Place Names of South Australia - K
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
- Kadina
- Kadli Bore
- Kadlunga
- Kainton
- Kalangadoo
- Kaldoonera, Hundred of
- Kaliwi
- Kalkabury
- Kallioota Spring
- Kalyra
- Kanappa
- Kangarilla
- Kangaroo Flat
- Kalyan
Kadina
Nomenclature
A corruption of an Aboriginal word meaning 'lizard plain'.
General Notes
Information on the town's water supply is in the Register,
30 March 1861, page 3e,
13 and 17 June 1861, pages 2f and 3a,
Observer,
23 January 1875, page 12g.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
Information on coach services from Adelaide in 1863 is in the Advertiser,
12 September 1918, page 14f; also see
Express,
24 July 1878, page 2b.
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With regard to the first regular coaches between Kadina and the GPO referred to in the Advertiser on August 26 allow me [F. Ward of Howard St, North Kensington] to comment briefly. I had been in the employ of the late Wm. Rounsevell about three months when he sent me out from the Pirie Street yard on a Saturday afternoon about the middle of August 1863 with a coach and four greys to go to Virginia to put up at Saints Hotel and wait for the first overland coach from Kadina. On the following Monday it arrived in the afternoon with passengers.... The coach was a heavy spring cart drawn by four horses in charge of the late Edward Rook and John Rounsevell. The passengers were transferred from this to the coach in waiting and we proceeded to the Cross Keys where another team was waiting in charge of the late Tom Terry.
This latter team were attached to the coach which was taken on to the GPO by the late John Rounsevell and E. Rook, leaving T. Terry and me to bring in the four greys, two for each of us, riding one and leading the other.
The first of Mr Opie's driving..., as far as I can remember, was in the winter of 1864 when the Kadina passengers and mails used to be taken to Salisbury by train, to proceed thence by coach to meet the Kadina coach in the 30-mile scrub... The coach running to Salisbury in winter was to avoid a swamp near Cross Keys... (Advertiser, 12 September 1918, page 14.)
The coach from Kadina to Adelaide... was very heavily overloaded. It was a small conveyance only fit to carry about 12 passengers, but 22 were by some means crowded in and on to it... The coach became bogged and the horses got restive... The journey was necessarily slow and darkness came on before they were out of the 30-mile scrub. The driver who did not appear to have full control of the horses drove into a fence, the front part of the coach crashing against a corner post and making a terrible wreck. The spring was broken into bits, six of the passengers and the driver were sent flying out, but fortunately only two were hurt... A spring cart was obtained and the passengers crowded into it until they reached the "Light" when another "barge" was got ready..)
27 July 1878, page 24b.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Horse Coaches.
A sketch of Graves Street is in the Pictorial Australian on
January 1881, page 8,
photographs are in the Observer,
14 September 1907, page 30,
11 January 1908, page 30,
7 September 1929, page 32;
a history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
18 August 1932, pages 32 and 40,
9 April 1936, page 36.
The town is described in the Register,
20 January 1862, page 2h,
15 August 1865, page 3a,
Observer,
19 August 1865, page 1d (supp.),
Advertiser,
1 September 1865, page 2e,
9 June 1873, page 3a,
Observer,
12 September 1868, page 4f,
29 June 1872, page 8,
22 March 1873, page 7c,
Register,
16 June 1873, page 6e,
28 August 1875, page 6e,
Parliamentary Paper 67/1888,
Register,
3 February 1899, page 6d.
Also see
Observer,
11 February 1899, page 43,
Chronicle,
13 May 1899, page 21a,
22 June 1907 (photos), page 31,
Register,
30 May 1904, page 8e,
24 January 1910, page 6e,
Advertiser,
9 February 1910, page 12a,
Register,
27 April 1922, page 8h,
27 July 1926, page 7.
Information on an Episcopal Church is in the Register,
16 September 1862, page 3b.
A wrestling match is reported in the Register,
31 December 1866, page 3h.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Boxing.
"Lost in the Bush" is in the Express,
31 December 1863, page 2c.
A ploughing match is reported in the Register,
19 August 1864, page 3f,
Chronicle,
23 September 1865, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
"Government Land Sales at Kadina" is in the Register,
15 February 1869, page 3c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Congregational Church is reported in the Register,
5 September 1869, page 2c (supp.); also see
3 May 1870, page 5b,
7 November 1871, page 3g; also see
9 March 1907, page 5e.
Information on a town crier is in the Observer,
25 May 1872, page 7f.
A proposed corporation is discussed in the Register,
23 May 1872, page 5a,
12 July 1872, page 3e,
Observer,
25 May 1872, page 8a,
13 June 1872, page 4d,
Chronicle,
13 July 1872, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Local Government.
A horse race meeting is reported in The Irish Harp,
31 January 1873, page 5c.
An informative article entitled "A Racing Centre" is in the Register,
2 August 1907, page 8c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A cricket match against Wallaroo is reported in the Chronicle,
