Place Names of South Australia - M
Morphettville - Munno Para
- Morphettville
- Mortana
- Mortlock, Hundred of
- Moseley, Hundred of
- Moseleyville
- Mosquito Creek
- Motpena
- Mottled Cove
- Mosquito Plains
- Moule, Hundred of
- Moy Hall Swamp
- Mount Razorback
- Mount Stanley
- Mount View
- Moytown
- Muckanippie
- Mudamuckla
- Mudlapena Springs
- Mundoora
- Mudla Wirra, Hundred of
- Muirhead, Hundred of
- Mulgundawar
- Mulka
- Mulligan Springs
- Muloorina
- Muloowurtie
- Mulpata
- Mundi Mundi
- Mundy, Lake
- Mundoo Island
- Mundowdna
- Mundulla
- Mungaroo Hill
- Mungeranie Bore
- Munjibbi(e)
- Munno Para
Morphettville
Nomenclature
The Township of Morphettville was laid out by Sir John Morphett in 1872.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
"A New Racing Company" is in the Register,
10 March 1874, page 5b,
"The Bay Road Race Course" is in the Chronicle,
19 September 1874, page 5f,
3 October 1874, page 4d.
The new racecourse is described in the Advertiser,
19 October 1874, page 2e; also see
Observer,
24 October 1874, page 4d;
Register,
24 March 1875, page 5d,
18 and 28 September 1875, pages 5d and 5e,
6 January 1876, page 6b.
An 1876 photograph of the grandstand is in the Register,
7 May 1910, page 6c.
Also see Chronicle,
15 January 1876, page 11f,
SA Figaro,
30 May 1877, page 2a,
Register,
30 April 1883, page 7a,
12 May 1883, page 6a,
Express,
8 February 1890, page 4d,
Register,
14 March 1890, page 4g,
Advertiser,
12 April 1890, page 6b,
25 April 1893, page 7e,
Express,
21 July 1896, page 4b,
Observer,
8 May 1897, page 42a.
Thomas Elder's stud farm is described in the Advertiser,
9 December 1876, page 1d (supp.).
Trotting races are reported in the Chronicle,
25 January 1879, page 17f.
"The Scales at Morphettville Racecourse" is in the Chronicle,
1 March 1879, page 18b.
A sketch of the grandstand is in the Chronicle,
18 September 1890, page 9,
a photograph is in the Observer,
17 May 1913, page 30.
An unsuccessful auction of the racecourse property is reported in the Register,
13 February 1885, page 5d; also see
Express,
3 July 1888, page 4e.
Its use as a military camp is reported on
23 August 1915, page 6e.
Improvements are described on
5 May 1926, page 14f.
The flooding of the district is reported in the Register,
23 June 1883, page 6a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
28 August 1909, page 30,
15 July 1922, page 23.
A photograph of the flooding of the Bay Road is in the Chronicle,
1 July 1916, page 27.
A photograph of flooding is in the Register,
24 September 1923, page 8.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Flood.
Mr James Bell's dairy is described in the Register,
25 March 1884, page 5d; also see
30 January 1885, page 5c,
5 March 1892, page 7h,
Observer,
12 March 1892, page 13c.
Also see Adelaide - Public Health - Milk Supply.
Information on housing, stables and the Morphett Arms Hotel is in the Express,
15 February 1893, page 4b,
Register,
29 April 1893, page 3d.
See Place Names - Campden.
"Sheepdogs at Work" on the racecourse is in the Advertiser,
15 September 1894, page 6d.
Photographs of the Derby Stand and a view from it are in the Chronicle,
16 and 23 May 1903, pages 43 and 44 and
of an Adelaide Hunt Club meeting on
10 October 1903, page 44.
A motor derby on the racecourse is reported in the Register,
14 November 1904, page 7h:
Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles.
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One has to develop a taste for this form of amusement and the public will require considerable education before the appreciation of the novelty shall grow into the frenzied enthusiasm of European gatherings.
(Also see Register, 17 November 1904, page 4e.)
19 and 24 August 1914, pages 8c and 12a.
