Place Names of South Australia - O
Oodlawirra - Osborne Rock
- Oodlawirra
- Oodnadatta
- Ooldea
- Ootna
- Orama Hill
- Orange Grove
- Orange Vale
- Oraparinna
- Oratunga
- Orchard Farm
- Ormerod, Lake
- Orrie Cowie
- Orroroo
- Osborne
- Osborne Rock
Oodlawirra
Nomenclature
The town 24 km north-east of Peterborough was proclaimed as the 'Township of Penn', on 17 April 1890 and altered to 'Oodlawirra' on 19 September 1940 to agree with the name of the railway station. It was the name of an Aboriginal weapon consisting of a notched, curved stick.
General Notes
An interesting letter on the hazards of steam engine driving on the railway and other pertinent comment is to be found in the Register,
12 and 29 January 1889, pages 5b and 6f,
6 and 25 February 1889, pages 7f.
Its school opened in 1891 and closed in 1950.
The district is described in the Register,
7 December 1891, page 7c.
- We reached Oodla Wirra at dinner time but were sorry to find it a very small place. The most interesting object in our trip was the Oodla Wirra Flux and Silver Mining Company's claims. Here we beheld a large mountain of iron. The lode can be traced right through the property... A splendid lode of kaolin has been exposed at the foot of the hill and it is expected that silver will be obtained by sinking deeper... The outcrop in appearance surpasses Broken Hill and the developments of this property should be anxiously watched.
18 June 1892, page 26d;
a photograph appears on
13 January 1906, page 30.
Also see South Australia - Mining - South Australia.
The reminiscences of Mrs Caroline Mackintosh are in the Observer,
19 March 1898, page 29b.
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Oodnadatta
Nomenclature
Herbert Basedow, in a diary kept while a member of a survey party wrote: 'Oodnadatta, a desolate desert township, named by surveyor Lees after a word in the Arunta dialect meaning "the yellow blossom of the mulga''.' Prof N.B. Tindale adds support to this contention: 'It derives from utnadata meaning _flower of the mulga".' To confuse its nomenclature, in the book Horrie Simpson's Oodnadatta it is said:
- Today you will have to travel a long way to find a mulga tree near the town. The other name coodnadatta means rotten or excreta the last part datta means "there''... An artesian bore sunk half a mile west of the town produced some atrocious liquid, hot and full of soda and other solids. Maybe it refers to this water.
General Notes
The town is described in the Register,
9 June 1891, page 6a,
10 April 1907, page 6b,
29 November 1913, page 17c,
"That Odd Little Township" on
18 December 1924, page 7g,
Observer,
17 June 1922, page 37b,
27 December 1924, page 17e,
"A Town Goes West" in the Advertiser on
9 March 1935, page 11c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
6 May 1922, page 24,
15 and 29 January 1927, pages 33 and 32.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
28 February 1891, page 18c.
Chronicle,
3 June 1905, page 21c.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
The school opened in 1892.
Register,
19 June 1891, page 5a,
Observer,
20 October 1894, page 31e.
"Artesian Waters at Oodnadatta" is in the Observer, 19 January 1895, page 31d.
- Oodnadatta has been regarded by most people as the centre of a vast desert and the very name was synonymous with drought and waterless desert country... It is from this town that most of the exploring parties of recent years have commenced their work of exploration in the direction of the Musgrave Ranges and Western Australia, and Oodnadatta is also the depot for many of the outlying stations and a large number of peripatetic prospectors. Some time ago the government accepted tenders for artesian boring at Oodnadatta and a splendid supply was struck at 1.600 feet.
On Tuesday, Mr F. Heilbronn, the father of the town and one of its leading business men, gave us the opportunity of sampling the water. The quality appears to be exceptionally good and palatable... It has now been running for a little over two months into an old river bed... The practical advantage of the bore is now being seen in its effect upon a large garden owned by two Chinamen... It is the intention of Mr Heilbronn to establish a sanitarium in the event of the medical profession being prepared after investigation to recommend patients to go there in preference to making journeys to "take the waters" of some distant country.
