Place Names of South Australia - N
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
- Narridy
- Narrung
- Nason Hill
- Native Valley
- Naturi
- Naughton Well
- Navan
- Neale Flat
- Neales, River
- Neaylon Hill
- Nectar Brook
- Neds Corner
- Needles, The
- Neeta
- Neill, Port
- Neales, Hundred of
- Nelshaby Spring
- Nelson
- Nelsonville
- Nepabunna
- Nepean Bay
- Nepouie
- Neptune Islands
- Netherby
- Netherleigh
- Netherton
- Netley
- Neukirch
- New Era
- New Hamburgh
- New Luxemburg
- New Mecklenburg
- New Residence
- Newcastle, County of
- Newenham
- Newhaven
- Newland
- Newland, Hundred of
- Newland, Lake
- Newport
- Newstead
- Newton
- Ngallo
- Ngalpa
- Nicholls, Hundred of
Narridy
Nomenclature
The name is probably derived from Narrinde, the name of the native tribes of the lower north.
General Notes
"The Narridy Area Farce" is in the Express,
20 July 1871, page 2e.
- The cool unblushing effrontery of the present Ministry is past all belief; they have caused some 130 sections to be surveyed and proclaimed as an area in the worst part of the North... I can bring overwhelming evidence to prove that there is not 20 acres a piece for those who have been here to examine... The villainy is more apparent when they see on the same and neighbouring runs splendid land for which they say they would rather give five pounds per acre than five shillings for the greater part of the Narridy area...
17 September 1872, page 6c and
the town in the Express,
25 November 1874, page 2c,
Register,
9 January 1874, page 5f,
3 November 1875, page 6a,
Advertiser,
7 December 1876, page 5d.
A cricket match, Narridy versus Georgetown, is reported in the Register,
24 April 1874, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
"The Wants of Narridy and Gulnare" is in the Observer,
6 June 1874, page 6d.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Farmers Weekly Messenger,
9 April 1875, page 13a,
Advertiser on
9 February 1887, page 7c.
Express,
9 April 1895, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
Its school opened in 1878 and closed in 1967;
the Hundred of Narridy School opened in 1886 and closed in 1891;
it reopened the same year as "Rocky River".
See Register, 3 March 1885, page 5b.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Register,
14 August 1894, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
A photograph of members of the school's Bird Protection Club is in the Chronicle,
5 August 1911, page 29; also see
Observer,
12 August 1911, page 30.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Birds..
A mullenizing match is reported in the Register,
26 September 1882, page 5b.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Farm Implements.
"Dissatisfied Farmers [John Smith, W. Goode. G.A. Baker, L.M. Fitzgerald, W.E. Morrish and Robert Nunan]" is in the Register,
21 November 1899, page 3c.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
30 August 1884, page 21f,
5 January 1895, page 22c,
2 January 1897, page 19b,
1 January 1898, page 16a,
10 January 1903, page 37c.
"A Marriage at Narridy", Reynolds & Dailey, is in the Chronicle,
6 February 1904, page 32a.
The "collapse" of the hotel is reported in the Observer,
27 August 1904, page 1a (supp.).
Flooding is reported in the Express,
8 February 1906, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.
A photograph of the opening of a bridge across the Rocky River is in the Chronicle,
19 November 1910, page 43a,
of a football team in the Observer,
28 September 1912, page 31.
Biographical details of James Darley are in the Register,
21 June 1922, page 6h, 28 August 1924, page 8h (obit.),
of George Sandow on 26 October 1925, page 8g.
Narridy - Obituaries
An obituary of Thomas Roberts is in the Register, 2 September 1890, page 3c,
of H. Brice in the Observer, 2 January 1897, page 29e,
of Robert Smart on 28 August 1915, page 46b,
of James Darley on 30 August 1924, page 27b.
An obituary of Charles F. Smart is in the Register, 15 September 1898, page 6d,
of Thomas Threadgold on 28 May 1903, page 5d,
of Robert Smart on 23 August 1915, page 6g,
of Mrs James Smart on 30 August 1923, page 13e,
of D. Rabbitt on 6 November 1923, page 8h,
of Robert Smart on 20 May 1927, page 13a.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Narrung
Nomenclature
The word is a corruption of the Aboriginal ngnara-rung - 'place of the large sheoaks'. The sheoaks provided wood for boomerangs, clubs and other weapons of the local tribe, who traded manufactured weapons down along the Coorong to other tribes in exchange for stone axes and mallee wood spear poles.
