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CHANGING THE MAP
PROPOSED NEW PLACE
NAMES.
The report of the committee appointed
by the Government to make recommen-
dations for the substitution of British or
Australian aboriginal names for places in
South Australia which bear those of
enemy origin, was laid, on the table of
the House of Assembly on Tuesday. The
members of the committee were Messrs.
E. M. Smith, I.S.O. (Surveyor-General),
R. Cockburn (secretary to the Railways
Standing) Committee), and H. C. Talbot
(of the Survey Office). The report is as
follows:
We were asked to report on the ques-
tion of giving effect to the following re-
solution carried in the House of Assembly
on August 2, 1916:—"That, in the opinion
of this House, the time has now arrived
when the names of all towns and districts
in South Australia, which indicate a foreign
enemy origin should be altered, and that
such places should be designated by names
either of British origin or South Austra-
lian native origin." The duty of suggest-
ing new names to replace those of enemy
origin was also allotted to the committee.
We find, from a careful examination of
official records, that there are on the map
of South Australia at least 67 geographical
place names of enemy origin, ranging from
an important centre like Petersburg to tri-
gonometrical stations and obscure hills in
the remote interior. There may be a few
more not officially recorded which have
escaped our notice. Far-reaching conse-
quences must follow the adoption of the
resolution unanimously arrived at by the
House of Assembly. However commend-
able may be the sentiment that prompted
the decision-which clearly has the weight
of public opinion behind it—we feel it our
duty to point out that the proposed whole-
sale alteration of the State's' nomenclature
cannot be undertaken without considerable
vexation and temporary confusion in the
postal and railway departments, complica-
tions in the matter of title deeds, and
further trouble from the fact that all maps
and plans of South Australia will have to
be altered to the extent that new place
names are adopted.
Native Vocabularies.
In suggesting new place names for
those of enemy origin we have readily
yielded to the popular desire that favors
the preservation of aboriginal patronymics,
although the choice of appropriate native
appellations is not nearly so wide as may
be imagined. The native vocabularies arc
full of melodious, rippling, easily ar-
ticulated words, but they largely com-
prise commonplace expressions hardly
suitable for mapping purposes. While
the committee gladly entered upon the
advisory task of obliterating from the
map objectionable names such as Kaiser-
stuhl, it was not without some com-
punction that they applied themselves
to the duty of erasing certain names of per-
sonal Teutonic origin. The "Hansard" re-
port of the debate on the Assembly's
motion shows that members on both sides
of the House shared this feeling. How-
ever, the committee have deemed it their
duty to eliminate every name of foreign
enemy origin. An early standard biographi-
cal work said of the late Dr. Schomburgk
during his lifetime: —"it is not to be won-
dered at that, from many lands honors pour
in on him thick and fast, or that South
Australians should rejoice that he is lo-
cated in their midst." Notwithstanding
his great attainments and the eminent ser-
vices he rendered to the State, the com-
mittee felt that they had no option but to
rename the hundred called after him. The
same, line of argument may be applied to
the living, but we have no desire to make
invidious distinctions.
Confusion of Names.
In a second report the committee will
deal with another matter referred to them
by the Government-that of confusion and
clash caused by similar place names, both
in and beyond the State—besides that of
enemy street nomenclature. In connec-
tion with the latter we propose to suggest
alterations only in regard to those
thoroughfares which are outside of district;
councils. There is power in the local
governing laws to deal with enemy street
names within municipalities or district
councils, and we think that this phase of
the question might well be left to the good
taste and patriotism, of the local governing
authorities. The names of South Austra-
lian soldiers who have laid down their
lives on the battlefield offer fine scope for
the improvement of enemy street nomen-
clature. The committee, who desire to ac-
knowledge the assistance given to them in
their investigations by Mr. Harold
Drakard, beg to make the following
suggestions for replacing enemy place
names:
BARTSCH'S CREEK, south of Lake Eyre-
Named after a member of Goyder's 1860 trigono-
metrical survey party. To be YEDLAKOO
CREEK, meaning "very far off."
BASEDOW, HUNDRED OF.—Named after the
late Mr. M. P. F. Basedow, who was born and
educated in Hanover. Germany, and was Minister
of' Education in the Morgan Ministry, 1881. To be
the HUNDRED OK PERAWILLIA, the native
name of a spring in the hundred.