"A Visit to Oodnadatta" is in the Advertiser,
23 May 1892, page 6b; also see
24 September 1897, page 7a,
The Herald,
13 April 1907, page 8.
See Register, 9 September 1893, page 6g for an interesting letter about its hotel.
A sports day is reported in the Chronicle,
1 January 1898, page 16a, 1 January 1910, page 17e.
Information on a proposed date plantation is in the Advertiser,
4 April 1898, page 4h.
Also see Place Names - Harry, Lake.
"Oodnadatta and Its Surroundings" is in the Register,
1 June 1903, page 6g.
"Overland Adventures - Oodnadatta to Arltunga" by W. Thorold Grant is in the Register,
9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 April 1904, pages 7b, 5a, 5b, 5b, 5b and 7b, "Oodnadatta to Alice Springs" on
12 June 1905, page 6d,
"To Oodnadatta and Beyond - Three days in a Train From Adelaide" on
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 28 August 1905, pages 5h, 7c, 7a, 7a, 6f, 4a and 6e; also see
1, 2, 3 and 4 April 1907, pages 6b, 7e, 7a and 6a.
"The Oodnadatta Railway" is in the Register,
3 January 1924, page 6c-f.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
A coach trip to Alice Springs is reported in the Register,
12 June 1905, page 6d,
Observer,
17 June 1905, page 39d.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Horse Coaches.
Photographs of a gold prospecting party are in the Observer,
4 November 1905, page 30.
"From Adelaide to Oodnadatta" is in the Advertiser,
1 April 1907, page 5i.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
16 February 1907, page 29,
of "Her Majesty's Mail" conveyances on
8 May 1926, page 38; also see
Observer,
23 April 1910, page 29.
A photograph of the railway station is in The Critic,
1 May 1907, page 3.
A proposed hospital is discussed in the Register,
17 May 1911, page 3g.
The opening of a medical hostel and information on bush nursing is reported in the Register,
20 and 23 December 1911, pages 6e and 6g.
"Nurses Long Journey {Ms Bett] - Hundred Miles on a Railway Tricycle" is in the Register,
4 December 1911, page 10i.
Also see South Australia - Women - Nursing and Female Doctors.
A Chinaman's garden is described on 18 November 1913, page 9a.
An obituary of Mrs D.S. Underwood, who "with her husband may be regarded as the pioneers of Oodnadatta", is in the Observer,
15 May 1915, page 46a,
of W.G. Stokes on 14 September 1918, page 13a,
of F. Heilbronn on 30 September 1922, page 33a,
of John Bailes on 14 November 1925, page 37e.
"Consumption in the Far North" is discussed on 9, 12 and 19 November 1921, pages 9f, 9h and 9d.
Also see South Australia - Health - Consumption.
Photographs of the opening of a war memorial hall are in the Chronicle,
12 August 1922, page 28, (See South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen)
of a visit by the governor on
14 July 1923, page 33,
of an Aborigines' Mission on
8 January 1927, page 40,
of "mixed bathing" on
6 August 1931, page 34.
A photograph of Aboriginal lubras alighting from an itinerant preacher's van is in the Observer,
16 August 1919, page 28,
of yachting on a dam on
16 August 1919, page 28.
"The Lot of the Bushwoman" is in the Register,
6 November 1923, page 6e.
"From Oodnadatta Northwards" is in the Observer,
1 November 1924, page 16d.
"That Odd Little Township" is in the Register,
18 December 1924, page 7g.
Photographs of and information on the extension of the railway are in the Chronicle,
29 January 1927, pages 39 and 49.
"Happy Northerners" is in The Mail,
22 January 1927, page 18e.
"Natives Living in Appalling Conditions" is in The Mail,
15 August 1936, page 8c.
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Place Names
Ooldea
Nomenclature
Ooldea Hill and Ooldea Well are near the Trans-Australia railway line; derived from the Aboriginal yooldil-beena - 'swamp where I stood to pour out water'. The pumping of water from this source by makers of the transcontinental railway line led to it drying up.
The name Ooldea was adopted for a railway siding on the line 252 km west of Tarcoola in 1912. Ernest Giles spelt it as 'Youldeh'.
