Place Names of South Australia

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Kangaroo Island

Miscellany

"The Capabilities of Kangaroo Island" is in the Southern Australian,
27 October 1843, page 3c.

An editorial re connecting it by telegraph from Adelaide is in the Register,
16 November 1859; also see
28 November 1859, page 2g and
13 April 1860, page 2c - this subject is also aired in
Parliamentary Paper 104/1859.
See Place Names - Borda, Cape.

The telegraph cable is discussed in the Observer,
25 December 1875, page 11g,
8 January 1876, page 11a,
"Laying the Kangaroo Island Cable" is in the Advertiser,
3 January 1876, page 5e and
its opening on
23 October 1929, page 19c.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
27 June 1929, page 30.

The finding of human remains is reported in the Register,
1 May 1866, page 3a-b.

Parliamentary Paper 39/1857 and the Register,
21 May 1867, page 2d talk of it becoming a mail station,
Information on the mail service appears in the Register on
30 June 1883 (supp.), page 2f,
2 and 3 July 1883, pages 7d and 5a.
while a survey of its coast is described in
Parliamentary Paper 134/1858.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Sea Mail.

An excursion from Port Willunga to the island on the Eleanor is described in the Register,
23 February 1870, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Leisure and Allied Matters .

Information on schools is in the Observer,
10 September 1870, page 10g; also see
Register,
10 January 1883, page 6c.

A "Missionary Tour" of the island by Rev C.W. Morse is reported in the Register,
28 October 1870, page 5c.

Information on William Chapman is in the Express, 3 June 1881, page 2c.

An attack by Rev Potts on members of the Church of England on the Island and subsequent events are reported in the Register,
18, 28 and 30 January 1884, pages 6a, 6e and 6b.

"Prospects for Farmers on Kangaroo Island" is in the Observer,
29 March 1884, page 9a.

"An Accused Medical Man" is in the Chronicle,
22 November 1884, pages 4e-9c and
13 December 1884, page 13a.

"The Boat Accident - Eleven Days on a Rock" is in the Register,
26 January 1885, page 6f,
5 February 1885, page 7b.

Information on barley growing is in the Register,
7 and 10 September 1885, pages 6h and 7e.
"Kangaroo Island Barley Growers' Petition" is in the Advertiser,
6 October 1890, page 7b; also see
6 March 1891, page 3g,
24 June 1891, page 7d.

"A Pioneering Industry" of growing white mustard plants on Turner brothers' farm at Smith's Bay is reported in the Register,
21 October 1885, page 5b; also see
22 October 1885, page 5a.

"Bees on Kangaroo Island' is in the Register,
23 November 1885, page 5a;
Observer,
13 March 1886, page 13b.
"The Wild Bees on Kangaroo Island" is in the Register,
10 December 1886, page 7c.
The Ligurian Bee Act is discussed in the Advertiser,
5 April 1887, page 4d:

The islanders should remember that their great advantage is not in respect of the honey crop, although that would be considerable, but in respect of the rearing of pure Ligurian queens... Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Beekeeping.

Information on sleeper cutting is in the Observer,
10 July 1886, page 31e,
17 August 1886, page 12a.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

The distillation of eucalyptus oil at Mr J.B. Anderson's distillery "about 8 miles from Queenscliffe" is reported in the Register,
20 November 1889, page 5c; also see
3 December 1892, page 5a,
24 March 1900, page 9e; also see
Register,
1 April 1905, page 4a,
Express,
16 March 1892, page 6a,
21 March 1906, page 4e,
Chronicle,
21 April 1906, page 42a,
Register,
23 February 1912, page 6f,
7 May 1913, page 6a and
Advertiser,
3 August 1934, page 14g.
Photographs are in the Observer,
9 July 1921, page 25,
Chronicle,
11 December 1930 (supplement).
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.

A proposed communal settlement is discussed in the Register,
20 and 31 January 1894, pages 6c and 5b,
13 and 14 February 1894, pages 6c and 7e; also see
Express,
19 January 1894, page 2g.

An obituary of Mrs W.S. Strawbridge is in the Observer,
16 October 1897, page 13d,
of Henry Snelling on 6 August 1898, page 13a,
of E.S. Bates on 27 June 1908, page 40c,
of Henry Newbold on 3 April 1909, page 38d,
of John Trethewey on 7 July 1923, page 35d,
of Richard Chapman on 1 December 1923, page 39a.