Photographs are in The Critic,
23 September 1914, pages 11 and 12.
"Racecourse Melee - Police Roughly Handled" is in the Register,
14 October 1920, page 7a,
"A New Morphettville" on
30 April 1921, page 9f.,p>
"The Old and the New - Improvements at Morphettville" is in the Advertiser,
2 May 1921, page 10a,
"Memories of Morphettville - When the Mortgagee Sold the Course" on
6 and 10 May 1932, pages 21b and 11b,
"Early Days at Morphettville" on
2 May 1934, page 14g.
"The Old Morphettville Stud" is in the Advertiser,
16 June 1923, page 19e.
"Hinkler's Landing at Morphettville" is in the Register,
16 April 1928, pages 9f-10.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Aeroplanes.
Racing on the Beach and at Morphettville
Also see an essay under Place Names - Glenelg - Sport.
An event ?unique in the sporting annals? of the colony came off on 28 August 1855 when horse racing was conducted on the beach at Glenelg:
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The change of moon having cause a tide sufficiently high to clear the weeds washed ashore by the late gale left a fine, clear, hard course. The sun beamed brightly as a ?May-day-morn? and the day was altogether such as the keenest lover of sport would have desired. Notwithstanding the hard times everybody talks of, and the dreadful state of the roads everybody grumbles about, the race meeting was well attended and from an early hour the Bay road was all alive with sightseeing visitors, including a large proportion of the fair sex. Among the many were a large section of the true South Australian sporting men, including several in the ?neat cord and comely boot top?, and making altogether as numerous and respectable an assemblage that has graced the Bay since the memorable and well-contested regatta held there prior to the ?diggings? interfering with such amusements.
In March 1875 a ?frequent visitor to Glenelg? raised objections to 'spurious horse races? and said they were disgusting to the lovers of sport and dangerous to the public at large:
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At least one horse accident happened yesterday and the sight of a riderless racer careering along the most crowded part of the beach in the immediate vicinity of the jetty not unreasonably raised anticipations or more.
I feel assured that the gentleman under whose auspices these sports were got up would be doing better for the Bay by discouraging this form of amusement for the future, even though a few of the rowdy class, to whom alone it might be any attraction, were thereby discouraged from visiting Glenelg.
In March 1874 a company promoted by Sir Thomas Elder leased about 100 acres of land adjoining the Morphett Arms for the purpose of providing a racecourse ?n the self supporting principle? to which the Editor of the Register felt obliged to comment that it was the wish of the sporting public that if professional bookmakers were to be tolerated it was hoped they would be kept within bounds and 'settling night? would be kept within bounds in the city because it had become a blot on the sporting calendar:
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The evil effects of disunion in matters affecting the turf have been exemplified in a marked degree by the history of horse racing in the province for the last five or six years. During the whole of that time there has been no regular Jockey Club in Adelaide and the burden of getting up meetings has fallen upon two or three individuals, who have shown themselves such ardent lovers of the sport that there is little likelihood of their offering opposition to anything calculated to promote permanently the interests of horse racing in a thoroughly legitimate manner...
On the occasion of the official opening of the course in September 1875 which followed an abortive attempt in May when the district was flooded, ?Geoffrey Crabthorn? of the Register offered the following to his reading public: ?It is peculiarly appropriate that the Laird of Birksgate should cull his earliest racing laurels off his own land, off the course of which he was the chief patron and promoter... I cannot help calling attention to the proof the Glenelg meeting affords that people will right willingly pay their shillings to see a good race, despite the deprecatory prophesies of a certain see-everything-for-nothing sort of social economists. ?If on an ordinary business day 2,000 people will gather at Glenelg and pay their several bobs without any bobbery, how many would do the like on a holiday... Of course if the East Park Lands could be equally monopolised this law would apply equally to that course, only much more so. But there's the rub! There's the problem that will perplex the Jockey Club in their use of the City Course and incline them to stick to Glenelg Course as the more profitable, despite the sneers of the disaffected, who insinuate that the railway will prove an obstacle to the latter and that, at all events, its gatherings must always consist principally of trainers. Leaving this puzzle for the present to 'stew in its own gravy? I respectfully dedicate the following lay to the hero of the first day's race meeting at Glenelg?:
- The New Course and the New Cup-Bearer
- (A Moore-ish Melody)
For all misfortunes I?ve had in the past?
To see thus around me true sport-loving friends
All smiling, and greeting me winner at last!
Though haply in some of your hearts, as in mine,
Grave doubt for a moment a resting place found;
The Course has been fit and the day has been fine,
And the hopes of the Club with success have been crowned.