General Notes
Photographs and information on the district are in the Register,
9 July 1917, page 4d,
Observer,
12 January 1918, page 24,
Chronicle,
17 June 1922, pages 27-36c,
Observer,
29 May 1926, page 34.
"Rainfall and Other Notes" is in the Register,
28 January 1928, page 9f.
The plight of outback unemployed is discussed in the Advertiser,
27 March 1931, page 22f.
"The Woman of Ooldea", an article on Daisy Bates, is in the Advertiser,
24 May 1934, page 14i; also see
The Mail,
17 September 1932, page 10d.
A photograph of her home among the sandhills is in the Observer,
5 February 1921, page 23.
The school opened in 1940.
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Place Names
Ootna
Nomenclature
This Aboriginal word meaning 'quandong' is applied to several physical features near Parachilna. The 'Ootna Run' was established by J. Warwick in 1864 (lease no. 1611). The land was originally held by W.R. Swan from 13 March 1856 (lease no. 488).
General Notes
According to an entry in Dr Charles Davies' diary held in the Mortlock Library the word means "peach water".
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Place Names
Orama Hill
Nomenclature
North-west of Waukaringa in the County of Lytton. Aboriginal for 'rendezvous of the magpie'. The Advertiser of 7 October 1937, page 21 says the name is derived from the Aboriginal oorama- the name applied to a marsupial rat. (See Place Names - Orroroo)
General Notes
Information on its nomenclature is in the Register,
4 January 1911, page 6e.
An article in the Advertiser, 7 October 1937, page 21 says that "oorama" is the Aboriginal name of a marsupial rat.
- The decision of the London managers of the Orient Company to name their new steamer "Orama" is decidely a compliment to this State as it is the cognomen of a hill in South Australia, situated in the County of Lytton and near to the Siccus River... Originally the hill was known as "Oorama" and in the native tongue this would be pronounced with a decided burr... This country was taken up in the first place by Mr Samuel Davidson on 1867 when the run contained 193 square miles of country...
Miss Beevor of Gilberton called to tell me an interesting story of the origin of the name Orama Hill... Her father, the late Horace Beevor, held a half-interest in the Baratta station in the 1860s and lived there. He went out with a black boy... and while having lunch at the foot of the hill, rodents the size of rats, scampered around them, the marsupial rat apparently. Mr Beevor asked the black boy what they were and he replied "?im Oorama"... I looked up my old notebook and find the Mr Frank Warwick said the word "oorama'' meant "rat" not "magpie".
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Place Names
Orange Grove
An obituary of Thomas Moyle is in the Register, 28 January 1888, page 5b.
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Place Names
Orange Vale
Information on a New Union Church at this place near Athelstone is in the Chronicle, 9 September 1871, page 7a.
- Special services in aid of the building fund of the Orange Vale New Union Church were held on 3 and 4 September 1871... A supper was then provided for the public...
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Place Names
Oraparinna
Nomenclature
Aboriginal for 'tea-tree river'.
General Notes
A photograph of the homestead is in the Observer,
30 November 1929, page 33,
Chronicle,
12 July 1934, page 33.
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Place Names
Oratunga
Nomenclature
It takes its name from a nearby copper mine first worked in 1860 and the 'Oratunga Run', the head station of the Chambers brothers. An Aboriginal word, meaning unknown.
General Notes
Information on the mine is in the Chronicle,
30 November 1872, page 7a.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
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Place Names
Orchard Farm
The Register of 10 August 1860, page 3e says:
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A barn kindly lent for the occasion by Mr Richard Williams was appropriated pro tem to the purposes of a [Wesleyan Church]... The sermons for the day were preached by Rev C. Colwell from Mintaro. The ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone was performed by... Mr T. Thomas.
- A new Wesleyan chapel was opened in January 1861. The people of this neighbourhood having engaged in worship for the past eleven years in the dwelling of Mr Thomas Thomas, much as the convenience was appreciated, the erection of a new and beautiful edifice, to be dedicated exclusively to religious purposes, was an event hailed with deep satisfaction...
18 October 1886, page 5b,
Observer,
23 October 1886, page 29d.
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Ormerod, Lake
Nomenclature
Near Naracoorte. George Ormerod (1822-1872), an early pastoralist, who took over the 'Naracoorte Run' from Duncan Stewart on 23 April 1846 under occupation licence.