9 August 1873, page 10e;
for a match against the SA Cricketing Association see Observer,
9 January 1875, page 7a.
A proposed oval is discussed in the Chronicle,
24 January 1874, page 7e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Building improvements during 1873 are discussed in the Chronicle,
10 January 1874, page 6c.
A Show is reported in the Observer,
21 September 1872, page 10f,
26 September 1874, page 6e,
28 October 1882, page 12c and
a ploughing match on
4 September 1875, page 6b.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
17 October 1935, page 37.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
Examinations at St Joseph's school are reported in The Irish Harp,
27 December 1872, page 6c,
27 February 1874, page 5a.
"The Progress of Kadina" is in the Register,
28 August 1875, page 6e,
Observer,
28 August 1875, page 6c,
"Kadina Now and Fifteen Years Ago" on
15 April 1876, page 8a.
"A Visit to Barunga Gap" is in the Register,
1 May 1876, page 6c.
A Rechabite sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
6 January 1877, page 17b; also see
Chronicle,
5 July 1890, page 13c.
"Highway Robberies" is in the Register,
8 January 1877, page 5e.
"The Educational Requirements of Kadina" is in the Observer,
15 June 1878, page 10b,
Register,
12, 20, 25 and 27 June 1878, pages 5d, 4g, 5b and 2e (supp.); also see
26 June 1878 (supp.), page 3f,
27 (supp.) and 29 (supp.) July 1878, pages 2e and 2d.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle,
5 July 1890, page 13c.
A photograph of students is in the Observer,
23 July 1910, page 30.
The opening of the high school is reported in the Register,
1 July 1924, page 14d.
Information on the State School Mothers' Club is in The News,
18 April 1929, page 9e.
An amusing letter about farm life is in the Advertiser,
3 August 1878, page 6e.
The arrival of "the first luggage train" is reported in the Observer,
5 October 1878, page 14c.
A presentation to Henry Anson is reported in the Register,
4 June 1883, page 5c.
"The Sanitary State of Kadina" is in the Register,
23 February 1888, pages 5a-7a:
"That the town should have been spared the invasion of a destructive epidemic is a little short of a miracle."
A presentation to John J. Christmas is reported in the Register,
28 July 1888, page 7g.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Register,
3 July 1890, page 7e,
Observer,
5 July 1890, page 12d,
9 July 1892, page 12c.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
A visit to Mr J. Inglis's experimental farm is reported in the Advertiser,
12 December 1892, page 7e.
Biographical details of a Mayor, Richard Haselgrove, are in the Register,
10 December 1892, page 1c (supp.).
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs William Andrew is reported in the Register,
24 November 1897, page 5d,
Observer,
27 November 1897, page 13b.
The opening of a new butter factory is reported in the Advertiser,
27 August 1895, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
A sports day conducted by the Kadina Bicycle Club is reported in the Chronicle,
10 September 1898, page 27a; also see
2 January 1904, page 22a,
Express,
27 December 1900, page 2c,
Observer,
4 January 1902, page 21e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cycling.
"A Fatal Carouse - Two Aborigines Burnt" is in the Chronicle,
9 September 1899, page 25c.
Biographical details of a Mayor, P. Jackson, are in the Observer,
10 March 1900, page 16d.
Biographical details of Miss Ethel Manners are in the Register,
19 July 1901, page 5c.
Information on the town clock is in the Observer,
24 October 1903, page 26a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Clocks and Time.
"Honouring a Townsman [T.M. Rendell]" is in the Register,
16 April 1904, page 4a.
Information on the Kadina Bus Service is in the Register,
19 June 1905, page 8b,
Chronicle,
24 June 1905, page 11b.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
A photograph of a motor club appears on
16 September 1905, page 29 and
of the post office on
20 October 1906, page 29,
of a horse race meeting in the Observer,
5 May 1906, page 29.
A photograph and biographical details of S.J. Attiah are in The Critic,
18 July 1906, page 22.
The introduction of a telephone service to Adelaide is reported in the Express,
29 June 1905, page 1g.
Also see South Australia - Communications - Telephones.
"Lighting Kadina" is in the Register,
9 April 1907, page 6e.
Street lighting is discussed in the Register,
1 July 1913, page 10g.
Also see Adelaide - Lighting the City and Homes.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Thomas Burchell is reported in the Register,
12 April 1907, page 5b.
The opening of a branch of the Savings Bank of SA is reported in the Register,
17 March 1908, page 7d;
a photograph is in the Chronicle,
28 March 1908, page 31.
Also see South Australia - Banking and Finance - Banking - Savings Bank of SA and Allied Matters.
A proposed hospital is discussed in the Observer,
21 March 1908, page 17a.
Information on local hotels are in the Register,
19 July 1910, page 5c.
A proposed swimming baths is discussed in the Register,
8 September 1910, page 9e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Swimming and Bathing.
Biographical details of Joseph Tonkin are in the Register,
7 December 1910, page 4g,
of Jabez Dodd on 31 December 1910, page 13g,
of T.H. Rodda in the Observer, 4 March 1911, page 35c,
of Paul Roach on 1 March 1911, page 7a,
of P. Roach and T.H. Rodda on 29 February 1912, page 4g.
