Place Names of South Australia - N
Nichols Nob - Normanville
- Nichols Nob
- Nildottie
- Nilkra
- Nillinghoo
- Nilpena
- Nilyuntana
- Ninety-Mile Desert
- Ninnes, Hundred of
- Noarlunga
- Noarlunga, Port
- Nonning
- Nonnowie
- Noonamena
- Noora
- Norman Park
- Normanville
- Nor-West, Mount
Nichols Nob
Information on the mine at this place in the Far North is in the Advertiser, 8 July 1899, page 11c,
Chronicle,
29 July 1899, page 21.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
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Place Names
Nildottie
Nomenclature
Derived from the Aboriginal ngurltartang - 'smoke signal hill'.
General Notes
The name was also given to a copper mine "23 miles E from Blinman" -
see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 102.
A photograph of a school Arbor Day is in the Chronicle,
5 August 1937, page 32.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
Its school opened in 1959.
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Place Names
Nilkra
Nomenclature
A property between Cadell and Waikerie named by Harry Brand in 1906 when he was manager for Sidney Wilcox. Aboriginal for 'pad of a dingo'.
General Notes
A photograph of the Brand family is in the Observer,
26 June 1909, page 32.
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Place Names
Nillinghoo
Nomenclature
South of Lake Frome. The 'Nillinghoo Run' was established by W. Lockrum in 1865 (lease no. 1603).
General Notes
The Register of
20 April 1894, page 6g mentions a gold discovery at this place near Carrieton; also see
1, 7 and 15 May 1894, pages 5h, 6c and 7c,
13 June 1894, page 6e,
12 July 1894, page 6b,
25 August 1894, page 6e,
25 September 1894, page 7d.
- They estimate the distance from Carrieton about 65 miles and say it is a splendid road all the way for either for traps or teams. Water can be obtained at eight different places on the road and not more than eight miles apart... Particulars of the find have not yet been made public. I hear privately that a good defined reef four feet wide has been discovered.
October 1894, page 161,
photographs and information in the Observer,
13 January 1906, page 30.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
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Place Names
Nilpena
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'salt bush'.
General Notes
The name was also given to a copper mine "near Parachilna Gap, Flinders Range, about 10 miles from the railway station" - see Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 102.
Also see South Australia - Mining.
An obituary of Charles Forward is in the Register,
15 October 1894, page 4h,
Observer,
20 October 1894, page 29d.
Information on the pastoral property is in the Register,
8 July 1910, page 8d.
- This year, by reason of a kind invitation from Mr R.J. Matheson to spend a holiday at Nilpena, my long-delayed wish was gratified. During the three weeks I was on the station I saw the gum creeks - which rise in the Flinders Ranges and stretch across the countryside like giant green serpents until they lose themselves in the ooze of Lake Torrens - which nearly always has dry beds... What an ideal country for a sanitarium... No station owner has been a better friend to the blacks than Mr Matheson and as a result the aborigines he employs are extremely loyal servants. Without the aid of the blacks to track the dogs it would be impossible to catch the brutes... The blacks and halfcastes prefer a nomadic life... Henry Bailes, who is a fine specimen of an intelligent black man was once a coachman to Mr Peter Waite and also a black tracker at the police barracks...
8 June 1912, page 31,
14 November 1914, page 28,
21 November 1914, page 42e.
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Place Names
Nilyuntana
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'meeting place'.
General Notes
A photograph of the school and its students, who comprised entirely of the Agars family, is in the Chronicle,
11 April 1935, page 33.
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Place Names
Ninety-Mile Desert
The Register of 4 August 1852, page 3a advertises "Sections for Sale in the Hundred Mile Scrub".Parliamentary Paper 142/1865-66 says it was "known as the Great Desert or Monster Scrub" - this paper also describes the region.
"The Great Desert" is in the Chronicle,
7 October 1882, page 18b.
- It would really be a blessing for the poor string of homeless wanderers, who are ever on the track of the government, could see their way clear to cut out and mark a route through the scrub of the desert, and make a well say every 20 miles. This course would save many a poor fellow from dying in the desert which has swallowed up so many victims. As it is they struggle along - especially on the long stage from "Cold and Wet" - until they arrive at Mr Knight's at Cooke's Plains - in a state of raging thirst and absolute starvation and make his heavy drain and a big hole in a larder. I know I did...