General Notes
Mr Ormerod's death notice and obituary are in the Register,
15 and 20 April 1872, pages 5c and 5d.
- He was a member of a very old Lancashire family and was born at Rochdale in 1822. He came out to Victoria in 1842 and amongst the pioneer squatters settled at Naracoorte about 1845 to 1846 on the station known as Narracoorte [sic] Station. About 18 years ago he settled at Guichen Bay, opening up a large business there which has added greatly to the development of the South-East...
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Place Names
Orrie Cowie
Nomenclature
Corrupted from the Aboriginal morakawi; mora - 'acacia seed' and kawi - 'water'; literally 'food seed spring'.
General Notes
The station property is described in the Register,
23 June 1906, page 10f.
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Place Names
Orroroo
Nomenclature
It has been generally accepted that it is derived from the Aboriginal oorama - 'rendezvous of the magpie', but Prof N.B. Tindale asserts the word means 'early start'.
- The usual camping ground of the local tribe was on the banks of the Pekina Creek, whereas the kangaroo hunting grounds were on the flat south-east of the township, that is, close to the spring on Orroroo Creek. When intending to hunt kangaroos it was the usual custom to camp for the night at the spring so as to be in a position for an early start at dawn.
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Orroroo was the name of a black girl who at one time lived on Pekina Station, and although other native derivations for the title suggesting dust, drift and a windy locality have been put forward, yet the character of the word is all in favour of its having been applied to a living object.
Also see Chronicle,
10 January 1903 which says "the name signifies 'wind'..." and Register,
4 December 1926, page 7d.
Also see Place Names - Orama Hill.
General Notes
Historical information on the town and district is in the Chronicle,
23 July 1904, page 33b.
Sketches of the town and district are in the Pictorial Australian in
February 1887,
photographs in the Observer,
19 February 1910, page 39,
13 July 1929, page 34.
A history of the town and photographs are in the Chronicle,
19 January 1933, pages 37 and 46.
The town is described in the Chronicle,
13 October 1877, page 3b,
29 June 1878, page 5a,
Register,
21 February 1878, page 6c; also see
Chronicle,
18 February 1882, page 13d,
20 June 1885, page 9f,
Register,
30 November 1883, page 6a,
29 October 1885, page 7a,
Chronicle,
29 October 1887, page 13e,
Advertiser,
13 July 1904, page 8d,
7 December 1904, page 10d,
Observer,
22 May 1909, page 45a,
Register,
19 May 1909, page 7a,
29 January 1910, page 15b.
The reminiscences of Mr L. Judell appear on
9 and 19 August 1920, pages 7a and 9a.
"The Palmyra of the North" appears on
7 April 1924, page 6f.
The first meeting of the Orroroo Athletic Club is reported in the Chronicle,
16 November 1878, page 22a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Athletics and Gymnastics.
A horse race meeting is reported in the Observer,
11 January 1879, page 5b,
Register,
14 February 1896, page 7b;
the latter has a brief history of the club; also see
Observer,
21 February 1920, page 16c,
11 February 1922, page 16a,
The Mail,
25 June 1927, page 3c.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 July 1933, page 38.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing.
A letter from a recent immigrant describing working conditions on Mr F. Growden's farm is in the Register, 13 February 1879, page 5b.
- The English Labourers' Chronicle of 9 November 1878 contains the following letter from an immigrant who is working for Mr F. Growden, Orroroo: "It is a nice place up here; there are hills all around us. I am getting £55 a year and tucker for me and my wife, except I have to buy meat and that's cheap, six pence a pound... I have no rent to pay... that is better than working at home... There is plenty of work here. I am surprised at the young men stopping in England and working for nothing when they could save money out here..."