General Notes
A history of the Narrung Station is in the Observer,
16 January 1904, page 13c,
Register,
21 January 1904, page 6e.
The sale of Narrung Estate is detailed on
1 December 1906, page 8h; also see
Express,
2 May 1907, page 4c.
The district, after closer settlement, is described in the Register,
3 May 1909, page 3g.
- I see that a portion of the Narrung Estate has not been allotted to the white men for closer settlement. What then forbids that [portion of it] be reserved for the enlargement of the Point Macleay Aborigines Mission Station. I hold that our natives should have enough land reserved for their use whereon they can make a living... They are good with stock and are good shearers and now seems the chance for the Government to do them natural justice... The white man, by force of numbers, took their land away from them, killed and scared away their kangaroos and slaughtered their opossums...
14 May 1907, page 8f.
Its school opened in 1912 and closed in 1983; the laying of the foundation stone for a new school is reported in the Advertiser,
20 May 1929, page 8i.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
3 September 1910, page 30.
"Back to Narrung" is in the Register,
16 August 1927, page 11d.
Observer,
20 August 1927, page 11c.
A proposed punt is discussed in the Observer,
24 July 1926, page 35c.
Photographs of the punt are in the Chronicle,
4 August 1928, page 41.
An obituary of Mrs Christina Thornley is in the Observer,
14 April 1928, page 49a.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nason Hill
Nomenclature
East of Lyndhurst; probably George S. Nason (1836-1910), teacher and gold miner. The Register of 13 February 1858 at page 2c has a list of members of Babbage's exploration party and it includes 'G. Nason, teamster'.
General Notes
The Register of 13 February 1858 at page 2c has a list of members of Babbage's exploration party and it includes "G. Nason, teamster".
The obituary of an S. George Nason is in the Register, 7 June 1910, page 4f,
Observer, 11 June 1910, page 40a.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Native Valley
Nomenclature
It was the site of a permanent Aboriginal encampment set among trees, with an assured water supply.
General Notes
The opening of a Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Chronicle,
21 March 1863, page 2g.
Its school opened as "Dawesley" in 1866;
changed to "Native Valley" in 1904 and closed in 1943.
A proposed school is discussed in the Advertiser,
24 June 1873, page 2g.
- Mr W.H. Bundey, MP, forwarded a memorial signed by 27 parents in support of Mr Newton's application for a licence "at this place" and setting forth that Mr Newton's school was better situated than the school at Dawesley...
17 February 1917, page 32c,
of John Mullins in the Register,
29 June 1923, page 6g.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Naturi
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for "sand soil."
General Notes
Its school opened in 1918 and closed in 1939.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Naughton Well
Nomenclature
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
On section 228, Hundred of Paratoo was named after the selector who sunk it in 1886 -
see Register,
27 July 1892, page 6d.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Navan
Nomenclature
A subdivision of section 728, Hundred of Gilbert 10 km north of Tarlee by John Hallett (1804-1868) and Joseph Stilling (c.1823-1863) circa 1856, who named it after its counterpart in Ireland.
General Notes
Also see Place Names - Tarlee.
Information on the Catholic Chapel is in the Register,
2 April 1867, page 3e.
School examinations are reported in the Chronicle,
26 October 1872, page 7c,
Register,
28 October 1872, page 6f.
- The schoolroom is, sadly, too small for the requirements of the 47 scholars and Mr Inglis said that two other rooms were constantly used for the accommodation of pupils...
N
Place Names
Neale Flat
Nomenclature
Ten kilometres south-east of Eudunda in the Hundred of Neales. William Henry Neale, who took out an occupation licence on 1 July 1847 which he called 'Burra Hill'.
General Notes
A coursing event is reported in the Chronicle,
21 July 1894, page 21f and
a sports day on
12 September 1896, page 26d.
- The Neale's Flat coursing match was run in very unfavourable weather... Owing to the defect in the slips several dogs got away alone, severely pumping themselves to no purpose... Messrs J. Moeller and Rowett gave entire satisfaction as judges.
Its school opened in 1918 and closed in 1942.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Neales, Hundred of
Nomenclature
John Bentham Neales, MP (1857-1870) MLC (1851-1857, 1870-1873). Born in Devon in 1806 he came to South Australia in the Eden in 1838 and engaged in the auctioneering business. According to Douglas Pike he was:
- A gentleman confessing High Church and Tory parentage [who] supported State Aid for County Districts, but... would rather put his hand voluntarily into his pocket for £50 for the church than pay the smallest sum on compulsion.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
The obituary of John Bentham Neales is in the Register,
1 August 1873, page 5b.
Also see Register, 5 August 1873, page 5e, Observer,
9 August 1873, page 14e.
The opening of a Primitive Methodist Chapel is reported in the Observer,
10 September 1870, page 6c.
A water famine in the Hundred is discussed in the Register,
10 February 1883, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
The school had its name changed to "Freshwater Creek" in 1927.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Neales, River
Nomenclature
In his published journal of 6 June 1859 John McD. Stuart says: 'this I have named "The Neale'', after J.B. Neale Esq, MLA'. (The omission of the letter 's' from 'Neales' appears to have been an error on the part of the editor - M. Hardman.)