What doleful remembrances steal o?er the brain
In letting one's thoughts travel back to last May;
The new course submerged - the fierce downpour of rain -
In fancy again I behold them today.
As we ever think most in the hour of success
Of the dark day of trouble when Fate was less kind;
How many a former defeat, you may guess,
Does the joy of a meeting like this call to mind!
Since I almost resolved to bid racing goodbye,
Despairing of making a name on the Turf, -
Since month after month the new Course met the eye
A sea, with the Grand Stand awash in the surf, -
Since the knowing ones, mocking us, boldly outspoke,
?Glenelg in our lifetime no racing will see.?-
One month of fine weather has managed to make
A Course of the swamp, and a winner of me.
So fickle is sport, one event at the most
Is all we can hope now and then to pull in;
And oft a smug competence has to be lost
Before even that we?re permitted to win. <
On our new Glenelg Course with more permanent luck!
No longer the crowd with derision shall greet
The pick of my stud coming in with ?the ruck?.
But come! the more rare such turf honours as these
The more we shall prize them when collared at last;
They are mine, the two stakes; they are won and with ease;
I knew that ?Red Gauntley? would scorn to be passed,
Then fill up each glass to the brim as we drink
Success and good sport to the Course by the sea;
No more we despair, for good luck has, I think
At last right dawned on the new Course and me.
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Perhaps the most popular amusement in England is racing... [and] one of the chief causes of its popularity was the opportunity given to the poorer classes of joining in free of cost... The present directors [at Morphettville] seem more to exhibit the shop keeping proclivities of earning a penny than the love of pure sport.
Undeterred by the ill odour they have already incurred by excluding the public from admission to the grounds without the imposition of a fee, they have made another move in an exclusive direction by placing even the public who pay in the hands of one publican, so they may be coerced into taking such refreshments as he may deem it fit to offer, or go without.
Thus yesterday persons parched with the heat and choked with the dust were unable to obtain water, ginger beer, lemonade, soda water or other temperance drinks. Even beer was unobtainable; spirits alone, made more fiery by the burning sun, were to be procured... Their chief desire is to shut the public out. If they persist in their present course they will doubtless shortly have to congratulate themselves on their success.
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Place Names
Mortana
An obituary of Mrs Louisa Dix is in the Register,20 July 1923, page 8h.
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Mortlock, Hundred of
Nomenclature
William Tennant Mortlock (1858-1913), MP (1896-1902). In 1892 he bought Martindale Hall near Mintaro where he died in 1913. His wife survived him and with one of her two sons she founded the 'Mortlock Trust' which provided research funds to the Waite Research Institute
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
The obituary of W.R. Mortlock is in the Register,
22 May 1884 (supp.), page 3d.
Properties within the Hundred are described in the Advertiser,
24 July 1906, page 9a,
Chronicle,
6 October 1906, page 43.
A school of this name opened in 1909 and closed in 1916.
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Moseley, Hundred of
Nomenclature
James Grey Moseley, MP (1910-1933). Born at Gawler in 1848, at age nineteen he and a brother took up 150 square miles of country in the Gawler Ranges but drought drove them off; he then took up the managership of 'Black Point' and 'Yadamulka' Stations. It was at the latter where he introduced wire netting fences.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Mr Moseley's reminiscences of life in the Gawler Ranges district are in the Register,
5 November 1884, page 7f; also see
The News,
21 November 1932, page 4e,
28 December 1932, page 4e.
A school of this name opened in 1925 and closed in 1939;
Moseley Centre School opened in 1926 and closed in 1939.
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Moseleyville
Nomenclature
Created by Henry Jackson Moseley out of part section 104, Hundred of Adelaide in 1879; now included in Plympton. It was situated on the south-west corner of Bay Road (now Anzac Highway) and Marion Road and incorporated Maynard Road, Elizabeth Street, Alice Road (now Street) and Railway Terrace (now Glengyle Terrace).
General Notes
A letter from Mr Moseley suggesting the erection of a monument to commemorate the foundation of the colony appears in the Register, 4 August 1881 (supp.), page 3d.
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Place Names
Mosquito Creek
Information on the school "six miles from Langhorne's Creek" is in the Observer,1 August 1914, page 41e.