21 August 1880, page 6e.
Photographs of the Kindergarten are in the Chronicle,
10 May 1934, page 36.
The opening of the Primitive Methodist Chapel is reported in the Chronicle,
19 April 1879, page 22a.
A new Methodist Church is discussed in the Register,
9 December 1910, page 3b.
A photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of the Methodist Church is in the Register,
14 February 1911, page 9g,
Chronicle,
18 February 1911, page 30,
Observer,
1 July 1911, page 17f for its opening.
The laying of the foundation stone of Saint Paul's Church is reported in the Chronicle,
13 December 1879, page 21e.
A Catholic picnic on Mr E. Hannaford's paddock is reported in the Register,
5 April 1880, page 6f,
Chronicle,
1 April 1882, page 22g and
an Oddfellows' picnic on
6 September 1884, page 21e.
The opening of the Church of England is reported in the Register,
7 April 1880, page 5c.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Institute is reported in the Register,
25 June 1880;
for its opening see Observer,
20 November 1880, page 878c; also see
Chronicle,
20 May 1893, page 7b.
Information on the police station is in the Register,
22 July 1880 (supp.), page 3d and
27 October 1880, page 6d and
the police and gaol on
18 February 1882, page 6b.
Also see South Australia - Police.
A letter describing a government rabbit eradication scheme appears in the Register,
31 January 1881 (supp.), page 1e; also see
25 March 1881 (supp.), page 1g.
"The Rabbit Pest" is in the Chronicle,
10 September 1904, page 30d.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Rabbits.
Information on the local water supply is in the Register,
23 February 1881, page 7b; also see
1 March 1881 (supp.), page 1f,
Chronicle,
29 December 1888, page 10f,
31 October 1896, page 27d,
2 and 23 October 1897, pages 16d and 12e,
4 December 1897, page 17d,
4 March 1899, page 18e,
8 April 1899, page 15b.
A proposed irrigation scheme is discussed in the Chronicle,
26 June 1886, page 19c,
"Irrigation in the Upper North" on
17 February 1908, pages 8c-39c.
"The Orroroo Water Scheme" is in the Register,
1 October 1897, page 6d.
"Important Water Find" is in the Chronicle,
1 June 1907, page 39e.
Also see South Australia - Water Conservation.
"Artesian Water - Find at Orroroo" is in The Mail,
26 December 1925, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.
The opening of the railway from Peterborough is reported in the Register,
23 and 24 November 1881, pages 5g and 4d.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Railways - Miscellany.
"The Northern Railway Service" is in the Chronicle,
12 November 1904, page 12c.
A rifle company is discussed in the Observer,
21 May 1881, page 887a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting.
A report of the town's first Show is in the Register,
23 October 1882 (supp.), page 4c; also see
12 October 1883, page 6b,
Chronicle,
8 October 1887, page 22g,
1 November 1890, page 7e.
The first meeting of the agricultural society is reported in the Register,
16 June 1883, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany -Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
"Mineral Claims at Orroroo and Carrieton" is in the Chronicle,
24 July 1886, page 23b.
"Mining Near Orroroo" is in the Chronicle,
21 January 1893, page 5d.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal.
The opening of a new roller mill is reported in the Register,
17 December 1888, page 6h.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
A sports event is reported in the Chronicle,
24 August 1889, page 15e,
25 August 1894, page 15e,
Observer,
26 August 1893, page 19e,
"Sport at Orroroo - A Few Recollections" is in the Register,
19 February 1920, page 9b,
13 February 1922, page 4h.
An Arbor Day is reported in the Observer,
18 July 1891, page 11b.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
"The Insanitary Condition of Orroroo" is in the Advertiser,
11 April 1892, page 7d; also see
Chronicle,
5 November 1892, page 12e.
The use of a divining rod in the district is reported in the Chronicle,
5 November 1892, page 12e.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Water Divining and Rainmaking.
The opening of the Institute is reported in the Advertiser,
17 May 1893, page 3g.
A visit to the Inverell dairy farm is reported in the Observer,
26 August 1893, page 36b.
Information on a proposed factory is in the Register,
29 August 1904, page 3a.
A shareholders' meeting of the Orroroo Butter & Produce Co is reported in the Chronicle,