15 and 16 February 1886, pages 6b and 6b.
Cultivation in the "long" desert is reported upon in the Register,
12, 15 and 30 June 1886, pages 5a-6c, 7e and 7a,
1 July 1886, page 4g,
24 January 1887, page 6f; also see
25 and 26 March 1887, pages 4e-5a and 5c;
Advertiser,
25 June 1886, page 6c,
1 July 1886, page 3f,
31 October 1887, page 5g.
Also see Observer,
29 January 1887, page 10b,
26 March 1887, pages 29a-30e,
2, 9 and 23 April 1887, pages 8c, 9b and 30a,
14 and 21 May 1887, pages 10d-32d and 10b,
Register,
25 and 26 March 1887, pages 5a and 5c,
6, 19 and 22 April 1887, pages 7h, 7d and 5b,
10, 13 and 17 May 1887, pages 5b, 7e and 5b,
7, 12 and 23 July 1887, pages 5b, 5b and 5b,
16 August 1887, page 5b,
1 September 1887, page 7f,
13, 24, 25 and 31 October 1887, pages 4h, 7e, 5c and 6g.
Also see Register,
16 April 1888, page 6b,
3 May 1888, page 6e,
25 August 1888, page 5a,
3 September 1888, page 5b,
13 and 15 October 1888, pages 4h and 7b,
Advertiser,
13 November 1888, page 7g,
Register,
4 December 1888, page 6g,
26 February 1889, page 5h,
29 November 1889, page 5a,
11 January 1890, page 5c,
14 July 1890, page 6g,
Express,
12 and 14 July 1890, pages 2e and 2f,
Advertiser,
21 July 1890, page 6e.
An interesting letter on certain features of the "desert" is in the Register,
13 April 1901, page 10h; also see
23 May 1901, page 9h,
7 and 20 June 1901, pages 3g and 3i.
An artesian well is discussed in the Register,
26 September 1903, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
"Some of its Products" is in the Register,
3 March 1904, page 8b,
"A Great Misnomer" on
5 August 1927, page 12b.
Photographs of Mr Helling's farm and station are in the Observer,
19 March 1904, page 25; also see
3 June 1911, page 31.
"Woman Dies in the Desert" is in the Register,
20 and 25 March 1905, pages 4i and 6f.
"From Mallee to Cereals" is in the Advertiser,
6 September 1906, page 9b,
Register,
8 and 26 December 1910, pages 5h and 9g.
"The Blossoming Desert" is in the Advertiser,
27 February 1911, page 14c,
10 March 1911, page 9d.
"Bogged and Starving in the Ninety Mile Desert" is in The Mail,
15 November 1924, page 1.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
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Place Names
Ninnes, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Thomas Ninnes, an early landholder whose name is also perpetuated by Ninnes Plains on section 40, Hundred of Ninnes.
General Notes
A dinner at Clare in honour of Thomas Ninnes is reported in the Register,
18 August 1865, page 3f.
An article on settlement in the area is in the Advertiser,
24 October 1884, page 6b;
it includes information on Mr George Ormsby, "the pioneer settler"; also see
Chronicle,
17 June 1899, page 19a.
- It is now some five or six years since this land was first taken up and to show the great progress that has been made it may be mentioned that although two years ago there were only about 5.000 acres cropped, this year nearly 13,000 acres have been cultivated. The pioneer settler was George Ormsby, who besides having freehold and leasehold land, is also the postmaster at Ninnes....
Historical information on the district council is in the Observer,
17 October 1914, page 22b.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
The discovery of Ninnes Plains was recounted by Thomas Dunstone:
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A party [was] formed to blaze a track through [from Clare] to Kadina. Thomas Ninnes, Fred Hannaford, Jimmy Wright (who in the early days conducted a shoemaker's business...) and a licensed surveyor named Archer composed the party, being accompanied by two bullock teams, on which were about two tons of flour, together with their camping outfit... Going through Armagh to what they named "Hannaford's Hill'' [they] took their bearings for the Hummocks, near Salt Lake, now known as Lochiel, but from here it became more difficult.