- The little government school is six miles from Langhorne's creek on the main road to Wellington. [It] was opened in January 1913, has a roll number of under 20, but it has lately distinguished itself in a manner which has brought it prominently before the public. The Gould League for the protection of birds... yearly offers for competition among the schools a fine silver challenge cup for essays written on a tree and a bird of any district. This year the winning essays were written by Annie Gardner, a pupil at the school. Mr Gregory Matthews, the renowned ornithologist... presented her with two beautiful books and the silver cup... Arbor Day was celebrated at the school on Friday ...
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Mosquito Plains
Nomenclature
Near Naracoorte. The 'Mosquito Creek Run' was established by W. and J. Robertson under occupation licence from 24 July 1845.
General Notes
A daring robbery by bushrangers at this place is described in the Register of 13 February 1854, page 3d.
An article entitled "The Caves at Mosquito Plains" by Rev Julian Woods is in the Register,
29 March 1858, page 3d.
A cricket match versus Penola is reported in the Observer,
7 July 1860, page 8c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
The Observer of 5 January 1861, page 3g reports on examinations at a private school.
Its government school opened in 1890 and closed in 1896.
Information on a proposed public school is in the Register,
2 August 1858, page 3b,
Observer,
31 July 1858, page 3c.
The Observer of
5 January 1861, page 3g reports on examinations at a private school.
Its government school opened in 1890 and closed in 1896.
"Dangerous Creeks" is in the Chronicle,
16 August 1862, page 2e;
A Border Pastoral Society Show is reported on
16 August 1862, page 2g.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows
- On Mr John Robertson's property there is a bridge, the only bridge upon the whole course of the stream, which is deep, rapid and very boggy and it has been nearly swept away by the floods which succeeded the late heavy rains... The creek has overflowed its banks and there is about 50 yards of swollen rapid stream to be passed over in any case... Mr Robertson has kindly stationed some one near the road who points across the foaming torrent to the bridge and tells one considerately that you must wade your horse up to the saddle flaps in order to get to it and that there is a "hole somewhere.".. It will scarcely be credited, that though the government has received enormous sums from the lands of this district, Mr Robertson was obliged to put up this bridge at his own expense on a main road.
31 May 1867, page 2g.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Marsupials and Mammals.
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Place Names
Motpena
A property near Lake Torrens; see pastoral lease no. 1624.
A photograph of the homestead is in the Observer,
30 November 1929, page 33.
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Place Names
Mottled Cove
Nomenclature
The name first appeared on a map drawn by Governor Gawler in 1840 when he visited the western shores of Spencer Gulf. The name of the cove, as distinct from the town, was changed to 'Port Neill' in 1910.
General Notes
Also see Place Names - Port Neill.
The name of the cove, as distinct from the town, was changed to "Port Neill" in 1910 - see Advertiser,
21 January 1910, page 6e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
5 March 1910, page 30.
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Moule, Hundred of
Nomenclature
John Moule, MP (1884-1896). Born in Birmingham, England in 1845, he was taken to the USA at an early age. He came to South Australia from Victoria in 1865 when he entered the general storekeeping trade at Saddleworth. For a short period he was Commissioner of Public Works in the Downer administration and especially interested himself in mining and land legislation. He died from a heart attack while travelling by train to Melbourne in March 1912.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Politics.
Biographical details of Mr Moule are in the Observer,
9 August 1890, page 33b,
27 May 1893, page 16b;
an obituary is in the Advertiser,
23 March 1912, page 19c.
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Mount Razorback
The laying of the foundation stone of the new Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Register,5 December 1871 (supp.), page 13e.
- The foundation stone of a new place of worship was laid on November 8 by the Rev G. Lee at Mount Razorback, near Kooringa. Afterwards a number of people had tea in a shed lent by Mr Kelly. At night a public meeting was held, Mr J. Tregilgas presiding. Mr Lee delivered an instructive address and recitations were rendered by Messrs McFinley and Boddiner. Proceeds, over £33. The residents intend, as soon as the building is erected, to establish a day school, and it is supposed that over 30 children will attend.
it opened in 1872 and closed in 1874.
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Mount Stanley
Nomenclature
A subdivision of part section 4083, Hundred of Onkaparinga by Benjamin Gray, brewer of Littlehampton and John Stanley, licensed victualler of Grunthal, circa 1856; now included in Bridgewater.