19 November 1904, page 11e.
Information on a butter factory is in the Register,
26 August 1907, page 3e.
A proposed butter factory is discussed in the Observer,
31 August 1907, page 11c.
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
"The Orroroo Tragedy" is in the Express,
6 November 1894, page 3c.
A report on the "first intercolonial pigeon match shoot ever fired in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
9 April 1895, page 7.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Pigeon Racing and Shooting.
"A Drought Stricken Country" is in the Observer,
31 October 1896, page 2c,
"The Distress in the North" is in the Advertiser,
30 November 1897, page 5g.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Droughts.
A patriotic demonstration is reported in the Chronicle,
24 March 1900, page 15b.
A snow fall is reported in the Chronicle,
3 August 1901 and an earthquake on
10 May 1902, page 30d and
a "cyclonic disturbance" on
9 January 1904, page 33c.
Flooding is discussed in the Express,
30 November 1903, page 4g.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.
Information on local militia forces is in the Chronicle,
12 March 1904, page 15a,
18 June 1904, page 14d,
27 May 1905, page 10a,
19 August 1905, page 12c.
Also see South Australia - Defence of the Colony.
"Orroroo and District - Prospects of Future Development" is in the Chronicle,
10 December 1904, page 39d.
Information on a rifle range is in the Chronicle,
18 February 1905, page 14a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
17 August 1907, page 28,
11 September 1909, page 31.
Photographs of the welcome home of the winner of the King's prize in England, Lt. Addison, is in the Chronicle,
7 December 1907, page 29.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting.
Biographical details of Lt W.C. Addison are in the Register,
23 September 1905, page 7d and
a photograph in The Critic,
11 September 1907, page 6.
A floral show is reported in the Register,
6 May 1907, page 3e.
A floral exhibition is reported in the Chronicle,
9 May 1908, page 43d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows .
An industrial exhibition is reported upon in the Register,
15 February 1908, page 5d,
Observer,
22 February 1908, page 43c.
Information on a golf club is in the Observer,
8 August 1908, page 25d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Golf.
"Removal of a Landmark" is in the Observer,
1 August 1908, page 43e.
"Around Orroroo" is in the Advertiser,
4 August 1908, page 8g,
"From Orroroo to Booleroo - Old-Time Memories" on
19 August 1908, page 7h.
"Life Around Orroroo" in the Register,
19 March 1914, page 5e.
The opening of the Orroroo Park is reported in the Observer,
21 November 1908, page 56c.
The diamond wedding of Mr & Mrs William Kelley is reported in the Register,
21 June 1910, page 11a, Observer, 25 June 1910, pages 17c-42a.
Biographical details of W. Kelley are in the Register,
3 July 1916, page 4i,
Observer,
8 July 1916, page 28d 19 June 1918, page 6h.
Biographical details of G.K. Knight are in the Register,
16 January 1918, page 6f and
an obituary of George Knight on 26 July 1918, page 6g.
The laying of the foundation stone of the new Methodist Church is reported in the Register,
14 February 1911, page 9g.
"Life Around Orroroo" is described on
19 March 1914, page 5e.
The laying of the foundation stone of the hospital is reported in the Register,
4 April 1919, page 6c; also see
Observer,
31 January 1920, page 30c,
Register,
19 February 1927, page 12e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
14 February 1920, page 24.
Photographs of Girl Guides are in the Chronicle,
14 February 1935, page 33.
Also see Adelaide - Girl Guides.
The reminiscences of L. Judell are in the Register,
9 August 1920, page 9a.
"Swollen Creek Tragedy - Mother and Three Children Drowned" is in the Register,
4 and 7 January 1921, pages 5c and 4g.
Information on a war memorial is in the Register,
3 December 1921, page 8h.
Photographs of the unveiling of the war memorial is in the Chronicle,
21 January 1922, page 30,
Also see South Australia - World War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
Biographical details of Enos Copley are in the Register,
31 October 1923, page 12c.
"Orroroo Past and Present" is in the Observer,
19 April 1924, page 46b.
"Notable Northern Town" is in The Mail,
6 February 1926, page 11c.
Information on the Orroroo Scout Group is in The Mail,
29 September 1928, page 30e.
Also see Adelaide - Boy Scouts.
"Orroroo Sermon in Stone" is in the Advertiser,
13 and 18 June 1934, page 20g and 10i.