There was no water from this to Kadina and about 20 miles of dense mallee scrub... About ten or twelve miles distance towards Kadina there appeared a piece of open country, which they decided to make for, so they made a start from the foot of the Hummocks. It was slow work... Some two or three miles from the start ...the water was exhausted, so there was nothing for it but to send the teams back to Lochiel and secure a fresh supply. This camp they named "Wright's Plain'' in honour of Jimmy Wright. From here they pushed on towards the small plain seen from the Hummocks... after some days of hard work the open space was reached, which proved to be a fair-sized plain with good soil, well grassed, but no water. This they named "Ninnes' Plain'' ...
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Place Names
Noarlunga
Nomenclature
It is generally accepted as an Aboriginal word meaning 'fishing place'. However, an article on nomenclature is in The Mail, 14 May 1921, page 3 where Mr N.A. Webb says: 'The Horseshoe Bend was called ngurlo, which is the accusative case of the demonstrative pronoun ngu and meant "that''. Ngurlo-unga meant "that place'' or the "chief place''.'
General Notes
An interesting article on nomenclature is in The Mail,
14 May 1921, page 3 where Mr N.A. Webb says:
-
The Horseshoe Bend was called ngurlo, which is the accusative case of the demonstrative pronoun ngu and meant "that". Ngurlo-unga meant "that place" or the "chief place".
2 September 1843, page 5b,
9 March 1844, page 6c.
also see Register,
2 September 1843, page 3b;
6 March 1844, page 3a.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
Information on a proposed bridge over the River Onkaparinga appears in the Register,
25 April 1840, page 5b,
10 December 1845, page 2e.
A complaint from Edward Giles about its state of repair appears on
11 March 1852, page 3a,
Observer,
13 February 1858, page 4f,
Register,
16 September 1859, page 3f,
20 January 1860, page 2h.
A report of a local market is in the Register on
8 August 1840, page 5c.
A cattle show is reported on
27 March 1841, page 4.
The inauguration of the Cattle and Corn Market is reported in the Adelaide Times,
6 December 1851, page 3e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
Information on a copper mine is in the Register,
15 May 1841, page 3b.
Also see South Australia - Mining.
"The Southern Races" is in the Register,
28 June 1845, page 3c,
7 February 1850, page 2e; also see
Express,
5 January 1881, page 3f,
Register,
13 February 1893, page 7a.
Information on a racecourse company is in the Register,
10 July 1862, page 2h.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A sketch of the town is in the Pictorial Australian in
April 1886, page 61;
a history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
8 June 1933, pages 33 and 46.
The village is described in the Southern Australian,
7 May 1841, page 4c and
5 March 1844, page 2b,
Observer,
13 April 1844, page 7a,
South Australian,
7 October 1845, page 2c,
21 April 1846, page 3c,
Adelaide Times,
17 May 1851, page 8f.
A flooding of the village is recorded in the Register,
14 August 1851, page 3a,
The News,
1 September 1933, page 8,
Advertiser,
17 and 18 September 1935, pages 7g-8c and 23g.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
19 September 1935, page 38. Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods
- At the foot of the hill... is a brewery erected by Mr W.B. Edmonds; a malthouse is attached... [He] is an ale brewer whose beer, we think, deserves patronage and encouragement... This spot was fixed upon by the South Australian Company for a township and streets and terraces were marked out in active anticipation... New settlers are arriving and new buildings are springing up in every quarter...
19 March 1853, page 2c.
A proposed district council is discussed in the Observer,
24 May 1856, page 7g,
19 July 1856, page 7h.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
James Clark's farm is described in the Register,
7 January 1863, page 3d.
His obituary is in the Register,
5 March 1889, page 5b.
"Noarlunga - Past and Present" is in the Register,
27 April 1921, page 6g,
"The Romance of Noarlunga" on
27 March 1924, page 5d.
The opening of the Noarlunga Lodge of Oddfellows is reported in the Observer,
3 November 1849 (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Banking and Finance - General Finance - Building and Friendly Societies.