General Notes
The village is described in the Express,
30 August 1879, page 2d as "Stanley Bridge".
- The quiet little township of Stanley Bridge, which lies a short distance from the Grunthal mine, has for many years boasted only an inn, a store and a post office, although the traffic along the road is very large. Some nine years ago the residents appealed to the Mount Lofty Bible Christian Circuit to conduct divine service in a detached room provided for the purpose and it was attended by a large number of those who worked on the mine... service was given up for a short time, but resumed in a room belonging to Mr Jno. Clarke until that was required for other purposes... Messrs J.W. Clarke & Son, assisted by Mr Radford, of Bridgewater, obtained a piece of ground and erected thereon a neat and substantial building, capable of holding about 80 persons... On August 31 the opening sermons were preached...
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Mount View
Nomenclature
A local variant name for the Government town of Booleroo which is non-existent on ground. It takes its name from the former 'Mount View' Primary School adjacent to the surveyed town.
General Notes
The "Booleroo Township" School was opened in 1893 and had its name changed to "Mount View" in 1894.
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Moy Hall Swamp
Nomenclature
South of Naracoorte takes its name from the 'Moy Hall Run' established by A. Stewart in 1851 (lease no. 168).
General Notes
A coursing meeting is reported in the Advertiser,
17 June 1886, page 7c.
- The meeting of the Moy Hall Cup commenced today at the plumpton nine miles from Naracoorte... The first brace was slipped at half-past 10, giving a fraction over four minutes to each course. Considering the short time the hares had been placed on the plumpton the visitors were agreeably surprised at the strength they showed, although only one succeeded in passing through the escapes at the other end of the half mile running ground. All the rest, except one, were killed... Mr Frank D. McLeod acted as judge without complaint...
An obituary of Samuel S. Grieves is in the Register,
18 and 19 September 1911, pages 6g and 9f,
of Miss Annie Robertson in the Observer,
18 August 1928, page 49c.
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Moytown
Nomenclature
A subdivision of part sections 505 and 518, Hundred of Belalie by James Moyle in 1878.
General Notes
The town is described in the Register,
3 November 1875, page 6a.
- A pleasant drive of about 40 minutes over low hills and round the shoulder of Mount Herbert brought us to Gladstone. Three townships are laid out there. On the government township of Booyoolee one or two permanent buildings are erected. Martin's fine new hotel is in the angle of Moytown and the remainder of the buildings, including a fine stone mill, the premises of the SA Banking Company and Martin & Co's yard are in the private town of Gladstone...
18 August 1923, page 39c.
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Muckanippie
A goldfield "44 miles beyond Tarcoola"; see Register,
23 January 1909, page 6i,
4 and 12 February 1909, pages 9c and 7f.
- The samples of gold bearing quartz from Muckanippie, 44 miles beyond Tarcoola, have been assayed at the School of Mines... This is a satisfactory return and it is hoped that the discovery may develop into a good find... about 10 claims have been pegged out...
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Mudamuckla
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word for 'sea fish'.
General Notes
Its school opened in 1926 and closed in 1981.
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Mudlapena Springs
Near Angepena; a photograph is in the Chronicle, 30 July 1927, page 39.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
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Mudla Wirra, Hundred of
Nomenclature
Derived from two Aboriginal words meaning 'a forest where implements are obtained'.
General Notes
"The New Mudla Wirra Bridge" is in the Observer,
16 December 1893, page 42b.
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Muirhead, Hundred of
Nomenclature
H.C. Talbot says: 'named after a bullock driver in the employ of Joseph Hawdon, when his cattle was brought from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1839 in charge of Charles Bonney; Hawdon and Lieut Mundy following, driving tandem.'
General Notes
Parliamentary Paper 55/1874 contains correspondence in respect of the sale of land in the Hundred.
An editorial on the local drainage works is in the
Register, 25 June 1869, page 2d.
An editorial "Mount Muirhead Flat Lands" is in the Register,
29 April 1871, page 4e; also see
5 May 1871, page 5a.
The district is described in the Register,
4 December 1872, page 6f and
3 February 1875, page 6c.
- Speculation has now been on foot as to whether the system of drainage... would be effective as to the results looked for, and whether the land would be good for cultivation when the drains carried off the surplus water. There can be no doubt that the drains have proved effective, as just now there is little water in them, immense swamps have dried, and where there were formerly large sheets of water and an occasional clump of rushes seen, there is now dry land upon which farming operations are being carried out...
An obituary of Otto Ey is in the Register,
24 May 1923, page 6h.
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Mulgundawar
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'backwater'.