Information on the school is in the Observer,
10 June 1911, page 16e.
The opening of the high school is reported in the Register,
1 July 1924, page 14d.
Information on the State schools' Mothers' Club is in The News,
18 April 1929, page 9e.
"Prize Fighting or Boxing?" is in the Register,
10 October 1911, page 7b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Boxing.
A photograph of members of the Mendelsshon Choir is in the Chronicle,
20 May 1911, page 30,
19 October 1912, page 31,
of an 8-hour day celebration on
21 October 1911, page 31,
of a football team on
11 November 1911, page 30,
of the Shell Depot on
1 August 1929, page 37,
of a horse race meeting on
28 February 1935, page 31.
"Private Hospital for Kadina" is in the Register,
1 July 1911, page 19a.
Biographical details of a Mayor, Joseph Tonkin, are in the Register,
7 December 1911, page 6g,
of C.A.E. Hall on 4 December 1912, page 13c.
"Honouring a Choir" is in the Register,
30 November 1912, page 10d.
Also see South Australia - Entertainment and the Arts - Music.
A photograph of members of the Masonic Lodge and information on its jubilee are in the Observer,
1 March 1913, page 30-51a,
a photograph of the town band
10 January 1914, page 32,
of an Australia Day pageant on
31 July 1915, page 29.
A jubilee of the Taylor Street Methodist Church is reported in the Register,
21 November 1912, page 9c.
A history of the Masonic Lodge appears on
22 February 1913, page 18b.
Information on the Titanic's bandsmen's memorial is in the Observer,
29 March 1913, page 16e.
Biographical details of Thomas Cowley are in the Register,
8 May 1915, page 12a,
of Mrs N. Toms on 2 January 1919, page 4f.
The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs T. Burchell is reported in the Register,
18 April 1917, page 6h,
Observer,
21 April 1917, page 30d and
the golden wedding of Mr & Mrs John Millard on 19 April 1918, page 7a.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs William Symons is in the Register,
5 January 1921, page 6i.
A coursing event is reported in the Register,
26 February 1919, page 4d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Coursing
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"Kadina's Jubilee" is in the Observer, 19 August 1922, page 31a.
A proposed memorial to Mrs Carleton is discussed in the Observer,
10 November 1923, page 31e.
"Memories of Mrs Carleton" is in the Observer,
12 May 1928, page 21a.
Also see under South Australia - Miscellany - Flags & Patriotic Songs.
Information on a soldiers' memorial is in the Register,
12 June 1924, page 8f.
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
The demolition of an old flour mill is reported in the Register,
1 December 1925, page 14h.
Also see South Australia Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
The formation of a citizen's band is reported in the Register,
2 July 1926, page 13i.
"Some Farming Reminiscences", by G.E. Middleton, is in the Register,
30 December 1925, page 10e.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs Joseph Ayles is reported in the Register,
9 August 1926, page 8h,
of Charles Robertson on 6 February 1928, page 8h.
Biographical details of Mrs Clara Allen are in the Observer,
30 July 1927, page 49e,
of William A. Young on 4 February 1928, page 48c,
of Mrs Catherine Grigg and Mrs Eleanor Pedler on 17 November 1928, page 32b-c.
"Sunday Golf at Kadina" is reported upon in the Advertiser,
22 June 1929, page 18e.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.
Kadina - Obituaries
An obituary of John Gaskell is in the Register, 21 January 1890, page 5b,
of John Tonkin on 23 September 1899, page 5c.
An obituary of Mrs Jane Goldsworthy is in the Register, 20 August 1901, page 5b,
of Richard Renfrey on 27 August 1901, page 5a,
of Mrs Grace R. Daddow on 28 November 1901, page 7b,
of J.J. Christmas on 7 October 1902, page 5b.
An obituary of Mrs G.R. Daddow is in the Observer, 7 December 1901, page 22c,
of James Martin on 17 May 1902, page 39e,
of J.J. Christmas on 11 October 1902, page 38a.
An obituary of Mrs John Tonkin is in the Register, 18 August 1905, page 5a,
Observer, 26 August 1905, page 24a,
of Richard Hicks on 12 May 1906, page 38a,
of David G. Sands on 16 March 1907, page 40d,
of John B. Funnell on 9 March 1907, page 40d,
of J.W. Taylor on 27 November 1909, page 40a.
An obituary of F.W. Gurner is in the Register, 2 January 1906, page 3b,
of William T. Francis on 30 July 1906, page 5a,
of Thomas Rodda on 27 November 1908, page 5b,
of William H. Rodger on 15 June 1911, page 7a,
of Mrs Elizabeth Powell on 3 July 1911, page 6g,
of John T. Harris on 4 November 1911, page 13a,
of George Holden on 4 December 1911, page 6h.