Information on a new public schoolhouse is in the Register,
30 November 1860, page 3a; also see
9 February 1865, page 2f.
School sites at Noarlunga are discussed on
21 March 1912, page 5g.
Observer,
6 August 1910, page 15a,
31 May 1913, pages 17b-29 (photo.).
An Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle,
29 August 1896, page 25a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
31 May 1913, page 29.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
Information on a proposed new school is in the Register,
30 July 1910, page 11e,
Observer,
10 February 1912, page 47c,
23 and 30 March 1912, pages 47b and 47c,
6 April 1912, page 47a,
11 May 1912, page 41b.
The opening of the telegraph is reported in the Register,
9 April 1866, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telegraphic.
A cricket match, Noarlunga versus Sellicks Hill is in the Register,
14 March 1867, page 3f and
against Aldinga on
27 February 1873, page 6f;
against Norwood in the Express,
10 November 1866, page 3c,
against Thebarton on
18 November 1872, page 3b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Local vineyards are described in the Register,
30 July 1875, page 7c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Viticulture.
The opening of a district hall is reported in the Register,
14 July 1881, page 5b,
Observer,
16 July 1881, page 30d.
A bicycle trip to the Horseshoe from Adelaide is described in the Register,
8 November 1882, page 6a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cycling.
The first lacrosse match in South Australia was played here in 1885 -
see Register, 3 August, page 3g:
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Some of the players became strongly excited; one old footballer so much so that at a critical time he dropped his cross and began to kick the ball...
24 August 1885, page 3d for details of a return match in Adelaide and
7 April 1886, page 3f,
Observer,
10 and 17 April 1886, pages 19d and 19d.
"Lacrosse and Dancing" is in the Register,
5 September 1898, page 3d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Lacrosse.
An outbreak of typhoid fever in the town is reported in the Register,
5, 6, 11 and 24 February 1886, pages 5b-c, 5c, 6e and 6f.
Also see South Australia - Health - Fevers - Typhoid.
A silver find on section 269 is reported in the Advertiser,
7 May 1890, page 7d; also see
Observer,
2 August 1890, page 28a.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Miscellany.
Information on the water supply is in the Chronicle,
14 March 1896, page 16a,
Advertiser,
13 October 1902, page 6h,
20 November 1902, page 4g.
The opening of the water service is reported in the Register,
14 September 1909, page 9h.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
"Coal at Noarlunga" is in the Express,
24 October 1905, page 4f,
Advertiser,
23 August 1906, page 9a,
13 December 1906, page 5a,
26 February 1907, page 6f,
7 May 1909, page 9b,
Observer,
12 February 1927, page 60d.
Information on Noarlunga Coal Ltd is in the Advertiser,
2 August 1927, page 15d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
"Geology at Noarlunga" is in the Register on
16 April 1909, page 9b,
Observer,
24 April 1909, page 48a.
The reminiscences of Thomas Griggs are in the Advertiser,
6 April 1917, page 10e and
of Peter N. Giles on
24 September 1929, page 18d.
A photograph of a football team is in The Critic,
19 October 1921, page 28.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football.
Biographical details of Mrs Louisa Candy are in the Register,
19 July 1918, page 6g,
of A.C. Robinson on 1 November 1926, page 13c.
"Noarlunga - Past and Present" is in the Register,
27 April 1921, page 6g.
"Fishing at Noarlunga" is in The Mail,
14 March 1925, page 2f.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Fishing.
"Church on the Hill" is in The News,
16 May 1929, page 5b.
"Back to Noarlunga - Celebrations Begun" is in the Advertiser,
26 October 1929, page 23g.
Photographs are in the Observer,
2 November 1929, page 34.
Noarlunga - Obituaries
An obituary of R. Budgen is in the Register, 21 January 1882, page 5b.
An obituary of Charles Furler is in the Observer, 16 January 1897, page 28a,
of Martin Burgess on 5 January 1901, page 31e,
of David Brown, hotelier, on 21 January 1905, page 34d,
of George Goldsmith on 10 August 1907, page 40d,
of Mrs Mary Teece on 29 February 1908, page 40c,
of Richard Ferris on 9 August 1924, page 38c.
An obituary of A.A. Wicksteed is in the Register, 19 February 1903, page 3g,
of David Brown on 18 January 1905, page 4i,
of George Goldsmith on 7 August 1907, page 7b,
of Mrs Mary Teece on 25 February 1908, page 5b,
of Miss Agnes W. Clark on 21 May 1908, page 5a,
of Mrs Eliza Radford on 2 July 1912, page 6i,
of Mrs Robert Lowe on 4 July 1917, page 6f,
of Edward Teakle on 26 September 1918, page 7b, 22 October 1918, page 4g,
of Richard Ferris on 15 August 1921, page 4h.