General Notes
In respect of a petition for a jetty and later events see Parliamentary Paper 138/1865-66,
Register,
20 March 1866, page 3e and
12 February 1869, page 2b,
24 and 29 July 1869, pages 2f and 2e,
1 September 1869, page 2f;
Observer,
24 April 1869, page 6g,
6 May 1871, page 7d.
- The long-promised jetty will be commenced shortly. A large quantity of wheat has been shipped from here this season and the want of a jetty has been much felt. One of the finest buildings in the district is the fine stone structure erected by Mr John Wylie as an hotel... The wild dogs are committing sad havoc, scarcely a night passing without some place being visited and a number of sheep destroyed...
10 April 1867, page 3h,
Register,
3 September 1867, page 3a,
Observer,
7 September 1867, page 2h.
An obituary of C.J. Knight is in the Observer,
10 July 1915, page 46b.
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Mulka
A school of this name on the Birdsville Track opened in 1914 and closed in 1921."Way Outback - Teaching the Children" is in the Register,
15 February 1919, page 9g; also see
Advertiser,
23 January 1919, page 7a. Also see South Australia - Education - Country Schools.
- The school building was a building of stone about 10 feet by 8. Later on, the wall between it and the next room was knocked down and the two rooms made into one.... There were few books and no chalk. One of my pupils dug up some white clay, wet it, and made it into sticks and dried it in the sun.... By the end of a fortnight when the camels brought my luggage, I presented a very sorry sight... The mail arrived at Mulka every Wednesday morning... The races are are also looked forward to. They generally occur in March and September...
12 April 1919, page 26,
of Mr George Aiston's store in the Chronicle,
18 April 1935, page 35.
Photographs taken by Mr George Aiston are in an album in Personal Record Group 182/5/8 in the Mortlock Library.
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Mulligan Springs
See Register, 19 September 1893, page 6g for an interesting letter suggesting several alternative Aboriginal names for "Lake Mulligan".- I would like... to cite a few native names quite as euphonious as Mulligan. There is, for instance, Oodloonalatainneenee signifying "Where are you going?" Then there is Oodlootindoo which means "how long."...
I think we ought to have native or other descriptive names, except in the case of distinctive colonists whose names have some symphony.
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Muloorina
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'place of plenty'.
General Notes
This school opened for but a short time and closed in 1970.
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Muloowurtie
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'native rat hole'.
General Notes
"The Wants of Muloowurtie" is in the Register,
28 September 1882 (supp), page 2d.
- It was argued that Port Julia, which had been used as a shipping place during the past few years, would be about the most convenient place for the erection of a jetty... I was proposed that the government be requested to sed an officer over to survey the best site for a jetty between Black Point and Port Vincent... This was not accepted and it was further proposed that the government be requested to either purchase Port Vincent jetty or provide shipping accommodation at a place one and a half miles north of Port Vincent...
9 April 1886, page 5b.
Observer,
10 April 1886, page 31a.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
Its school opened in 1901 and became "Pine Point" in 1941;
the Hundred of Muloowurtie School opened in 1926 and became "Roolama" in 1927 and closed in 1937.
Biographical details of Hugh Bowden are in the Register,
10 November 1928, page 19g.
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Mulpata
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'to reap'. The name 'Urrabirra' was at first proposed for the town but was refused because, when written, it could be confused with 'Wirrabara'. Its railway station was formerly known as 'Urrabirra'.
General Notes
Its school opened as "Nelsonville" in 1924 becoming "Mulpata" in 1929;
closed in 1945.
A photograph of a tennis team is in the Chronicle,
28 May 1936, page 34.
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Mundi Mundi
A photograph of woolclassers at the station is in the Chronicle,8 June 1933, page 34.
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Mundoo Island
Nomenclature
Professor N.B. Tindale says 'it is derived from mundo meaning "mud'' or "filth'', and was said to have been given by Aborigines accompanying early white visitors. The proper version is mandumbari meaning "seaweed huts'' which is most specifically the name for "Blenkinsopp Point''. At this place the only building material was weed washed through the Murray Mouth.'
General Notes
Its school opened in 1935 and closed in 1939.
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Mundoora
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'deep water'.
General Notes
It was originally called "Barunga Range" by the South Australian Railways -
see note Place Names - Broughton, Port.
Its school opened in 1879 and closed in 1943.
A photograph of students is in the Observer, 25 May 1907, page 31.