"A Kangaroo Island Industry - Yacca Gum" is in the Observer,
22 January 1898, page 12d,
26 February 1898, page 27e,
Register,
12 July 1905, page 8e,
29 February 1908, page 7e,
14 March 1910, page 10c;
photographs are in the Chronicle,
3 July 1915, page 29; also see
Advertiser,
3 August 1934, page 14g,
12 September 1936, page 12d.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Miscellany.

Information on the extinct emu, Dromaius ater, is in the Register,
17 October 1900, page 4h; also see
14 August 1926, page 13c.
"The Kangaroo Island Emu" is in the Advertiser,
12 February 1926, page 12h.
The need for the protection of fauna is explored in the Register on 7 September 1903, page 4e.
"With the Ornithologists" is in the Register,
28 October 1905, page 4d,
4 November 1905, page 10f.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Miscellany.

"Among Kangaroo Islanders" is in the Register,
24 March 1900, page 9e.

A proposal for the erection of shelter huts for shipwrecked seamen is in the Advertiser,
1 May 1900, page 4g;
their erection is reported in the Register,
13 August 1901, page 4h; also see
3 March 1902, page 4h,
Express,
17 March 1903, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.

"Events of Recent Interest" is in the Advertiser,
27 April 1901, page 8e.

The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs Thomas Willson is reported in the Register,
28 June 1900, page 4i.

The aftermath of an earthquake is discussed in the Express,
23 September 1902, page 1g.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.

Biographical details of John W. Daw, John M. Davis and James Old are in the Register,
1 April 1905, page 4b.

"Kangaroo Island as a Moral Sanitorium" is in the Observer,
27 April 1907, page 44c.

Photographs are in the Observer,
25 February 1905, page 24,
4 April 1908, page 29.

"South Australia's Island - A Second Boom" is in the Register,
5 February 1906, page 5b.

"Life on Kangaroo Island", by Ethel A. Bates, is in the Chronicle,
10 February 1906, page 44a.

"Legislators on Tour" is in the Register,
6 February 1906, page 6c.

"Kangaroo Island and Its Vast Possibilities" is in the Chronicle,
24 February 1906, page 41a,
3, 17 and 24 March 1906, pages 7d, 6d and 39a.

"Kangaroo Island and Local Option" is in the Advertiser,
2 July 1906, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Temperance and Allied Matters - Local Options.

The resumption of pastoral leases is reported in the Register,
5 January 1907, page 6h.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Squatters and Pastoralists.

A field naturalists excursion is reported in the Register,
5 April 1907, page 9g.

Photographs of a surveyors' camp are in the Chronicle,
5 January 1907, page 30 and
of a traction engine on
22 February 1908, page 30.

"Kangaroo Island Steamship Service" is in the Register,
6 March 1907, page 5i.
"The Karatta's First Visit" is in the Advertiser,
7 December 1907, page 14d.
The inaugural trip of the Morialta is reported upon in the Register,
7 October 1913, page 9b.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.

"The Kangaroo Island Railway" is in the Chronicle,
19 October 1907, page 41e,
6 June 1908, page 49,
Register,
8 February 1908, page 6g,
18 May 1910, page 10f,
1 June 1910, page 6h.
"Railway not Recommended - Report of Royal Commission" in the Register,
25 February 1911, page 8a; also see
Advertiser,
12 June 1912, page 11e.
"Monorail on KI" is in the Register,
8 April 1911, page 11e,
Observer,
15 April 1911, page 17a.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.

"Oil, Gum and Salt" is in the Register,
29 February 1908, page 7e.

"Among the Farmers" is in the Register,
8 and 14 April 1908, pages 7a and 6d.

An obituary of Henry Newbold is in the Register,
31 March 1909, page 5a.

Biographical details of W.H. Hamilton are in the Register,
9 February 1910, page 7a, 5 March 1913, page 12h.

Fruitgrowing is discussed in the Register on 8 July 1910, page 3g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fruit and Vegetables.

Photographs of cows being utilised for electioneering purposes are in the Observer,
24 February 1912, page 32.

"Kangaroo Island and Its Problems" is in the Advertiser,
22 January 1913, pages 8d-11c.

"Ornithological Research" is in the Register,
24 August 1912, page 18a,
7 September 1912, page 17d,
"Land for Soldiers" on
12 February 1917, page 4i, Also see South Australia - World War I - Repatriation
"Kangaroo Island and Medical Attendance" on
5 October 1922, page 3d,
"Kangaroo Island Fish Stories" on
15 April 1924, page 5g.