General Notes
A report on local goldfields is in the Register,
14 October 1886, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
"Neales River Bridge" is in the Register,
18 November 1890, page 7e.
- Messrs Hooker & Co. of the Lion Foundry, Kilkenny, the successful contractors for the making of a bridge which is to cross the Neales River, over which the Great Northern Railway line has to pass, have completed the first span of the structure, and in honour of doing so celebrated the occasion by a banquet at the yard of the firm...
N
Place Names
Neaylon Hill
Nomenclature
North of Lake Kopperamanna. J. Neaylon who held pastoral lease no. 2789 which he called 'Apatoonganie', in 1877.
General Notes
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in August 1884, page 124.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nectar Brook
Nomenclature
Descriptive; nectar was a drink of the Grecian Gods.
General Notes
The local waterworks is described in the Register,
11 June 1884, page 5b,
20 June 1885, page 3e,
Chronicle,
12 June 1886, page 21f and
the reservoir in the Register,
11 August 1897, page 6g,
Observer,
14 August 1897, page 8c,
Chronicle,
16 July 1898, page 29b; also see
Advertiser,
14 June 1886, page 7f,
Register,
7 February 1898, page 7g,
29 April 1898, page 3g.
- Mr Hullett proposed to utilise springs, which he had discovered in the ranges near Nectar Brook, by cutting into the rocks and laying mains to the thirsty plains below. A number of farmers who had suffered severely from want of water during hot summers expressed their willingness to guarantee interest on the outlay necessary for the construction of the works, if the government would undertake them...
Its school opened in 1897 and closed in 1939.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Neds Corner
Nomenclature
On the River Murray. Although in Victoria an explanation of its nomenclature is included here because of its South Australian associations.
- Edward Meade Bagot travelled up the Murray... and established a sheep station at "Loweowelo'' a few miles west of the Anabranch junction... [in Victoria]. Farther down the Murray, Bagot had a run called Murtho and in 1849 he took over runs of Lindsay Island and Walwalla on the opposite side next to Kulnine. This country... became known as Ned's Corner and in later years people thought that it was named after Bagot.
- ... Ned's Corner was named after an old shepherd of the late E.M. Bagot...
General Notes
The reminiscences of A.H. Pegler are in the Register,
14 and 15 May 1914, pages 7d and 11a,
10 June 1914, page 8f,
Observer,
16 and 23 May 1914, pages 40c and 47a.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Needles, The
Nomenclature
In the Coorong, is an eroded platform of limestone, with jagged needle like spikes.
General Notes
It is mentioned in the Register,
7 June 1856, page 3f.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Neeta
Nomenclature
Mr G.L. Pretty of the Adelaide Museum says it derives from ngita - 'netting place for fish'. H.C. Talbot says:
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I am unable to trace the origin of this native name. It would have been adopted for the name of the post office there but, owing to the similarity to Nietta, a town in Tasmania, was rejected and Ponde ('murray cod') substituted. As for "Neetha'' there is no such word in the Narrinyeri vocabulary. The Aboriginal name for "bittern'' is tarkoori.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1920 and became "Ponde" in 1921.
The irrigation area is described in the Chronicle,
17 September 1921, page 44b,
Advertiser,
29 October 1925, page 19.
A photograph is in the Observer,
12 June 1915, page 27.
- When the settlers went to Neeta they were told by the government that they were going to make a good living.... Although the settlers have been there between four and five years it was only recently they were told that they would have to pay rents, water rates, etc... The channels running through Neeta are very leaky. We have a pumping plant but the settlers are called upon to pay all pumping charges. Nine-tenths of the water that runs on to the blocks is caused by faulty channeling...
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Neill, Port
Nomenclature
The Government Gazette of 19 September 1940 declared that the Government town of 'Carrow' was to be known as 'Port Neill'.
Mr A.S. Neill of the Marine Board.
Also see Place Names - Carrow.