Information on its water supply is in the Chronicle, 24 September 1881, page 9d.
- The present water supply was not enough to meet the wants of the settlers and it was necessary to secure a greater supply for the use of teams when carting wheat to the township... If the government were to make a reservoir in some suitable place there would be no difficulty in filling it if they had rains like last year... The following were appointed to a committee - Messrs Blake, Harris, Mildren, F.C. Dolin, Watt, Aitchison, Gibson, Gardner, Blight, A. McDonald and Wall...
A sports day held on Mr Joseph Patterson's property is reported in the Advertiser,
8 January 1885, page 3g,
Chronicle,
12 January 1889, page 14d,
9 March 1889, page 13a,
10 January 1903, page 37d,
9 January 1904, page 36d.
A mouse plague and two novel methods of disposing of the pest is reported in the Register,
14 and 17 June 1890, pages 3h and 7g; also see
Express,
13 June 1890, page 2f.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Mice, Snakes and Rats.
A show is reported in the Chronicle,
6 October 1894, page 8a.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
10 January 1903, page 37d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
The opening of the Institute is reported in the Register,
22 July 1904, page 3f,
Observer,
30 July 1904, page 1a (supp.).
A photograph of members of the district council is in the Observer,
11 May 1907, page 32.
Photographs of the Martindale Races are in the Chronicle,
20 February 1904, page 42,
23 February 1907, page 32.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The town is described in the Register,
16 February 1905, page 5i.
A photograph of a football team is in the Observer,
25 November 1911, page 31.
An obituary of Jacob G. Mildren is in the Register, 30 July 1913, page 12h.
Morphettville - Munno Para
M
Place Names
Mundowdna
Nomenclature
An Aboriginal word referring to a waterhole about which there was a legend.
General Notes
An Aboriginal disturbance on Messrs Woodforde and Debney's run is described in the Register,
5 November 1868, page 2h.
A rat plague is described in the Observer,
22 April 1871, page 8b.
A find of fossil remains is reported in the Register,
28 July 1882, page 5b.
Morphettville - Munno Para
M
Place Names
Mundulla
Nomenclature
Derived from the Aboriginal mantala- 'place of thunder'. It was spoken of where the ground is undermined with caves which rumbled when trampled upon. Evil spirits are believed to frequent such places.
General Notes
A cricket match against Border Town is reported in the Observer,
25 March 1876, page 7d (See South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany) and
a horse race meeting in the Chronicle,
30 October 1886, page 21d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
Its school opened in 1878.
Information on the forest reserve is in the Observer, 15 February 1879, page 10b.
- The forest reserve of 1,020 acre is situated in the western part of the Tatiara district... the soil is composed of an excellent description of sandy loam lying on a marly clay subsoil, with a limestone rock beneath. The indigenous trees are red, white and box gums, mallee and bull oaks... The site is very good for the growth of several kinds of timber-producing trees...
A photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of a hall is in the Chronicle,
21 August 1909,
its opening is reported in the Register,
23 November 1909, page 6f.
The opening of the hall is reported in the Observer,
27 November 1909, page 17d.
Photographs of town scenes appear on
5 August 1911, page 32,
of the Anglican Church and its committee, choir and clergy on
7 September 1912, page 31,
of the town on
7 January 1928, page 41.
The transfer of the hotel licence to Waikerie is discussed in the Observer,
22 June 1912, page 18c.
The arrival of the telephone is reported in the Register,
3 August 1912, page 11c.
Also see South Australia - Communication - Telephones.
An obituary of John Kennedy is in theObserver,
7 February 1925, page 38d,
of E.J. Barratt on 23 June 1928, page 34c.
An obituary of Henry Donnell is in the Register,
13 August 1925, page 13d.
Biographical details of Davis Stodart are in the Register,
1 July 1927, page 13h.
A show is reported in the Observer,
12 March 1927, page 27a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
Morphettville - Munno Para
M
Place Names
Mundy, Lake
Nomenclature
Mundy Creek - Flows into Lake Eyre South and was discovered by E.J. Eyre on 25 August 1840. Alfred M. Mundy, the Colonial Secretary of South Australia.
Lake Mundy - Prior to the relocation of the State's boundary with Victoria portion of this lake was in South Australia. As Lt Mundy of the 21st Regiment in 1843, he accompanied Joseph Hawdon from Melbourne by way of Charles Bonney's earlier route of 1839. 'Mundy Terrace' in Robe is named after him.