An obituary of George Holden is in the Observer, 9 December 1911, page 41b,
of E.A. Beare, solicitor, on 16 March 1912, page 41a,
of Thomas Lamshed on 7 September 1912, page 41a,
of W.H. Sowter on 7 September 1912, page 41b,
of W.J. Dodd on 16 November 1912, page 41a,
of George Philbey on 21 June 1913, page 41d,
of Richard Webster on 26 July 1913, page 41a,
of Henry Nankervis, hotelier, on 4 April 1913, page 35c,
of Thomas Rodda on 24 April 1915, page 44b.
An obituary of Mrs Ann S. Hancock is in the Register, 25 April 1912, page 6g,
of Thomas Bond on 16 May 1912, page 4g,
of Robert Willshire on 12 May 1913, page 6g,
of Daniel Garland on 5 June 1913, page 12g,
of Henry Nankervis, hotelier, on 2 April 1914, page 8a,
of W.H.B. Paterson on 7 October 1914, page 6i,
of Thomas Rodda on 21 April 1915, page 6h,
of Raffaelo Favilla on 28 October 1915, page 4h,
of Joseph Rowe on 7 December 1915, page 6g,
of James Williamson on 1 July 1916, page 8i.
An obituary of Thomas Cowley is in the Observer, 9 September 1916, page 20d,
of Mrs Eliza Gale on 27 January 1917, page 22a,
of Mrs F.W. Johnson on 24 February 1917, page 31e,
of Mrs F. Coveney on 31 March 1917, page 15a,
of Daniel Dunn on 18 August 1917, page 19a.
An obituary of Mrs F.W. Johnson is in the Register, 22 February 1917, page 6g,
of James Julian on 4 October 1917, page 4h,
of C.A.E. Hall on 17 January 1918, page 4g,
of Mrs W.C. Martin on 9 April 1918, page 4i,
of Mrs Jane Rowe on 5 August 1918, page 6g,
of Richard Penrose on 4 and 7 November 1918, pages 4f and 4h,
of William Ronald on 27 November 1918, page 6h.
An obituary of Mrs Harriet C. Price is in the Observer, 2 March 1918, page 33d,
of William Ronald on 30 November 1918, page 20a,
of George Langdon on 17 May 1919, page 14c,
of William Luke on 21 June 1919, page 22a,
of John Paull on 25 October 1919, page 19c,
of Mrs Elizabeth E. Tamblyn on 20 December 1919, page 24b,
of Mrs Elizabeth F. Northcote on 26 August 1922, page 20a,
of Catherine E. Starrs on 16 September 1922, page 9c,
of Thomas Pannan on 18 August 1923, page 39a.
An obituary of George Langdon is in the Register, 14 May 1919, page 7b,
of A.D.C. Favilla on 4 September 1919, page 6h,
of William Luke on 12 June 1919, page 6h,
of Thomas McKay on 24 September 1919, page 6g,
of Mrs Elizabeth E. Tamblyn on 12 December 1919, page 6i,
of Richard Langdon on 12 August 1920, page 4i.
An obituary of Richard Boaden is in the Register, 8 January 1920, page 6h,
of John Harris on 28 February 1921, page 9e,
of Robert Correll on 19 September 1921, page 4h,
of John Welch on 24 September 1921, page 6i,
of George Heath on 14 November 1921, page 6h,
of Mrs Mary M. Taylor on 19 December 1921, page 8c.
An obituary of John Daniel is in the Register, 17 May 1922, page 8c,
of Mrs Magdalena Lawrie on 20 May 1922, page 6i,
of Mrs Elizabeth F. Northcote on 19 August 1922, page 8h,
of Mrs Catherine E. Starrs on 11 September 1922, page 8h,
of Thomas Mitchell on 25 December 1922, page 8g,
of Norman W. Symons on 11 June 1923, page 6g,
of John Millard on 26 June 1923, page 8g,
of Edward Wilkins on 27 June 1923, page 8h
, of Thomas Pannan on 13 August 1923, page 8h,
of William Kempster on 14 September 1923, page 12h,
of John Allen on 29 November 1923, page 12b.
An obituary of S.N. Snell is in the Observer, 12 January 1924, page 43d,
of William Quick on 12 April 1924, page 44b,
of James Ward on 21 June 1924, page 28a,
of David Adams on 19 July 1924, page 44b,
of Mrs Hannah Allen on 18 October 1924, page 38c-d,
of George Harrop on 14 March 1925, page 27a,
of Henry Kennett on 13 June 1925, page 36e,
of E.M. Champion on 5 September 1925, page 45a,
of H.F. Nott on 3 October 1925, page 44b,
of A.J. Kempster on 24 October 1925, page 43e,
of Alfred March on 31 October 1925, page 26e.
An obituary of William Quick is in the Register, 3 April 1924, page 8h,
of James Ward on 14 June 1924, page 8h,
of Joseph Cornelius on 17 July 1924, page 8f,
of Mrs Annie Chapman on 22 September 1924, page 8g,
of Mrs Hannah Allan on 13 and 14 October 1924, pages 6h and 9g,
of Thomas Dayman on 5 December 1924, page 8g,
of T.H. Rodda on 10 December 1924, page 8h.