General Notes
Biographical information on A.S. Neill is in the Express,
1 June 1895, page 5f.
The town is described in the Advertiser,
14 February 1911, page 14g,
Chronicle,
13 May 1911, page 42,
Register,
9 May 1911, page 6d,
29 September 1911, page 8e,
14 March 1912, page 6g.
See Place Names - Mottled Cove.
"Carrow in the Making" is in the Register,
28 July 1911, page 9f,
"A Land of Promise" on
14 March 1912, page 6g.
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Although it is less than a year since the township blocks of Carrow were put up for auction, already a lot of progress has been made... There are three general stores, blacksmith's, saddler's, butcher's and baker's shops, seven dwelling houses, a school and a large goods shed. The largest jetty on Eyre's Peninsula is being constructed and a large two-story hotel is being built. The contractors for the jetty are Messrs Lewis and Read. Their foreman is Mr F. Stephenson... The hotel will be a handsome building. The designers are Messrs Conrad Brothers of Adelaide and the contractors are Ward Brothers of Tumby Bay... In the goods shed, services and Sunday school are held... A piano has been installed in the shed until the hotel is completed... The school is much crowded. The roll number is now 28, but only three desks have been supplied... A football club has been formed...
The opening of the jetty is reported in the Observer,
1 June 1912, page 53c.
A photograph of a football team is in the Chronicle,
21 October 1937, page 34.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nelshaby Spring
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'hot spring'.
General Notes
An article on the Nelshaby Reservoir and Port Pirie Waterworks is in the Observer,
11 September 1875, page 10g.
- In the foreground is the reservoir; the dam with its circling arms embracing the innumerable rills that come trickling and tinkling through the grass from the various springs with a music particularly pleasant to one accustomed to a dry and thirsty land; on the left of the picture may be noticed the humble abode of the Manager, consisting of a couple of tents and a rough stable; to the right, among the clumps of gums, the hut and workshop of the contractor for building the manager's home. The greenish grey plain of Port Pirie appears and its houses and the jetties look like a row of pieces of road metal... The superabundant water from the reservoir is running in a stream from the south-east or upper corner of the dam past the manager's tent and tumbles into a creek... The springs, strangely, are not situated in a hollow or flat, but on the top of a swelling ridge running from a double hill...
24 April 1878, page 5d; also see
23 December 1924, page 11b,
Observer,
3 January 1925, page 16b.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
The reminiscences of James Ward are in the Observer,
13 October 1917, page 4c.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nelson
Nomenclature
A subdivision of section 3033, Hundred of Kooringa by Anthony Forster and Samuel Nelson circa 1858.
General Notes
The sale of the town is reported in the Register,
6 August 1858, page 3h,
Observer,
7 August 1858, page 4h.
- There was an extensive sale of town allotments by auction... [by] Mr Nelson, the proprietor. The Township of Nelson... was sold on the ground and after a spirited competition, the whole of the allotments, with the exception of five, were disposed of...
N
Place Names
Nelsonville
Nomenclature
Near Lameroo. Francis Nelson, an early settler. Its railway station is now called 'Mulpata' (formerly Urrabirra).
General Notes
Its school opened in 1924 and became "Mulpata" in 1929.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nepabunna
Nomenclature
A name of a former Aboriginal settlement conducted by the United Aborigines Mission, 70 km east of Leigh Creek; derived fromnipapanha awi urtu - shallow waterhole.
General Notes
A former Aboriginal settlement conducted by the United Aborigines Mission, 70 km east of Leigh Creek; derived from the Aboriginal nipapanha awi urtu - "shallow waterhole".
Its school opened in 1945.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nepean Bay
Nomenclature
On Kangaroo Island, named by Matthew Flinders on 21 March 1802 after Sir Evan Nepean, First Secretary to the Admiralty.
General Notes
A monument to commemorate the landing of Captain Matthew Flinders and his naming of Kangaroo Island was unveiled on 22 March 1902.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Nepouie
Nomenclature
East of Lyndhurst; 'flat rock water hole' - nipa - 'flat rock' and awi - 'water'.
General Notes
The Nepowie (sic) copper mine was "in the neighbourhood of Wooltana" -
see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 101.
Also see South Australia - Mining.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Neptune Islands
Nomenclature
Three small rocky islands south of Thistle Island near Port Lincoln; named by Matthew Flinders on 21 February 1802, 'for they seemed inaccessible to men'.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Birds..
