Register,
    25 March 1894, page 3c.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.

    A rabbit plague is described in the Register,
    15 March 1895, page 3d,
    Observer,
    16 March 1895, page 30e,
    26 October 1895, page 15e,
    Chronicle,
    30 March 1895, page 12c,
    16 November 1895, page 16e.
    Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Rabbits.

    A horse race meeting is reported in the Register,
    27 November 1896, page 7f,
    Information on local horse racing is in the Advertiser,
    1 September 1936, page 21a.
    Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.

    The local prison cell is described in the Register, 22 October 1897, page 4h:

    "The Agent-Generalship" is in the Express,
    7 April 1898, page 2e.

    A political cartoon is in The Critic,
    27 May 1899, page 4.

    "Cockburn Now Important Town" is in the Advertiser,
    24 December 1935, page 15d.

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    Cocoanut

    Nomenclature

    The name was probably taken from 'Coconut (sic) Station' held by Philip Levi in the mid-1860s.

    General Notes

    "Cocoanut Point" on Yorke Peninsula is mentioned in the Register,
    2 January 1864, page 3c.
    It was, no doubt, adjacent to the "Cocoanut" copper discovery made "at a small [pastoral] station near Clinton" in 1865, when ore was found upon the surface - see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition) page 42.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.

    "Children Lost and Found" is in the Observer, 28 August 1875, page 6g:

    A cricket match, Coconut (sic) versus Maitland, is reported in the Chronicle,
    26 August 1876, page 17d.

    A stump-jump ploughing match is reported in the Observer,
    17 September 1881, page 12a.
    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Farm Implements.

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    Coffin Bay

    Nomenclature

    Forty kilometres west of Port Lincoln was named by Matthew Flinders on 16 February 1802, after Sir Isaac Coffin, who was Resident Naval Commissioner at Sheerness, where the Investigator was fitted out.

    General Notes

    An account of exploration in the area is to be found in the Register,
    21 August 1841, page 3c; also see
    Southern Australian,
    20 August 1841, page 2e.

    A proposal to establish an oyster fishery is reported in the Adelaide Times on 11 October 1849, page 4f:

    Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fishing Oysters and Crayfish

    Information on its oyster beds is in the Register,
    16 June 1887, page 7d;
    the district is described on
    28 December 1898, page 6f,
    15 February 1911, page 8d,
    Observer,
    7 January 1899, page 5c.

    An alleged discovery of coal and other minerals in the district is reported in the Register,
    7 July 1885, page 7a; also see
    15 December 1891, page 5b,
    12 and 18 January 1892, pages 5d and 4h.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal

    Photographs are in the Observer,
    18 January 1919, page 26.

    Its school opened in 1960 and closed in 1963.

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    Coffin Springs

    Nomenclature

    Thomas Coffin, who was employed by John McD. Stuart's mentors James and John Chambers.

    General Notes

    The Register of 14 January 1865, page 2g says "... so called after the finder's name, Tom Coffin, are about 40 miles east of Wilpena..."

    A search for the skeletal remains of the Diprotodon australis is reported upon in the Express,
    13 January 1865, page 1d (supp.),
    Register, 14 January 1865, page 2,
    Observer,
    18 and 25 February 1865, pages 5b and 7f,
    25 March 1865, page 2h (supp.),
    3 June 1865, page 4g:

    "The Mount Coffin Field" is in the Express,
    10 February 1899, page 3g,
    11 July 1899, page 3f,
    Chronicle,
    15 July 1899, page 18d.
    Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.

    The reminiscences of Mr J.H. Howe which are in the Advertiser,
    5 March 1917, page 8f provide interesting information on Mr Coffin.

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    Coghill Creek

    Nomenclature

    William Coghill, a licensee of the first hotel in the Saddleworth district which stood on section 2083 and comprised of fourteen rooms. He was appointed postmaster at 'Gilbert River' in 1847, resigning in 1848. He later accepted a similar position at Saddleworth in 1850.

    General Notes

    See Place Names - Saddleworth.

    The laying of the foundation stone of a Primitive Methodist Church is reported in the Observer,
    12 October 1861, page 4e and
    its opening on
    16 December 1861, page 5h:

    Its school opened in 1865 and closed in 1873. Parliamentary Paper 22/1871 shows it being conducted by Christina Smith with 41 enrolled pupils.
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    Coglin

    Nomenclature

    P.B. Coglin, MP (1860-1887).

    General Notes

    Also see South Australia - Politics.

    Comment on a parliamentary speech by Mr Coglin is in the Register,
    3 July 1862, page 2d:

    A cartoon is in The Adelaide Punch,
    1 April 1869, page 93.

    Biographical details of Patrick B. Coglin and details of an ornate family vault at West Terrace cemetery are in the Register,
    6 June 1885, page 5c,
    4 July 1885, page 7f and
    19 January 1886, page 5b;
    also see 25 July 1892, page 6c,
    Observer, 8 August 1896, page 33c,
    Register, 24 January 1914, page 6e.

    The vault is described in the Advertiser,
    6 July 1885, page 7d and
    The Mail,
    8 February 1930, page 27b.

    "Farce and Drama of Election" is in the Chronicle,
    19 August 1937, page 47.

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    Cohen, Hundred of

    Nomenclature

    Lewis Cohen, MP (1887-1906). Born in 1849 he came to Adelaide from Sydney in 1876 when he opened a branch of the Melbourne-based 'London Loan and Discount Bank'. He became Mayor of Adelaide in 1889 and occupied that position six more times by 1911. 'He feared that federation would threaten local industry, thought that government expenditure for work should be placed with private firms and opposed coloured immigration.' He died in 1933.

    General Notes

    Also see South Australia - Politics.

    A school of this name opened in 1933 and closed in 1940.

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