A photograph of a football team is in the Chronicle,
31 October 1935, page 36,
of a basketball team on
19 November 1936, page 33,
of a jubilee carnival on
30 September 1937, page 38.
Orroroo - Obituaries
An obituary of P.W. Dyer is in the Register, 3 June 1896, page 5e, Observer, 6 June 1896, page 14e,
of Robert [Edward?] Halliday on 19 October 1907, page 38b,
of John Arthur on 3 August 1912, page 41b,
of Richard Ellery on 21 July 1917, page 31b,
of William Kelley on 10 July 1920, page 34b,
of John McNaughton on 23 July 1921, page 20a,
of Josiah Bills on 20 October 1923, page 36e,
of Leopold Judell on 14 May 1927, page 9b.
An obituary of William Norman is in the Register, 30 August 1905, page 5a,
of John Moody on 25 December 1908, page 7b,
of John E. Kelley on 25 April 1912, page 6g,
of Thomas Tremaine on 10 December 1915, page 4h,
of George Wall on 12 June 1919, page 6h,
of Frederick Forbes on 8 November 1919, page 7b,
of W. Robertson on 12 May 1920, page 7b,
of Mrs Mary Williamson on 7 February 1923, page 6g,
of John T. Nutt on 19 July 1923, page 8c.
An obituary of Mrs Agnes Halliday is in the Register, 12 May 1911, page 5b,
of Richard Andrewartha on 26 July 1918, page 6g.
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Osborne
Nomenclature
Captain R.W. Osborne (c.1834-1920), a mariner, who spent much of his lifetime developing his property on which he built 'Glen Ariff House' (named after his wife's home in Scotland) which later was titled 'Osborne House'.
General Notes
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.
"New Industry - Manufacture of Sand-Lime Bricks" is in the Register,
25 June 1910, page 4h.
"New Industry - Manufacture of Sand-Lime Bricks" is in the Register,
25 June 1910, page 4h.
Local shipyards are described in the Observer,
19 February 1921, page 29a,
Register,
24 November 1921, page 8f and
a new power house on
25 April 1919, page 7e,
19 October 1922, page 10g.
"The Electric Age - A Visit to Osborne" appears on
5 June 1925, page 7.
"Ships in the Making" is in The Mail,
25 December 1920, page 2d,
"Romance of Steel - Shipbuilding at Osborne" in The News,
27 May 1925, page 5e; also see
Observer,
2 May 1925, page 26c.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 December 1919, page 30.
"Osborne Yards Visited" is in the Register,
24 November 1921, page 8f,
Observer,
26 November 1921, page 19e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
19 February 1921, page 23,
30 April 1921, page 23,
20 January 1923, page 30.
Photographs of the launching of the Erina are in The Critic,
8 November 1922, page 18.
A history of shipbuilding at Pool & Steele's is in The News,
20 January 1937, page 4e.
Photographs of the electricity supply works are in the Chronicle,
3 December 1921, page 30,
21 October 1922, page 30,
Observer,
1 September 1923, page 29,
Chronicle,
13 August 1927, page 40,
of the new gas works on
7 July 1928, page 41.
"Coal Handling - The Osborne Scheme" in the Advertiser,
23 May 1925, page 16c.
"Quicker Coal Discharge" is in The News,
27 July 1923, page 11c; also see
2 May 1925, page 1f,
19 May 1926, page 7d,
7 July 1926, page 9g,
12 October 1926, page 5b,
3 December 1926, page 5c,
15 February 1927, page 7e,
14 and 29 March 1927, pages 1d and 8c,
13 April 1927, page 5c,
12 May 1927, page 19g,
21 July 1927, page 12d,
13 July 1928, page 15f,
13 June 1929, page 18d,
8 January 1930, page 8c,
23 June 1930, page 6c.
"The Electric Age - A Visit to Osborne" is in the Register,
5 June 1925, page 7.
"Palace of Power" is in the Advertiser,
24 January 1937, page 11c.
The building of the new alkali works is reported upon in The News,
25 February 1937, page 6d.
Oodlawirra - Osborne Rock
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Place Names
Osborne Rock
A 30 feet high rock near Laura Bay is named after a revenue clerk of the Marine Board - see Advertiser, 21 January 1910, page 6e.