A description of wild-life on the islands is in the Register,
29 November 1876, page 6e,
while "An Egging and Sealing Excursion" is reported on
26 November 1877, page 6c - it includes a gory account of seal-clubbing: also see
Express,
29 November 1876, page 3c.
- The mutton bird egging season opens in November and any amount of fun as well as profit can be obtained... A special expedition was arranged on Saturday when the smart little coasting steamer, Ceres, commanded by Captain J. Germein, took about 15 persons to the islands... Towards the afternoon the Ceres looked like a market boat with the boxes, baskets and bags of eggs, dozens of dead and living mutton birds and sober pengulas, which latter quarreled vigorously among themselves... They are irascible little oddities and a pair I took home as an addition to the poultry yard usurped the ducks' quarters...
The need for a lighthouse is canvassed in the Register,
23 May 1890, page 6h,
16 June 1899, page 7f,
28 July 1899, page 6g,
5 August 1899, page 5a,
Observer,
22 July 1899, page 14b,
Advertiser,
16 June 1899, page 7f,
28 July 1899, page 6e;
information on it appears in the Register,
3 May 1901, page 4g,
23 October 1901, page 6b,
4 November 1901, page 5i.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs - Lighthouses and Lightships.
The death of the fourth-keeper, Thomas Hayter, is reported in the Register,
23 November 1901, page 5f,
Observer,
30 November 1901, page 33d.
Photographs of the lighthouse and jetty are in the Chronicle,
22 February 1902, page 2 (supp.); also see
Observer,
26 January 1907, page 28.
"A Lightkeeper Drowned" is in the Express,
5 August 1910, page 1g,
Observer,
13 August 1910, page 45a.
"Most Isolated Lighthouse" is in the Advertiser,
8 March 1934, page 19e,
"Lonely Island Life" in The Mail,
16 February 1935, page 16c.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Netherby
Nomenclature
Takes its name from a house built by Colonel James Henderson prior to 1867 which stood between Urrbrae and Springfield. The house was demolished in 1949.
General Notes
A cabmen's picnic at Netherby Park is reported in the Observer,
4 October 1873, page 7g.
Also see Adelaide - Picnics and Holidays.
A HACBS picnic is reported in The Irish Harp,
10 April 1874, page 5a.
Details of the sale of Netherby Estate are in the Register,
7 April 1913, page 6f.
Biographical details of Francis G. Hicks are in The Critic,
8 November 1922, page 5.
Historical information on Netherby House is in The Mail,
9 June 1928, page 13d.
- The house was built 80 years ago by Colonel James Henderson... In 1843 he accompanied Colonel Frome as surveyor on an expedition to Lake Torrens... Some time in the fifties Netherby was sold to Mr Richard Hicks, one of the early solicitors of Adelaide and it was purchased from him by the late Sir William Morgan... In the early days wild dogs were a menace to sheep in the outlying suburbs and at Netherby may still be seen part of a stone wall, all that is left of the original sheepfold, in which the animals were housed at night.... In the time of Sir William there were 11 acres of orangery and vineyards and he set up a wine press...
3 December 1937, page 25b.
Also see Adelaide - Transport - Tramways.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
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Place Names
Netherleigh
Its school opened as "Bakara" in 1909.
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
N
Place Names
Netherton
Nomenclature
A subdivision of sections 883-85 and part section 886, Hundred of Wallaroo by Thomas Bartlett, carpenter of Moonta, in 1874. It is a common place name in Great Britain and means 'lower town'. The name was also given to a post office which opened on 15 January 1915 on section 34, Hundred of Peake 13 km south of Peake, being the maiden name of Mrs J. Cattle, an early settler; it closed on 31 October 1969.
General Notes
It takes its name from Jane Netherton, who married James Cattle, a farmer of Peake;
see Baptists in the Pinnaroo Country, page 15.
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Place Names
Netley
Nomenclature
Thomas H. Beare (1792-1861) purchased section 101, Hundred of Adelaide in 1838 naming it after 'Netley Abbey' in Hampshire, the County in which he was born.
General Notes
An obituary of Mrs T.H. Beare is in the Register,
20 September 1887, page 5a.
Historical information on his "Netley Estate" is in the Register,
5 September 1913, page 12g,
on the Beare family on 28 July 1926, page 10h.
H.B. Hughes's farm is described in the Register,
14 November 1887, page 5b.
"A SA Scientist - Professor T. Hudson Beare" is in the Register,
8 August 1914, page 13e; also see
23 September 1914, page 6g.
Its school opened in 1960.
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Place Names
Netley Gap
Nomenclature
South of Manna Hill. The 'Netley Run' was established by Thomas Elder in 1865.