A photograph of "The Outback Barber" is in the Observer,
30 December 1922, page 28.

An obituary of John Trethewey is in the Register,
5 July 1923, page 6g,
of Albert T. Whittle on 6 July 1927, page 12b.

Biographical details of John Turner are in the Observer,
26 March 1927, page 30a,
of the Ayliffe family in the Register,
7 May 1927, page 3g.

A proposed air service is reported in the Advertiser,
10 June 1927, page 13c and
its inauguration in the Register,
8 October 1927, page 5h; also see
Observer,
5 January 1929, page 22a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
15 October 1927, page 37.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Aeroplanes.

An editorial on the Island is in the Advertiser,
25 November 1927, page 12f.

"Old Scholars Celebrate" is in the Advertiser,
2 November 1929, page 22d,
"Back to Kangaroo Island" in the Observer,
2 November 1929, page 35d.

"Settlement on Kangaroo Island" is in The News,
29 August 1935, page 5a.

"Hunters of Kangaroo Island" is in the Advertiser,
25 and 29 August 1936, pages 18h and 26c.

"Settlement Problems to be Solved" is in the Advertiser,
19 December 1936, page 27c.

"Developing Kangaroo Island" is in the Chronicle,
11 November 1937, page 7a.

Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Head - Kensington
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Place Names

Kangaroo Island

National Park

Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Birds.

"Kangaroos and Other Native Animals" is in the Register,
25 December 1891, page 7b.

"Protection of Kangaroo Island Fauna" is in the Register,
7 September 1903, page 4e.

A report on an attempt to secure the western end of the Island as a reserve for flora and fauna appears in the Register,
21 July 1906, page 9d; also see
8 August 1906, page 9i,
16 February 1907, page 6h,
11 January 1908, pages 6h-10i,
27 November 1908, page 4g,
22 January 1909, page 4g,
17 November 1909, page 6d,
Observer, 1 February 1908, page 30.
A letter from Samuel Dixon, which includes historical information on the park, is in the Register,
17 June 1918, page 3d.

Photographs are in the Observer,
1 February 1908, pages 30-31.

"Dying Marsupials - KI Reserve Advocated" is in the Register,
5 November 1910, page 8h,
Observer,
12 November 1910, page 51c.

Also see Register,
4 and 5 November 1910, pages 6f and 8h,
27 May 1911, page 13g,
13, 14 and 15 June 1911, pages 4c, 9a and 9f,
16 December 1911, page 14f,
5, 8 and 10 June 1912, pages 8g, 18d and 6e,
10 July 1912, page 6e,
28 January 1916, page 4f,
15 June 1918, page 6d,
28 September 1918, page 6h,
16 and 31 October 1918, pages 6e and 4f,
Advertiser,
24 October 1918, page 4e.

Also see Register,
16 April 1919, page 6e,
15 and 26 August 1919, pages 6d and 7d,
21 October 1919, page 5c,
26 November 1919, page 8e,
23 January 1920, page 6f,
23 and 25 February 1920, pages 7f and 6d,
6 August 1920, page 4f,
6 November 1920, page 6g,
The Mail,
26 March 1921, page 3a.

Also see Register,
18 and 23 March 1921, pages 3c and 6f,
19 October 1921, page 9e,
12, 14, 15 and 16 November 1921, pages 5g, 9e, 7g and 10b,
5 December 1921, page 5h,
1 February 1922, page 11e,
16 November 1922, page 6e,
13 December 1923, page 9e,
22 November 1924, page 10c,
26 November 1925, page 10f,
23 January 1926, page 10a.

"Mallee Fowls for Kangaroo Island" is in the Register on
24 July 1911, page 6f,
16 December 1911, page 14g,
"Kangaroo Island Fauna Destroyed" on
8, 10, 11 and 15 July 1914, pages 9c, 12e, 15c and 12d.

"Flinders Chase - Dreams Come True" is in the Register on
30 July 1926, page 13a; also see
2 August 1926, page 13a,
"Disastrous Fire on Flinders Chase" on
7 February 1928, page 10c; also see
Observer,
11 May 1929, page 51e.

A photograph headed "Platypi for Flinders Chase" is in the Register,
3 November 1928, page 10.

"Flinders Chase" in the Advertiser,
9 May 1933, page 10h,
"Flinders Chase and Its Family" on
5 September 1936, page 18c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
17 April 1920, page 24,
29 November 1924, page 33.

Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Head - Kensington
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