An obituary of Mrs Emma J. Short is in the Register, 5 May 1928, page 12e.
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Place Names
Noarlunga, Port
Nomenclature
The government town of Port Noarlunga was surveyed in 1856 and first offered for sale on 14 April 1859. The town of Port Noarlunga South was gazetted on 4 October 1923; it was formerly known as 'Paringa' and 'Port Onkaparinga'.
General Notes
Early history of the district is recounted in the Observer,
17 December 1921, page 33b.
A history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
8 June 1933, pages 33 and 46.
"Improvements of Port Noarlunga" is in the Express,
18 August 1876.
- There are two methods of raising the reef so as to make it theoretically a breakwater sufficient to protect the jetty. The first is by building in cement a proper wall... The alternative scheme would be to adopt would be to adopt an ordinary breakwater, using the reef to form the heart or basis of the work...
14 November 1877, page 5f and
a district hall on
14 July 1881, page 5b.
The opening of a jetty is reported in the Observer,
17 December 1921, page 33b.
A Boys' Field Club encampment is reported in the Register on 28 March 1894, page 3c.
"Port Noarlunga as a Summer Resort" is in the Register,
15 February 1898, page 7d; also see
Chronicle,
19 and 26 February 1898, pages 17e and 5d,
Register,
30 March 1914, page 10h,
7 January 1919, page 6f,
12 December 1921, page 7f,
"Holidays Under Canvas" is in the Register,
30 December 1911, page 6d (includes photographs).
"Holidaying at Port Noarlunga" is in the Observer,
15 March 1924, page 48a.
Register,
29 February 1924, page 6h.
Also see Adelaide - Picnics and Holidays.
Information on a Congregational church is in the Register,
7 February 1910, page 9f.
A photograph of Mr A. Price and his stingray catch is in the Observer,
1 February 1919, page 26.
"Railway to Port Noarlunga" is in the Register,
30 November 1920, page 5e.
A proposed railway is discussed in the Register,
30 November 1920, page 5e,
4 November 1924, page 11f.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
"A Popular Resort" is in The Mail,
10 December 1921, page 2g,
"Progressive Port Noarlunga" in the Observer,
17 December 1921, page 33b,
The News,
1 October 1924, page 8c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
3 March 1928, page 35,
Chronicle,
5 January 1929, page 40,
Observer,
29 January 1931, page 31.
"Fishing at Port Noarlunga" is in the Advertiser,
18 December 1924, page 12e,
"The Anglers' Paradise" in the Register,
22 November 1927, page 12; also see
29 March 1928, page 10c.
A photograph of Amos Chinner's salmon catch is in the Observer,
20 May 1922, page 25.
Catching "bungums", a prized fish bait, is reported upon in the Register,
21 May 1923, page 9e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Fishing.
A report on the laying of the foundation stone of the institute is in the Chronicle,
16 August 1924, page 54e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
16 August 1924, page 34.
"Riviera of the South - Hallett Cove to Port Noarlunga" is in the Register,
31 December 1925, page 8b.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Port Noarlunga Congregational Church is reported in the Register,
7 February 1910.
"Port Noarlunga, A Growing Resort" is in the Register,
25 January 1911, page 6f.
The collapse of Table Rock is reported on 6 July 1911, page 6h.
The Port Noarlunga School opened in 1916.
Photographs are in the Observer,
9 February 1924, page 34.
The 1923 subdivision is advertised in the Advertiser on 15 January, page 11c.
A photograph of the footbridge is in the Observer,
11 July 1925, page 34,
of a sports' committee on
14 April 1928, page 37.
An obituary of Frederick C. Pocock is in the Observer,
15 August 1925, page 45a,
of J.R.L. Newland on 5 February 1927, page 44a,
of Louis W. Pfuhl in the Register, 28 March 1928, page 10h.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Broadbent is reported in the Observer,
4 September 1926, page 38a.
The town and district are described in the Observer,
17 December 1927, pages 52-53.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
26 January 1933, page 35.
A surf tragedy is reported in the Chronicle,
2 February 1933, page 33.
Information on and photographs of a flood are in the Chronicle,
7 September 1933, pages 38 and 44.
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Place Names
Nonning
Nomenclature
The 'Nonning Run' was established by C.H. Leycester in 1864 (lease no. 1660).
