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  2. NOMENCLATURE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    —Scotia's First Settlement.— Strathalbyn may be regarded as Scotia's first settlement in South Australia. Mr. J. W. Elliott (Editor of ...

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  6. OWEN.

    Sir—Among the missing derivations in a recent chapter of Nomenclature was Owen, a township on the Ba[?]klava Railway. I am able to tell you that it takes its name ...

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  7. O.B. FLAT.

    Sir—I see that in your very interesting articles on the Nomenclature of South Australia you have omitted O.B. Flat, a lovely and fertile flat extending from four ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. AMPLIFICATION.

    Sir—Perhaps it is not generally known that the original township at Port Pirie was surveyed by, I believe, Messrs. Solomon, Moss, & Beck, and was all the land ...

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  10. REEVES PLAINS.

    Sir—I have been reading with much interest your articles on the names of the various places and towns in South Australia. and pleased to help you in regard ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. BOOKABLE.

    Sir—Bookable was omitted in your Nomenclature. It is a native word for “bad water” and was applied to a brackish waterhole. Since then good water has been ...

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  13. HIGHERCOMBE.

    Sir—You did not deal with Highercombe in Nomenclature. It was named by the late Mr. G. A. Anstey, and means “nigher valley” (from the Devonshire). Mr. ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. INGLEWOOD.

    Sir—I see that one of your correspondents gives facts about the name Inglewood. Now, I would like him to tell us who lives in the township of Inglewood, ...

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  15. A WORD FROM TARCOOLA.

    Sir—Re the first elephant in South Australia seen ploughing at Gepp's Cross. Mr. Gerald William Tolmer, of Tarcoola, now an aged man. lived near Unley when a boy, ...

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  16. MELROSE.

    Sir—Despite what “An Australian” says. I maintain that the Scottish origin of the name Melrose, as originally published in Nomenclature, is correct. The facts are ...

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  18. UNDYING BALHANNAH.

    Sir—Reading in the Register of Saturday morning "The Nomen[?]ture of South Australia" I thought it would be interesting to tell the real origin of the name of ...

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  19. PRESERVE THE NATIVE NAMES.

    Sir—All patriotic Australians possessed of common sense and appreciation for the [?]ness of things cannot but regret that aboriginal names were not adopted or ...

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