An obituary of Andrew Paterson is in the Register, 23 February 1925, page 6f,
of Mrs William Luke on 2 March 1925, page 8h,
of George Harrop on 9 March 1925, page 8g,
of Benjamin G. Bowden on 13 April 1925, page 6h,
of Henry Kennett on 11 June 1925, page 8f,
of Mrs Amelia A. Reed on 13 August 1925, page 13d,
of Ebenezer M. Chapman on 29 August 1925, page 8h,
of John Roe on 2 September 1925, page 8i,
of Henry F. Nott on 28 September 1925, page 8h,
of Arthur J. Kempster on 19 October 1925, page 8f,
of Mrs Alice Coles on 26 October 1925, page 8h,
of Alfred March on 28 October 1925, page 15c,
of Mrs Margaret Stanway on 7 November 1925, page 8h,
of Mrs Emma S. Rodda on 14 December 1925, page 9a.
An obituary of Joseph Rowe is in the Observer, 27 February 1926, page 37b,
of Joel Rowland on 27 February 1926, page 37b,
of William Symons on 5 June 1926, page 10c,
of Mrs Rebeccah Cowley on 25 September 1926, page 26c,
of H.E. Gibbs on 29 January 1927, page 41c,
of W.H. Bauer on 13 August 1927, page 28c,
of W.W. Millican on 17 November 1928, page 50a,
of Harry Pomroy on 15 December 1928, page 59b.
An obituary of Mrs Selina Carter is in the Register, 16 January 1926, page 14f,
of Alfred Johns on 11 February 1926, page 8g,
of Joel Rowland on 25 February 1926, page 8h,
of James Sharman on 11 September 1926, page 11e,
of William H. Bullock on 20 September 1926, page 8h,
of Mrs Elizabeth May on 27 September 1926, page 7h,
of William J. Knuckey on 21 October 1926, page 8h.
An obituary of Charles McC. Robertson is in the Register, 13 January 1927, page 13b,
of John Roberts on 17 January 1927, page 8h,
of Henry E. Gibbs on 22 January 1927, page 12d,
of John Palin on 21 April 1927, page 8f,
of Richard J. Rodda on 2 May 1927, page 10h,
of Mrs Jane Langham on 13 June 1927, page 8h,
of Mrs Lilian E. Butcher on 7 July 1927, page 8h,
of Harry Fiske on 22 July 1927, page 8h,
of Mrs Samuel Holman on 25 July 1927, page 13c,
of William H. Baker on 11 August 1927, page 8h,
of Luke Bayliss on 17 September 1927, page 11b,
of George A. Bullock on 15 October 1927, page 11f.
An obituary of Mrs Richard Penrose is in the Register, 5 January 1928, page 9d,
of William Farrell on 7 March 1928, page 8h,
of Mrs Fanny Mitchell on 15 September 1928, page 14h,
of Harry Pomroy on 8 December 1928, page 12f.
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
K
Place Names
Kadli Bore
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'dog'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1930 and closed in 1935.
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
K
Place Names
Kadlunga
Nomenclature
In 1840, James Stein, in partnership with E.P.S. Sturt, squatted at the head of this River Wakefield tributary on Mount Horrocks. Aboriginal for 'sweet hills'. At the time of its occupation honeysuckle abounded in the locality.
General Notes
Messrs Christison and Lyall's farm is described in the Register,
13 August 1895, page 6a and
the Lt-Governor's property on
14 August 1895, page 6d and
15 August 1898, page 6a - this report says the name translates as "hills and water."
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
K
Place Names
Kainton
Nomenclature
A post office on section 438, Hundred of Clinton 10 km south of Paskeville. Patrick John Kain (1852-1902), who obtained the land grant on 16 May 1877.
General Notes
After the Kainton School was closed in 1907, the "Hundred of Clinton" School, which had opened in 1886, was renamed "Kainton" in 1915 - see note Place Names -Clinton.
A rail-coach trip to Yorke Peninsula is described in the Register, 23 October 1903, page 6g:
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The coach stops at a white-washed cottage, old and weather-beaten, where one pane of a 12 light house window has been replaced by a piece of unpainted deal, bearing in red ochre the word "Letters"... This is the Kainton Post Office.
An obituary of Richard Harrison is in theRegister,
8 August 1911, page 4h,
of Mrs Catherine Harrison in the Observer,
6 March 1915, page 41a,
of W.R. Stephenson in the Register,
28 January 1920, page 6h.
The opening of a new Methodist Church is reported in the Register,
24 January 1923, page 9i.
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Kainton was en fete on Saturday and Sunday when the celebration in connection with the opening of the new Methodist Church were (sic) carried out successfully. The question of a new church was first mentioned several years ago when the late Mr W.R. Stephenson was a great worker in the cause... The foundation was laid in August by the Rev A.J. Finch, was erected by Messrs A. Chandler & Co of Wallaroo...