General Notes
The station is described in the Observer,
1 and 29 December 1894, pages 43a and 29b,
19 January 1924, page 49a.
A visit to Nonning station is reported in the Register,
24 April 1925, page 6a,
8 and 9 May 1925, pages 14e and 7e; also see
26 December 1927, page 7g,
Observer,
31 December 1927, page 56b.
- In olden days this country was looked upon as useless, waterless land- but even then, as now, it was beautifully bushed and well grassed, but the idea of putting down a reservoir at a cost of £1,000 never entered the mind of the pioneer, and all attempts to procure it by sinking proved failures. It is only the construction of these dams or reservoirs that has brought about the stocking of this country...
20 May 1922, page 30.
The school opened in 1973 and closed in 1980.
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Place Names
Nonnowie
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word referring to 'water'.
General Notes
H.D. Cowled's property is described in the Register,
30 November 1911, page 5.
Nichols Nob - Normanville
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Place Names
Noonamena
The school opened in 1929 and closed in 1938.
Nichols Nob - Normanville
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Place Names
Noora
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'a camp'.
General Notes
The school opened in 1918 and closed in 1913.
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Place Names
Nor-West, Mount
Nomenclature
In the North Flinders Ranges, discovered and named by E.J. Eyre on 12 August 1840. It was the highest point he encountered in a low range while travelling on a north-west course. (A Mortlock Library note says it was so named, in error, by Samuel Parry as it is really Eyre's 'Termination Hill'.)
General Notes
"The Wants of Mount Nor-West" is in the Advertiser,
20 September 1876, page 2c (supp.).
- Now that the present government have taken the first step to recognise this long neglected district by placing a police trooper at the Government Gums, it is hoped they will attend to a few other matters... namely, having a post office established at the Government Gums with a weekly mail fro Beltana to the Northwest... I am glad that several good wells have been completed... If any person wants to see an instance of the results of perseverance and pluck he will be repaid by paying a visit to J. Ragless and Sons' station, 16 miles from the Government Gums. He will see there steam engines at work, pumping water and performing other useful operations... If a township was surveyed and sold at the Governemnt Gums there would be a store and other trade started there...
Within the last three months the blacks have been dying near Beltana like rotten sheep. This fact is well known all over the north and I am very doubtful if there has been any enquiry into the cause of this fearful mortality... or any medicine supplied to them in their miserable condition. If the blacks are to be exterminated let the present state of things continue, but let us not mislead the people all over the world by sending glowing accounts through the press of our care and protection of the natives of South Australia, for so far as our care of them in the north is concerned, I say, without fear of contradiction, that it only a shame and a disgrace. [Signed - H. McConvill (sic)] (Register, 20 September 1876, page 2 (supp.))
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Place Names
Norman Park
The Mail of 12 April 1913, page 20c describes this subdivision as having as its boundaries Unley Road, Catherine, New and Murray Streets.
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Place Names
Normanville
Nomenclature
Three kilometres west of Yankalilla. Dr Robert Norman (1808-1883).
- The dentist is about to form a little township at his valuable property on the mouth of the River Bungala. Near the spot where the [river] runs into Gulf St Vincent there is a sort of natural wharf, which with a moderate outlay may be made subservient to the wants of the surrounding agriculturalists who have long felt the deficiency of a shipping place for their produce...
General Notes
The Register of 16 May 1853 at page 2e advertises the sale of lots 1-106 of section 1014.