General Notes
The station is described in the Register,
20 July 1897, page 5i,
Observer,
7 August 1897, page 3b,
Register,
31 January 1898, page 6c.
- Next day we made a start for Netley. Again it was another chapter in the story "eaten-out" country. Where the stock did not get at it, owing to the absence of water, the bush was looking well. When we entered Netley we came on a fine piece of saltbush country, to which the sheep had found their way. This only lasted a couple of miles, however, and we soon learned that the sheep had travelled a long distance to reach it. The paddy melons crackled under our feet as we walked over the rich flat to the homestead... The run comprises 150 miles, divided into ten paddocks...
Narridy - Nicholls, Hundred of
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Place Names
Neukirch
Nomenclature
A German word meaning 'new church'. It is in the Hundred of Belvidere on section 3001 and was laid out by Adam Bartsch circa 1860. The name was changed to 'Dimchurch' in 1918 after the Nomenclature Committee had suggested 'Pangarinda', Aboriginal for 'evening twilight'.
General Notes
Its school existed from 1868 until 1870.
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Place Names
New Era
Nomenclature
A village between Cadell and Morgan created in 1894 as an experiment in the communal system:
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The illusion of the dawn of a new era soon faded and the community spirit gave way to rugged individualism. Dissatisfaction spread in the ranks of un-married men, who felt they were working to support the wives and children of the married villagers. One by one they drifted away and the settlement was taken over by a syndicate which, among other industries, sold cut timber to merchants in Adelaide.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Miscellany - Village Settlements.
The New Era Village School opened in 1895 and closed in 1924.
Information on the communal settlement is in the Register,
23 March 1894, page 7g,
6 November 1894, page 3f.
- Another Village Association has been formed at Port Adelaide and has been named the New Era. Messrs W. Carter and H.W. Clark were appointed to inspect some land in the Hundred of Cadell, about eight miles from Morgan... They found that the land is heavily timbered, with patches of clear land of about 40 acres in extent. The land consists for the most part of sand rises and flats and would be suitable for dairy farming... The rules of the Lyrup Association have been adopted... Trustees - Messrs G. Ashby (Chairman), H, Hannaman, J. Pocock, H.W. Clark; Secretary, Mr T.N. McIvor; Treasurer, Mr E. Burnett. Most of the men are well known to each other and as they include labourers, mechanics and tradesmen, it is claimed that they would be able to successfully undertake the task of working the land...
24 June 1903, page 3c,
12 September 1911, page 8c,
Chronicle,
27 June 1903, page 35b,
Observer,
18 April 1908, page 28,
16 September 1911, page 14d,
8 February 1913, page 13b.
"A Former Village Settlement - From Failure to Success" is in the Register,
25 April 1919, page 9d,
Observer,
3 May 1919, page 4e.
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Place Names
New Hamburgh
Nomenclature
Laid out by John Bentham Neales (1806-1873) circa 1853 on sections 2607-8 and 2712, Hundred of Bremer two km south of Strathalbyn. It has been 'Willyaroo' since 1918.
General Notes
The opening of a bridge is reported in the Register,
18 August 1866, page 3f.
James Jacobs' fellmongery is described in the Register,
30 July 1868, page 3b,
Observer,
25 July 1874, page 6d.
- The tannery, under its enterprising owner, Mr J. Jacobs, ... employs constantly seven men, and others occasionally... The institution is one of the largest of the kind out of Adelaide... The quantity of leather manufactured is considerable and the demand is fully equal to the supply, frequently in excess. Mr Jacobs has another establishment about a quarter of a mile distant, where a great number of sheep skins are denuded of their wool, which is then washed, scoured and otherwise prepared for exportation...
17 January 1914, page 16a,
of G.E. Mather in the Observer,
28 February 1914, page 41b.
The reminiscences of Rev F. Slaney Poole are in the Observer,
3 April 1926, page 18c.
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New Liverpool
It was also known as "Mellor Park"; see Frearson's Weekly, 23 August 1879 (supp.).
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Place Names
New Luxemburg
The mine is described in the Register,24 December 1888, page 7a,
6 July 1894, page 7a.
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The New Luxemburg Gold Mine is held by an Adelaide proprietor under the management of Captain Richard Buckle, long and favourably known in connection with the Lady Alice Ridge and Westward Ho mines...
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Place Names
New Mecklenburg
Nomenclature
A post office in the Hundred of Barossa opened on 14 April 1866 has been 'Gomersal' since 1918, after the Nomenclature Committee had suggested 'Putpayerta', the Aboriginal name for the district. The name derives from michel - 'great'. Its school opened in 1864 and became "Gomersal" in 1918.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1864 and became "Gomersal" in 1918.