BAUER, CAPE, near Streaky Bay. — Named in
1802 by Matthew Flinders after Ferdinand Bauer,
Austrian painter of natural history, who was on
the Investigator. To be CAPE WONDOMA, the
native name applied to a well in the locality.
BERLIN ROCK, off Louth Bay, Evre's Penin-
sula. Named after the German-Australian steamer
Berlin, which touched the rock, previously un-
charted, in a place where 11 fathoms of water
was shown. To be PANPANDIE ROCK, a native
word for "high tide."
BETHANIEN, in the Hundred of Moorooroo.-To
be BETHANY.
BISMARCK, in the Hundred of Adelaide. Name
suggested by an Austrian Consul in Australia, who
was one of the vendors of the land when it was
laid out in township blocks. To be WEEROOPA,
aboriginal name for "crested parakeet"
BLUMBERG. in the Electoral District of Murray.
So christened by an early settler named Blumel
after his birthplace in Prussia, Meaning "Hill
of Flowers." To be PERROOMBA, the name given
to wattle blossom by the Adelaide tribe of
aborigines.
BLUMENTHAL ("Valley of Flowers).-To be
LAKKARI, native for "honeysuckle tree."
BUCHFELDE, in the hundred of Mudla Wirra.
-Namcd after the late Leopold von Buch, illus-
trious geologist, who was the benefactor of some
early German settlers. To be MATTURI, a native
word for "liberality."
CARLSRUHE (or KARLSRUHE), near Water-
loo.-Named after the capital of the Grand
Duchy of Baden, meaning ''Charles' Rest." To
be KUNDEN, a native word for "resting."
EHRENBREITSTEIN ("broad stone of honor"),
a trigonometrical station 20 miles east of Lake
Callabonna.-Named after the famous Prussian
fortress which covers a rockry hill. To be
MOUNT YERILA, native name of a creek in the
vicinity, having portion of its source at Ehren-
breitstein.
FERDINAND CREEK and MOUNT FERDINAND,
in the Musgrave Ranges. Named by Ernest Giles
after Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, the famous
botanist. To be ERNABALLA CREEK, native
name applied to a waterhole on the creek, and
MOUNT WARRABILLINNA, native name applied
to a soakage in the locality.
FRIEDRICHSTADT ("Friedrieh's town or
city"), in the Hundred of Kuitpo.-To be TAN-
GARI, native word for an edible gum.
FRIEDRICHWALDE (Friedrich's forest or
wood"), in the Hundred of Waterloo.-Named
after a town in Silesia. To be TARNMA, an-
other native word for the honeysuckle.
GEBHARDT'S HILLS, eight miles south of old
Koomooloo Station.-To be TERTAMALGO HILLS,
aboriginal for "hills."
GERMAN CREEK, in the Hundred of Benara,
to be WODLIPARRI CREEK, a native word for
the Milkv Way, which the aborigines believed to
be a river.
GERMAN PASS, near Angaston.-To be TAPPA
PASS, aboriginal for "a path."
GERMANTOWN HILL, in the Mount Lofty
Ranges.-To be YARLUKE HILL, native name for
"a track."
GOTTLIEB'S WELL, south of Terowie.-To be
PARNGGI WELL, aboriginal for "deep water."
GRUNBERG, near Angaston.--Named after a
town in Silesia.- Meaning "green hill." To be
KARALTA, a native word for "green."
GRUNTHAL, in the Hundred of Onkaparinga.
Meaning "green valley." To be TUMBEELA,
abridged from the aboriginal word Tumbeeluwa,
signifying "evergeeen."
HAHNDORF, in the Hundreds of Onkaparinga
and Kuitpo.-Named after Captain D. M. Hahn,
master of the Zebra, which brought 190 German,
immigrants to South Australia in 1838. To be
YANTARINGA, native name of a hill behind
Hahndorf, meaning "big lookout."
HASSE'S MOUND, the miles north-west of Yere-
lina Station.-To be LARELAR. MOUND, native
for "round."
HEIDELBERG, a village adjoining Klemzig.
Named after a town in the Grand Duchy of
Baden. To be KOBANDILLA, a district of the
Adelaide tribe of aborigines.
HERGOTT SPRINGS, on the Great Northern
Railway -Corrupted from D. D. Herrgott, a Ger-
man botanist and collector in B. H. Babbage's
exploration party (acknowledgment to Mr.