K
Place Names
Kalangadoo
Nomenclature
It is derived either from kalinerta - 'dog watering place' or kelenerte - 'yabbie hole'.
James Arthur Carr Hunter and Alexander McLean Hunter took up the Kalangadoo Run in 1846 which became pastoral lease no. 184 in 1851.
General Notes
The school opened in 1871. For information on a new school see Advertiser,
17 August 1904, page 9a.
Photographs of school children are in the Observer,
11 April 1908.
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For some years past the residents of this town and district have been agitating for a new public school as the old one was quite inadequate for the number of children attending. The government at last acceded to their request and six months ago the erection of the building commenced...
Observer, 1 October 1904, page 34b.
"Kalangadoo - Koorine - Dairy Farms" is in the Advertiser,
6 February 1906, page 5g.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
The opening of the Catholic church is reported in the Register,
25 January 1905, page 3f
Photographs of the town and district are in the Observer,
5 January 1907, page 30,
4 April 1908, page 30.
Information on William F. Hunter and his brothers is in the Observer,
17 March 1906, page 42d.
A memorial to a farm immigrant is reported in the Register,
8 August 1923, page 13d.
A photograph of a football team is in the Observer,
15 October 1927, page 37.
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
K
Place Names
Kaldoonera, Hundred of
Nomenclature
In the County of Robinson, proclaimed on 23 October 1913, was the name given to a hill in the vicinity, by the local Aboriginal tribe meaning 'place of the stumpy tail lizard'
General Notes
Its school opened in 1924 and closed in 1944.
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
K
Place Names
Kaliwi
The Aboriginal name for White Hut in the Hundred of Carribie meaning "dog waterhole". See D.L.& S.J. Hill, Notes on the Narangga Tribe of Yorke Peninsula.
Kadina - Kangaroo Flat
K
Place Names
Kalkabury
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'hill of sheoak'. Survey maps of the 1860s show a 'Kalkabury Homestead' located on what is now section 38, Hundred of Tiparra and immediately south of this section is a plan of the 'Town of Kalkabury'.
In 1872 forty sections (21 to 60) were surveyed and thirty-three were offered for sale, the other seven being reserved for a township, parklands and suburban blocks. The forty sections were designated 'Agricultural Area No. 21, Kalkabury' and the township shown as 'Kalkabury' on survey maps, but prior to gazettal on 25 January 1877 Gov. Musgrave had other ideas and dubbed it 'Arthurton'.
General Notes
The Register of 2 January 1864 at page 3c records the district as "Kal Roberry".
The "Kalkabury Area School" was conducted in a chapel by Henry Jones with 30 enrolled pupils -
see Parliamentery Paper 26/1875.
It opened in 1874 and closed in 1875.
An obituary of Mrs Catherine Kenny is in the Observer, 13 November 1926, page 39a.
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Place Names
Kallioota Spring
Nomenclature
East of Lake Torrens. Aboriginal for 'evergreen'. The 'Kallioota Run' was held by O. Horner and others from 1866 (lease no. 1512) when the name was written as 'Kaltioota'.
General Notes
"Kangaroos at Kallioota" is in the Register,
2 May 1903, page 7a.
- Mr R. Salmon, occupier of Kallioota, Boolcunda and Boolcumatta (sic) Runs, is a great believer in preserving the kangaroo as a friend of the pastoralists. He contends that where wild dogs are plentiful the kangaroos are particularly useful in diverting the attention of the vermin from the sheep. It is common knowledge that the dingo frequently kills sheep merely for sport, and the reason why the hardiest stock are often picked out as the victims is that they offer the greatest resistance. Mr Salmon says that few of his fellow pastoralists agree... As a result of the protection afforded by Mr Salmon the kangaroos at Kallioota rapidly increased...
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Marsupials and Mammals .
Kallioota is on the banks of Lake Torrens where the precious waters of Kanyaka Creek exhaust themselves to become useless brine instead of being conserved higher up for irrigation purposes... Mr Salmon was a farmer at Boolcunda for eight years and for six years never had a bag of wheat to sell. Those were unfortunate days when a misguided parliament insisted upon the settlers rooting up a certain area of the valuable saltbush and cottonbush and cultivating purely pastoral country for wheat production. Mr Salmon's experiments in transplanting saltbush with the object of restoring the country to its former usefulness have failed, but only on account, he believes, of the dryness of the seasons...
10 June 1916, page 26.
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Place Names
Kalyan
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'you stop here'.
General Notes
A photograph of Mrs Rosi's store is in the Observer,
17 February 1917, page 27.
Its school opened in 1922 and closed in 1952.
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Place Names
Kalyra
Nomenclature
Thirty-two kilometres north-east of Kingston SE. H.C. Talbot says:
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The native name of Mr James Brown's station in the South-East better known as Avenue Range station.
It is the Aboriginal name for a certain kind of wood from which the natives made spears and other weapons.