The village is described on
11 March 1862, page 2b and
18 May 1866, page 3f; also see
Observer,
28 November 1885, page 35a,
Parliamentary Paper 66/1886,
Register,
6 April 1892, page 6f.
"Early Normanville" is in the Register,
24 and 28 November 1908, pages 9e and 6c; also see
13 January 1916, page 4g,
8 March 1923, page 12b,
Observer,
21 April 1923, page 52c,
"Early Incidents" on
30 December 1922, page 11g,
19 May 1923, page 5f.
"Memories of the Mail" is in the Register,
3 January 1923, page 4e.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Register,
15 November 1854, page 2g,
Observer,
22 April 1865, page 3d,
Chronicle,
23 March 1907, page 23b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
"Old Coaching Days" is in the Register,
3 January 1920, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Horse Coaches.
A ploughing match is reported in the Register,
5 September 1859, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
Controversy over the church is aired in the Advertiser,
12 September 1859, page 3b.
The Church of England is discussed in the Register,
13 December 1861, page 2h.
Information on a church harmonium is in the Register,
21 July 1865, page 2d,
Observer,
22 July 1865, page 5c.
Interesting information on the Church of England is contained in a letter to the editor of the Register on 27 May 1867, page 2g.
A "Volunteers' Festival" is in the Register,
6 May 1861, page 3c.
Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.
Information on a telegraph office is in the Register,
6 October 1862, page 3c,
24 June 1863, page 2h and
of a new bridge on
12 June 1869, page 3f.
- The [telegraph] station is stationed for the present at the Royal Hotel (otherwise unoccupied just now), a portion of which building Mr Robert Norman has liberally allowed to be occupied for that purpose rent free until the contemplated station... is built...
Lt Lucas was down here last week superintending the class-firing of our volunteers... None came out as marksmen... I believe the volunteers attribute their bad success to not having a firing range. The long distances had to be shot from a dray which does not form the steadiest of platforms...
A Show is reported in the Chronicle,
17 November 1883, page 4g,
13 November 1886, page 8c and
the opening of a Show Hall on
5 May 1888, page 23a.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
A sports day held on the grounds of Septimane Herbert is reported in the Register,
30 May 1884, page 7e and
a local show in the Advertiser,
9 November 1886, page 3f.
The wreck of the Guldax is reported in the Register,
3 and 5 September 1887, pages 6c and 6e.
An alleged coal discovery is discussed in the Register,
17 and 18 February 1892 and
an extensive deposit of flux on
8 July 1897, page 4h; also see
Chronicle,
13 and 27 February 1892, page 6c and 6d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
A poem titled "The Song of Normanville" is in the Register,
11 May 1907, page 9f.
The discovery of fossil bones of extinct animals is commented upon in the Register,
8 May 1907, page 4f.
Information on an Aboriginal burial ground appears on
24 April 1911, page 6d,
11 May 1911, page 4g,
26 September 1914, page 8f.
Information on a bark mill is in the Observer,
24 April 1909, page 46d.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Wattle Bark.
"The Needs of Normanville" is in the Register,
19 January 1911, page 9a.
"Motor Service to the South" is in the Register,
3 June 1911, page 5b,
Observer,
10 June 1911, page 16c.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
Information on and photographs of colt breaking are in the Chronicle,
26 August 1911, pages 13a-31,
of a treasure hunt on
9 January 1936, page 32.
Information on a proposed hospital is in the Express,
15 March 1912, page 2d.
"A Tree for Each Volunteer" is in the Observer,
26 June 1915, page 16b.
Reminiscences of the district are in the Register,
13 January 1916, page 4g,
15 December 1916, page 6f.
Biographical details of John Way are in the Observer,
5 February 1916, page 32b,
of Mrs Bridget Nielson on 25 August 1928, page 32c.
Biographical details of Dr H.H. Norman are in the Register,
21 July 1916, page 6g.
"Notes on Normanville" is in the Register,
30 December 1922, page 11g,
Observer,
6 January 1923, page 43d.
Normanville - Obituaries
An obituary of William Mitchell is in the Register, 14 August 1891, page 5c,
Observer, 15 August 1891, page 31b,
of George Green on 2 January 1915, page 42a,
of Mrs Annie Robertson on 22 April 1916, page 19c,
of Robert Faulkner on 11 November 1916, page 34b,
of John Way on 10 November 1923, page 39d,
of N.B. McNeil on 4 July 1925, page 44e.
An obituary of Mrs Annie Robertson is in the Register, 18 April 1916, page 4g,
of Robert Faulkner on 3 November 1916, page 4g,
of Mrs Susan A. Dufty on 27 August 1923, page 6f,
of John Way on 7 November 1923, page 8g,
of Arthur Wise on 3 and 6 January 1925, pages 11f and 6f,
of Norman B. McNeil on 26 June 1925, page 8h.