Thomas Gill, I.S.O.). To be MARREE, which is
the official name of the Government township at
Hergott Springs.
HILDESHEIM, in the Hundred of Finniss.
Named after a cathedral town in Prussia. The
Kaiser is a Prince of Hildesheim. To be PUNT-
HARI, native word for "scrub."
HOFFNUNGSTHAL ("'Valley of Hope"), in the
Hundred of Barossa-To be KARRAWIRRA, a
native word for "red gums."
HOMBURG, HUNDRED OF.-Named after the
late hon. Robert Homburg, an Attorney-General
and a judge, of the Supreme Court, who was born
in the City of Brunswick, and arrived in South
Australia in 1837. To be the HUNDRED OF
POONDULTA, a native name applied to a well in
the hundred.
JAENSCHTOWN, in the Hundred of Mobilong.
Named after Mr. Jaensch, an early settler. To be
KERKANYA, the local aboriginal tribe's word
for "kestral hawk."
KAISERSTUHL, a prominent hill. 1,933 ft high,
in the Hundred of Moorooroo.-Named by Johann
Menge, the German geologist,- after a hill not far
from Brisack, on the Rhine, meaning "The Em-
peror's Seat" To be PATPOORI KILL, meaning
"big grass hill,'" by which name the aborigines
knew the mountain.
KLAEBES, in the Hundred of Baldina.-To be
KILTO, native for "grassy."
KLEMZIG. in the Hundred of Yatala.-Named
by German immigrants who arrived by the Prince,
George in 1838, after their native town in Prussia.
Situated on the banks of the River Torrens. To
be YARALIN, aboriginal for "flowing" or "run-
ning."
KRAUSE ROCK, south-west from Point Drum-
mond. To be MARTI ROCK, ¡aboriginal for
"rock."
KRICHAUFF, HUNDRED OF.-Named after the
late Hon. F. E. H. W. Krichauff, who was born
in Schleswig in 1824, and arrived in South Aus-
tralia in 1848, Commissioner of Publie Works in
Strangways Ministry, 1879, and credited, with be-
ing the practical originator of the South Aus-
tralian Forests Department. To be the HUNDRED
OF MUNDAWORA, aboriginal for "native black-
berry." The same name to apply to the Town of
Krichauff.
KRONSDORF, near Tanunda.-Meaning "Crown
village." To be KABMINYE, meaning " morning
star."
LANGDORF ("Long Village"), near Tanunda.
To be KALDUKEE, native name for "a tuft of
feathers."
LANGMEIL ("Long Mile"), in the Hundred of
Moorooroo.-To be BILYARA, an aboriginal name
for "eagle hawk."
LOBETHAL ("Vallev of Praise"), in the Hun-
dred ef Onkaparinga.-To be MARANANGA, mean-
ing literally in the native language "my hands."
The Overland Corner tribe bestowed the name
on a well because the water could be drawn from
it by hand.
MEYER, MOUNT, a trigonometrical station in
the Kopperamanna aboriginal reserve.-To be
'MOUNT KAUTO ("saltbush.")
MULLER'S HILL, a trigonometrical station nine
mile« west of Illinawortina old station.-To be
YANDINA HILL, native name applied to a spring
in tho locality.
NEUDORF ("New Village"), in the Hundred of
Onkaparinga.-There are numerous places of the
same name in Germany and Austria. To be
MAMBURDI, an aboriginal word signifying "The
Southern Cross."
NEUKIRCH ("New Church"), in the Hundred
of Belvidere.-To be PANGARINDA, meaning
"evening twilight" in the native tongue.
NEW HAMBURG, in the Hundred of Bremer.
To be WILLYAROO, meaning "to invoke a good
harvest."
NEW MECKLENBURG, in the Hundred of
Nuriootpa.-To be PUTPAYERTA, the aboriginal
name for the fertile district in this locality.
OLIVENTHAL ("Olive Valley"). in the Hundred
of Talunga.-To be PUMAMPE, meaning
"valley."
PAECH, HUNDRED OF-Named after the late
Mr Friedrich Wilhelm Paech, M.P.. who was
born at Friedrichstadt near Hahndorf. To be
the HUNDRED OF CANNAWIGARA, the name of
one of the six clans of the Tatiara tribe, cor-
rupted from its original spelling Camiaguigara;
also the name of the railway-station in the hun-
dred.