General Notes
Information on Mrs Jessie Brown's bequest and estate is in the Register,
20 and 21 January 1893, pages 5a and 1f (supp.).
The property at Belair is described on
14 February 1895, page 5g,
5 August 1899, page 6g,
17 January 1900, page 10c,
9 November 1901, page 4g,
5 and 7 April 1902, pages 6d and 6c,
3 April 1903, page 7g,
21 December 1903, page 6h,
Observer,
2 May 1904, pages 28a-40d.
A photograph of the opening of a new wing of the hospital is in the Chronicle,
12 April 1902, page 39; also see
Observer,
26 December 1903, page 25.
A feature article is in the Advertiser,
20 February 1905, page 8c.
Also see Register,
10 and 13 April 1905, pages 3d and 3b-c,
11 September 1905, page 8a,
7 May 1906, page 7e,
27 August 1908, page 4e,
21 October 1908, page 9a,
25 September 1909, page 6e,
20 October 1909, page 9i,
6 and 9 September 1912, pages 6c and 8a,
10 October 1912, pages 6d-8g,
6 January 1916, page 4e,
21 February 1917, page 4d,
Blackwood Magazine, 1914.
"A Beneficent Trust" is in the Register,
5 December 1923, page 8g; also see
The News,
4 October 1927, page 8c.
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Place Names
Kanappa
Nomenclature
A railway station 8 km south of Cambrai named after a hill and creek in the vicinity.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.
The Kanappa copper mine was situated on section 1836, Hundred of Angas and 37 miles ENE from Adelaide... "[it] was worked five years after its discovery in 1867..." See Record of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 65 and
Express,
1 December 1864, page 2d,
14 December 1865, page 2e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
3 April 1909, page 30.
"An Immigrant's Letter" is in the Chronicle,
23 December 1865, page 4e.
Matthew Pentland, a new arrival from England wrote:
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I have obtained a situation as an engine driver at
the Kanappa Mines at £9 a month; but provisions
are dreadfully dear. We have got an old hut made
of logs of timber joined together and plastered up
with mud and a canvas roof to keep the rain out...
You have no idea of this place; if you have no shoes
you must go barefooted; this is the style of the
colony. Most of the colonists have to travel with
their beds upon their backs with their cooking utensils
and must not grumble if they have a couple of hundred
miles to travel...
Mechanics and engineers are not a bit of use out here. Masons, bricklayers and general labourers are the general run. Their wages average 7 to 9 shillings a day... It is the general case out in this colony that they cannot find work for the emigrants that come out. Those that think they will find gold strewed under their feet will be sadly taken in...
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Place Names
Kangarilla
Nomenclature
Mr N.B. Tindale, anthropologist, says:
- It is derived from the Aboriginal word kanggarila which may mean "birthplace'', but we have no information about the context.
The name is spelt "Kungirilla'' in the South Australian on 17 March 1843. The root "Kangga'' does not mean kangaroo in any Australian language.
- Kang means "two"; Ra'mulia means "outflow or water flowing..'' When first approached on the matter Mr Unaipon at once asked if there were two waterholes. Upon enquiry it was found that there were two..."
General Notes
"A Pioneer of Kangarilla - Mr S. Bottrell [sic]" is in the Chronicle,
25 July 1929, page 36.
An obituary of S. Bottrill is in the Register,
1 April 1912, page 6g,
Observer,
6 April 1912, page 41b,
of Mrs Caroline Bottrill in the Register,
19 June 1919, page 6g.
The "Falling of a [Wesleyan] Chapel" is in the Register,
14 September 1857, page 2f;
its reopening is reported on
3 March 1859, page 3c.
Information on a local Aborigine is in the Observer,
4 October 1862, page 3a (supp.).
- Among the huts and cottages that constitute the town of Kangarilla there is one by no means the most uncomely externally which is inhabited by an Aborigine named Sam - his native name I will not offer to write, for though when spoken it has a melodious sound, on paper it would look somewhat of an orthographical phenomenon.
He can read and write and cipher immeasurably better than most of his white neighbours.
He is a good ploughman, fencer, digger and sawyer and has for years past earned his living by working at those trades for the settlers and by his earnings has maintained his wife and family consisting of two children... His house is kept clean and decent... Sam has one engrossing wish - the desire to become tenant or owner of a piece of land which he might cultivate for himself... Friends of the Aborigines - here is a man formed to your hand - he only asks to have restored to him one corner of his patrimony that we in our strength have wrested from him and his...