The opening of a bridge is reported in the Register,
27 August 1912, page 8f,
Observer,
31 August 1912, page 49a.
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New Residence
Nomenclature
One of eleven village settlements founded in the 1890s 22 km north-west of Loxton to enable public funds to be made available to men with little capital to take up land and work it co-operatively.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Miscellany - Village Settlements.
Information on the village settlement is in the Register,
30 November 1894, page 7,
Express,
5 February 1895, page 2d.
Its school opened in 1897 and closed in 1941.
The settlement is described in the Register,
7 July 1927, page 12g.
- The population is mainly German - a very thrifty class of farmers and all apparently prosperous... In January 1901, a small number of Lutherans settled [there]... They worked hard from daylight to dark... At present there is no township to speak of; it is merely a small village near the river... There is a fine Lutheran Church, erected of stone. The church was organised in 1901. Professor Zschech, then living at Dutton, came up by buggy to conduct the service... A school was established, but in 1916 it was closed by the South Australian government... Very little fruit is harvested at New Residence. There is a fair amount of fixed farming...
23 July 1927, page 34.
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Newcastle, County of
Nomenclature
Henry Pelham F.P. Clinton, Duke of Newcastle; educated at Eton and Cambridge where he graduated in 1832. In 1852 he became Secretary for War and the Colonies under the Earl of Aberdeen and was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1859 until his death on 18 October 1864.
General Notes
The Duke of Newcastle's obituary is in the Express,
10 December 1864, page 3c.
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Newenham
Nomenclature
A subdivision of section 335, Hundred of Adelaide circa 1855 by Arthur Hardy, whose wife was the former Louisa Newenham, daughter of Charles B. Newenham; now included in Paradise.
General Notes
The obituary of C.B. Newenham is in the Register,
30 November 1887, page 5b.
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Newhaven
Nomenclature
In 1849, Richard Gilbert Symonds (1810-1896), surveyor, who owned section 2018H, Hundred of Port Adelaide subdivided it as a speculative venture in the hope that the Adelaide-Port Adelaide railway line would be extended adjacent to his property which, unfortunately, did not eventuate. The name comes from Devon, England where his wife, Harriet C. Symonds (1817-1899) was born.
General Notes
An earlier subdivision to that mentioned in Manning's Place Names of South Australia is discussed in the Register,
16 April 1851, page 4b in a prospectus of the Newhaven Company:
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The Town of Newhaven [was] laid out by the Colonial Government in 1838-39... fronting the deep central basin at the junction of the North Arm with the numerous branches of the harbour to Port Adelaide.
28 April 1849, page 2a;
for information on the subdivision see South Australian,
11 December 1849, page 3e; also see
Register,
23 November 1920, page 5f.
Evidence of Mr Symonds' insolvency is in the Register,
5 October 1858, page 4c; also see
27 October 1859, page 3a,
Express,
22 February 1881, page 2b;
his obituary appears in the Register,
2 May 1896, page 4c; also see
4 May 1896, page 5b.
- At New Haven, North Arm- In re R.G. Symonds, Insolvent - Wicksteed, Botting and Townsend have received instructions to sell... the following unsold and unencumbered allotments... New Haven as laid out by the Government, intersect each other at right angles, the central street being the same width as King William Street... The central square is equal to Victoria Square...
7 July 1910, page 6g.
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Newland
Nomenclature
Reverend Ridgway William Newland (1790-1864), pioneer clergyman and farmer, who settled in the Encounter Bay district in 1839.
General Notes
An editorial following Rev Newland's death is in the Register,
9 March 1864, page 2g.
"The Pioneer Pastor - A Founder of the State" is in the Advertiser,
6 October 1910, page 12a,
"Pioneer Pastor of the South - Newlandtown Church Opened" in the Register on
9 July 1918, page 4g.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
13 July 1918, page 26.
- The Congregational Church at Newlandtown, Encounter Bay was formally opened... The Rev A.C. Stevens, local minister, introduced Mr Simpson Newland. Through the contractor (Mr Bartel) he presented him with a silver key... {Mr Newland then gave an address containing much interesting history of the district] and opened the door...