PETERSBURG.-Named bv Peter > Oocke,
then in Germany, the original owner of the town
site. Native name. Nelia, a corruption of Nullya,
meaning unrecorded. To be NULLYA.
PFLAUM. HUNDRED OF.-Named after Mr.
Friedrich Jacob Theodor Pflaum, who occupied a
seat in the House of Assembly from 1902 until
1915, and who was born in 1846 at Itzehoe, Hol-
stein, and arrived in South Australia in 1867. To
be the HUNDRED OF GEEGEELA, native name
at the old station in this locality.
RHINE PARK, a locality of 10 settlcrs in the
Hundred of Angas.-To be KONGOLIA, meaning
"blossom of gumtrees."
RHINE HILL, a trigonometrical station in the
Hundred of North Rhine.-To be MIKURTA HILL,
meaning "mountain."
RHINE RIVER, named by Johann Menge, "not
because of any similarity of this river to that in
Germany, but because I convinced myself that
this valley will once yield a similar quantity and
quality of wine as that in Germany, as son as it
shall be cultivated." To be PONGAREE RIVER,
meaning "shade reflection in water."
RHINE VILLA, in the Hundred of Angas.-To
be PONGAREE VILLA.
RHINE (NORTH), HUNDRED OF.-To be the
HUNDRED-OF WILTOWONGA NORTH, meaing
"eagle's egg" (name furnished by Mr. W.
Gilbert, of Pewsey Yale).
RHINE (SOUTH), HUNDRED OF.-To be the
HUNDRED, OF WILTOWONGA SOUTH
ROSENTHAL, in the Hundred of Nuriootpa.
There are towns of the same name in Saxony and
Austria- Meaning;. "Rose Valley." To be KOMBO,
a native designation of '"rainbow."
SCHERK. HUNDRED OF.-Named after Mr.
Johann Theodor Scherk, who sat in the House of
Assembly from 1886 to 1902 Born in the city
of Kiel, Holstein, in 1836. and arrived in South
Australia in 1861. To be the HUNDRED OF
PINTUMBA, the native name of a well in this
locality.
SCHOENTHAL ("Beautiful Valley'"), in the
Hundred of Onkaparinga.-To be BOONGALA,
meaning "shade."
SCHOMBURGK, HUNDRED OF.-Named after
the late Dr. Richard von Schomhurgk, Director
of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, brother of Sir
Robert Schombungk. Consul at Bankok; born at
Fribault, Saxony, in 1811, and arrived in South
Australia in the forties. To be the HUNDRED
OF KOERADKO, meaning "meeting-place of the
tribe."
SEPPFLTS, a railwsy-station on the Angaston
line.-Named after the late Mr. .T. E. Seppelt,
founder of the well-known winery, who was a
native of Silesia, and arrived in South Australia
in 1849. To be PINJETTA, meaning "sugar and
other sweet things."
SCHREIBERHAU, near Tanunda. Named after
a village marking the highest place in Silesia.
To be WARRE, meaning "high up."
SIEGERSDORF ("Village of Victory"), in the
County of Light-To be BULTAWILTA, meaning
"stout-heartcl. fearless, bold, brave."
STEINFELD, ("Stone Field"), in the Hundred
of Anna.-To be BURNYA, meaning "stone."
SUMMERFELDT: ("Summer Field"), in the
Hundred of Tungkillo.-To be WORLTATTI,
meaning "Summer."
VOGELSANG'S CORNER, nine miles from
Robertstown.-German meaning, "Bird Song"
To be TEERKOORE, - an aboriginal word for
"Love birds."
VON DOUSSA, HUNDRED OF.-Named after
the Hon. Alfred von Doussa, M.L.C. (who was
born on the site of Chalmers Church, North-ter-
race, Adelaide), in recognition of the part he
played in the opening of the Pinnaroo country.
To be the HUNDRED OF WINIKEBERICK. a
native name bestowed on a water in this locality.
WUSSER'S NOB. four miles east of Leigh
Creek railway station.-To be KARUN NOB, a
native word for "hill."
IS A BILL REQUIRED?
Mr. Ponder enquired in the House of
Assembly on Tuesday-whether a Bill to
change the German names of town and
places would be introduced during the pre-
sent session. The Premier, in reply, said
he did not think it would be necessary to
bring in a Bill to effect the proposed
changes. He would look into the matter.
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