15 April 1864, page 2h.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal .
Its school opened in 1870; see Observer,
9 August 1873, page 10g.
A ploughing match is reported in the Observer,
19 October 1872, page 7c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
Information on a cricket club is in the Chronicle,
9 September 1876, page 13d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
The first meeting of the Kangarilla Proprietary Silver Mine of SA is reported in the Register,
16 November 1889, page 7c; also see
27 November 1889, page 3f,
Chronicle,
7 December 1889, page 6a,
1 February 1890, page 5g,
Register,
23 January 1890, page 7b,
18 October 1890, page 7b,
Advertiser,
13 November 1890, page 6e,
3 August 1891, page 7a,
Register,
20 July 1892, page 7f.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold.
A gold rush to the district on Mr McTaggarts section is described in the Register,
7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 25 February 1893, pages 7c, 5a, 6e, 5b, 6d, 5a, 5b, 5b and 6g -
"About 60 tents have been erected and more are going up hourly",
9 September 1893, page 5b; also see
Advertiser,
9 and 20 February 1893, pages 7a and 7f and Place Names - Glen Taggart.
The golden wedding of Mr & Mrs William Threadgold is reported in the Register,
27 October 1900, page 7f.
Biographical details of H.G. Jones are in the Register,
7 May 1907, page 6g, of William Jones on 23 May 1923, page 8g.
"The Kangarilla Tragedy - Murder or Accidental Death" is in the Express,
27 November 1914, page 4g.
A photograph of a cricket team is in The Critic,
25 February 1920, page 14.,
2 January 1924, page 11.
A photograph of the unveiling of a war memorial is in the Chronicle,
18 March 1922, page 30; also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen
Observer and
6 May 1922, page 26.
A photograph of bushfires is in the Chronicle,
12 January 1929, page 16 and
of a football team on
1 August 1935, page 38.
Photographs of "Kangarilla Bush Firefighters" are in the Register,
13 January 1927, page 10.
The 80th jubilee of the Sunday school is reported in the Register,
22 September 1928, page 5f.
Kangarilla - Obituaries
An obituary of Charles Thorpe is in the Register,
10 January 1873, page 6e.
An obituary of Henry Giles is in the Observer,
23 October 1909, page 40b,
of Mrs R. Woolcock on 28 September 1918, page 19c,
of William Osmond on 30 September 1922, page 32e,
of Frederick Barker on 7 October 1922, page 25c.
An obituary of Mrs Mary A. Nicolle is in the Register,
29 October 1918, page 4h,
of James Golder on 31 October 1922, page 10b,
of William Jones on 3 October 1923, page 8h,
of George Rowley on 13 August 1924, page 13g,
of James Smart on 20 September 1924, page 8g,
of James Golder on 21 October 1924, page 8h,
of Mrs R. Hudson on 16 August 1927, page 13e.
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Place Names
Kangaroo Flat
Contrary to Education Department records it would appear that in 1874 this school, about 5 km north-west of Gawler, was conducted by Joseph B. Berry with 58 enrolled pupils -see Parliamentary Paper 26/1875;
it closed in 1970.
See Observer, 24 July 1897, page 13b.
See Observer,
22 August 1874, page 6d and
28 August 1875, page 10b for descriptions of ploughing matches held there.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ploughing Matches.
A description of Mr Malcolm's ostrich farm is in the Register,
6 June 1881, page 5d,
9 July 1881, page 6a and
26 September 1881, page 5e; also see
Observer,
29 July 1882, page 10a,
12 August 1882, page 34e,
Chronicle,
8 October 1881, page 8d.
Also see the Register,
22 and 24 July 1882, pages 4f and 6a,
4 August 1882 (supp.), page 2c,
29 September 1882, pages 4g-5b,
17 October 1882, page 5d,
7 June 1883, page 5a,
3 August 1883, page 7f,
Chronicle,
2 February 1884, page 8a,
Register,
2 and 29 July 1884, pages 5a and 5a-6h,
20 August 1884, page 6e,
Observer,
25 July 1885, page 10d.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Ostrich Farming
In the Register on 3 August 1883 at page 7f Mr Malcolm, in reporting on his venture, says:
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Unfortunately, one fine hen, after laying six eggs, got killed by the wretched curse called greyhounds, kept in such numbers all over the colony (and mostly unregistered)...
- I'm fond of the mosquito,
And he is fond of me,
For ever bright and cheery
And pert and full of glee.
He never seems in trouble,
Though all is dark and dim,
He plumes his wings, and blithely sings
His happy evening hymn.
The village is described in the Register, 23 January 1904, page 6a.
- Kangaroo Flat is in the District Council of Mudla Wirra and six miles from Reeves Plains. Mr R. Hughes is the only storekeeper, also acting as postmaster and road contractor from Gawler twice a week. Miss E. Melville conducts the state school. The store is on the main metal road between Two Wells and Gawler. The country appears to be well adapted for wheat growing, but according to report cultivators have not had too rosy an experience in the past year or two. two sisters, who live at the schoolhouse, were badly attacked with typhoid fever... They all, it appears, had been using water from a tank at the school... On March 5 the tank was emptied and cleaned when it was found to be damaged and have a soakage from the direction of the closets. Since then a tank has been hired and water carted to it from Gawler...
Observer, 11 January 1913, page 41a,
of Arthur J. Mortimer on 3 November 1928, page 32d,
of Gilbert George in the Register, 2 June 1927, page 10c.
The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs Modra is reported upon in the Advertiser,
8 March 1937, page 11b.