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Newland, Hundred of
Nomenclature
John Newland, MP (1906-1912). Born in Scotland in 1864 he migrated to New South Wales in 1883 and:
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On 27 February 1884 married... in Adelaide [and] sought temporary accommodation... for destitute immigrants'. That year he obtained work with the SA Railways as a lamp cleaner and, later, was a sleeping car conductor on the Broken Hill-Terowie line for 14 years. In 1906 he was the first Labor candidate to win a non-metropolitan non-mining seat. He was a Federal Senator for South Australia from 1913 until his death in 1932 and a supporter for conscription in 1916 and 'followed W.M. Hughes out of the party room in November, later joining the Liberals to form the National Party.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Sir John Newlands'(sic) obituary is in the Advertiser,
21 May 1932, page 15g.
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Newland, Lake
Nomenclature
Near Anxious Bay on Eyre Peninsula, discovered by E.J. Eyre in September 1839. R.F. Newland, manager of the Bank of Australasia in Adelaide.
General Notes
The obituary of Richard Francis Newland is in the Register,
23 September 1873, page 5c.
The local salt industry is discussed in the Register,
1 April 1902, page 3i,
Observer,
5 April 1902, page 40b.
- Lake Newland six weeks ago was a deserted and barren country. Today it is changed into almost a fairy scene. Men with horses are working here and there, some of the individuals scraping, others stacking and bagging. The large stacks of valuable crystal salt, some containing several hundred tons, make a splendid sight... Carting will begin shortly. Contracts have been entered into by several farmers to cart from 50 to 200 tons each to the seaport... At present there are about 30 persons... engaged...
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Newport
Nomenclature
In 1875 this subdivision was described as being laid out to enable 'all intending purchasers to obtain property near the new harbor and within walking distance of the Semaphore and Port...' Now included in Largs Bay.
General Notes
Another factor influencing the choice of its name was possibly the fact that Semaphore was once known as the "New Port" - see Semaphore.
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Newstead
Nomenclature
The name does not appear in Australian Gazetteers but it is a common place name in England and Scotland
General Notes
Information on the Methodist Church is in the Advertiser,
24 June 1929, page 7d.
- Newstead is a division of the district of Payneham and is growing rapidly. The present church is a small iron building lent by the Home Mission Society... On Saturday afternoon two foundation stones were laid, that of the Sunday school hall by Mrs A.L. Dawe and that of the kindergarten by Mr D.P. Lees... The builder is Mr W.H. Eckert...
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Newton
Nomenclature
In The Pride of the Hills it is said that:
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In the 1850s the road to "Woodforde'' was known as "Road to New Town'' which was corrupted to "Newton Road'', as the modern day St Bernard's Road was then called.
- Township of Newton - about four miles from Adelaide. Frontage to Reservoir Rd... can boast of first-class soil, well timbered, good water available.
- [In 1854] a public meeting of the inhabitants of the townships of Newton, Shipley, Campbelltown, Athelston [sic]... Paradise Bridge and Gaskmore Park was held on Friday evening last to devise means for erecting a church... At present there were no means of public worship, except for the service at Gaskmore Park, lately commenced by the Rev E.K. Miller...
General Notes
In respect of the early subdivision at the foothills the Register of
16 May 1854, page 2c has a report on a proposed church in the locality of the "townships of Newton and Shipley [sic]" and on
26 May 1859, page 3f there is a report of a meeting of the Newton Lodge of Oddfellows; also see
19 May 1864, page 4b.
- A public meeting of the inhabitants of the townships of Newton, Shipley, Campbelltown, Athelston [sic]... Paradise Bridge and Gaskmore Park was held on Friday evening last to devise means for erecting a church... At present there were no means of public worship, except for the service at Gaskmore Park, lately commenced by the Rev E.K. Miller...
27 December 1856, page 2h (supp.),
Observer,
27 December 1856, page 2h (supp.).
Miss Cate's school at Newton is mentioned in the Register,
4 February 1868, page 3c.
- Examinations took place at the Newton Licensed School when the following prizes were awarded:
Scripture History, Master Best;
English Grammar, Misses Higgins and Russell;
Geography, Misses Bolus and Russell;
Arithmetic, Master Best;
< Reading, Misses H. Bolus, Allington and Markwick...
15 April 1916, page 28b.
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Ngallo
In the Pinnaroo district;a photograph of a football team is in the Chronicle,
12 November 1936, page 34.
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Ngalpa
Nomenclature
Derived from the Aboriginal ngagalja - 'saliva'.
General Notes
An obituary of Hugh McDonald is in the Register, 1 January 1924, page 6g.
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Nicholls, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Sir Robert D. Nicholls, MP. Born at Nantawarra in 1889 he was Speaker of the House of Assembly for a record 22 years being acknowledged on both sides of the House 'as a Speaker of unwavering impartiality'.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
An interview with Mr Nicholls is reported in The Mail,
2 September 1922, page 2d; also see
The News,
17 July 1926, page 4g.
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