General Notes
The Advertiser of 13 May 1887, page 5c says "there is a State school [there], which is also the post office."
- Continuing along the border Lake Mundy is reached. Here there is a State school, which is also a post office. This place is 12 miles from Penola on the main road to Casterton...
Morphettville - Munno Para
M
Place Names
Mungaroo Hill
Nomenclature
An aboriginal name; meaning unknown.
General Notes
Five kilometres south-east of Wirraminna railway station on the east-west railway.
In 1960 Mr Barron's brass name plate, formerly attached to his saddlebag, was found by Mr W.A. Wilson of Lake Callabonna Station; it was apparently lost by its owner in 1879 while surveying the SA/Queensland border. A photograph is held in the Department of Lands of the relic and a note says: "He died at the age of 31, due to ill health ensuing from hardships suffered whilst surveying in remote areas." A photostat copy of the plate and caption is in the Mortlock Library - refer PRG 412.
- A plaque erected on the hill in May 1990 reads:
This plaque commemorates the erection of this stone cairn by Surveyor Barron in 1878 for the trigonometrical survey of land adjacent to Lake Gairdner, and pays tribute to those surveyors who endured the hardships of exploration in the remote areas of our State...
In 1960 Mr Barron's brass name plate, formerly attached to his saddlebag, was found by Mr W.A. Wilson of Lake Callabonna Station; it was apparently lost by its owner in 1879 while surveying the SA/Queensland border. A photograph is held in the Department of Lands of the relic and a note says: "He died at the age of 31, due to ill health ensuing from hardships suffered whilst surveying in remote areas." A photostat copy of the plate and caption is in the Mortlock Library - refer PRG 412.
M
Place Names
Mungeranie Bore
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'ugly'.
General Notes
A photograph of local flooding is in the Chronicle,
15 September 1917, page 25,
of the bore stream on
3 July 1926, page 40,
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
of breaking in colts on
2 May 1929, page 40.
An obituary of W.J. Crombie is in the Register,
28 May 1925, page 11b, 8 and 10 June 1925, pages 11h and 11f,
Observer, 30 May 1925, page 28b, 13 June 1925, pages 11c-39e.
Morphettville - Munno Para
M
Place Names
Munjibbi(e)
Nomenclature
A Munjibbie copper mine was once worked on sections 12 and 13, Hundred of Terowie.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Copper.
General Notes
See Place Names - Hiles Lagoon.
A "Soiree in the Bush" at Munjibbie (sic) is described in the Register,
19 August 1865, page 2g.
A Munjibbie copper mine was once worked on sections
12 and 13, Hundred of Terowie - see
Records of the Mines of South Australia (fourth edition), page 99 and
Register,
7 April 1877, page 5c.
- This claim is situated about 29 miles north of Burra and about 11 miles fro Hallett. I have been up there with another man working for the last two months...
Morphettville - Munno Para
M
Place Names
Munno Para
Nomenclature
The word means 'golden wattle creek' in the Kaurna tribe dialect.
General Notes
Information on a proposed district council is in the Observer,
17 September 1853, page 5f.
- A public meeting was held at Smith's Hotel to consider the propriety of forming a district council. Mr Thomas Abbott was called to the chair...
8 December 1855, page 7d.
An indignant citizen, under the heading "Sabbath Labour", lodged a complaint in the Register,
8 January 1858, page 3h:
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A disgraceful scene [was] enacted yesterday (Sunday) by two or more individuals on Section 5675 in this district (known as Chase's) by which public decency was outraged, and the fourth commandment flagrantly violated. A machine drawn by eight bullocks was employed in reaping wheat... during the whole day... I never before witnessed such an exhibition of unblushing profanity.
Cricket matches are reported in the Register,
4 January 1859, page 3e,
12 and 21 February 1859, pages 2h and 3b,
27 and 30 April 1859, pages 3h and 3a,
28 November 1859, page 3e,
Express,
8 December 1864, page 2e,
Observer,
26 March 1859, page 8d,
30 April 1859, page 3g,
7 March 1868, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.
Biographical details of Charles Ayling are in the Register,
28 July 1910, page 6h,
5 January 1911, page 7a.
An obituary of Mrs Charlotte Medlow is in the Register,
11 June 1917, page 4g.
