Australian Placenames file
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| Adelaide is the state capital of South Australia, and in our genealogies a recurring port of arrival, for many German people, Lutherans and others, chose to emigrate there after experiencing difficulties in their homeland. | It was also a place where many English settlers came, and today it is considered to be the most 'English' of the Australian cities. | | |
| Banana is a small truck stop on the road between Moura and Rockhampton. Nowadays it consists of a handful of houses and two service stations, but in days gone past it was an important staging post for settlers travelling north inland from the downs country behind Brisbane to Rockhampton. Banana lies in the shallow Dawson valley, and is about halfway between Biloela and Moura. See also the Banana cemetery. | | ||||||||
| Bowen is an interesting place. It is located at the far northern edge of the coastline and hills that define the Whitsunday Islands tourist area, and was one of the first substantial ports on the Queensland coast. In those early years it was called 'Port Denison', and was the only international arrivals point between Cooktown, in the north of the state, and Maryborough, the next south. | It was also important for its relative nearness to the goldfields of Ravenswood, inland and NW of the port proper. For many year Port Denison was the only access point, with its good harbour and convenient location. Unfortunately there were many rivers and creeks to the north, in particular the Burdekin River, and this made travel in the Wet a serious problem for graziers and goldminers alike. Eventually this led to the development of Townsville as a port, for it was more conveniently located even if it had no useful harbour. Today Bowen is reinventing itself. The climate is dry and not too humid, and with limited but reliable rainfall it is an ideal location for market gardens, and it is here that much of the state's capsicum, bean, tomato and melon crops are grown. In addition, it provides the access to the Collinsville coalfield, some 85 km inland, from which there is a rail link to the nearby bulk coal terminal. Physically it is only moderately attractive, being a little beyond the green Whitsunday hills, and a little too close to the coast to gain scenic benefit from the escarpment inland. The river Don runs occasionally nearby, and there are some nice little beaches just outside the tidy township. There is also a good sized cemetery. | ||||||||
| A small junction town some 300 km inland from Mackay, on the road between Emerald and Clermont. Has a grain loading facility for the railways, is quite near several coal mines such as Gregory, Oaky Creek, and German Creek. See also the cemetery. | | ||||||||
| On the road from Townsville to Mt. Isa, across the Gulf country, you will pass through the historic town of Charters Towers. This was originally a gold mining town, and while there are still mines in the vicinity the focus is now on cattle.
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| Fremantle is nowadays part of Greater Perth city, but originally it was the port town. It is located at the mouth of the lagoon-like Swan River, and huddles around the various port installations there. | Much of the older part is built of sandstone and today considerable effort has gone into restoration work. It is now considered the cultural heart of Perth, and not long ago the defence of the America's Cup was held here. It is a beautiful spot, sunny and with a glorious view out into the Sound, the body of water that extends south to the Navy base. The offshore arm of that sound is broken into islands that act as a barrier to the wild swells that thunder in from the Southern Ocean. The mouth of the river is quite narrow, and only navigable because in the late 1880's the barrier rock was blasted away by enterprising engineers. It would be expected that as a consequence there would be strong tides flowing in and out of the aperture, especially given than not far in are two large lake-sized bodies of water. The truth is stranger; Perth sits on a part of the coastline that has virtually no tide, and as a result the water flows quite slowly. | | | ||||||
| Kissing Point seems to have been a common name for the new colonists. It was located on the northern edge of the Parramatta River in what is now called Ryde. At that time it was in an area known as the 'Eastern Farms'. | | ||
| Maldon is approximately 2-3 hours drive from Melbourne and is near Castlemaine. Maldon is in the gold mining area of Victoria and is now classified as "Australia's First Notable Town". Mount Tarrengower is a dominant feature. Mike Subritzky suggests that Maldon's picturesque and historical aspect may have more to do with g'g'grandfather Wagener's bricks than any innate beauty of its own... | | ||
| Mt. Isa is a mining town far to the west in Queensland, Australia. The mine and smelter there deals with lead, copper and gold ores, and now there is also a plant producing acid that is used in a fertiliser plant at Monument, about 80 km south. The town lies in folded hill country that is at once beautiful and barren, but which has some spectacular gorges and fishing rivers. To the NW are the famous Riversleigh fossils, where traces of giant wombats and meat-eating kangaroos are being found. | | ||
| Located on the main north highway just inland from Gladstone, in Australia's Queensland. Historically it was one of the first dairying areas in the state. | | ||
| Nebo was once known as Fort Cooper. It lies about 80 km almost directly inland from Mackay, in Queensland, and is nowadays a cattle town, although there are service industries for the nearby coal mines. Just south of Nebo the rail line from the coast to the inland mines crosses the quite forested rolling uplands. See also the cemetery details. | | ||
Meaning 'The place the eels sleep' | Parramatta is located in NSW at the western reaches of the Sydney Harbour, and was the place first used for agricultural settlement in the colonial world of 1791, when it was called Rose Hill. To reach Parramatta it was at that time necessary to voyage up the Parramatta River as far as was possible. Nowadays it is a suburb of greater Sydney. See also the cemetery details. | St. Johns Cemetery on line | |
| Stanwell lies on the inland route from Rockhampton, in Queensland. Nowadays it is the main coal-fired power station for the region. Check out the cemetery here. | | ||
| Temp list Ararat, VIC Bajool, QLD Baralaba, QLD Beaudesert, QLD Blackwater, QLD Caboolture, QLD Charters Towers, QLD Chinchilla, QLD Cloncurry, QLD Comet, QLD Dalby, QLD Dimboola, VIC Fawkner, VIC Geelong, VIC Hervey Bay, QLD Horsham, VIC Jeparit, VIC Laidley, QLD Lilydale, VIC Liverpool, NSW Minyip, VIC Moe, VIC Moura, QLD Mount Morgan, QLD Muddy Creek, VIC Murrayville, VIC Nanango, QLD Oakey, QLD Peppers Plains, VIC Portland, VIC Rainbow, VIC Ravenswood, QLD Rockhampton, QLD Stanwell, QLD Stawell, VIC Tanunda, SA Theodore, QLD Toowoomba, QLD Warracknabeal, VIC | |||
| * | This asterisk generally indicates that the child has been officially adopted by the parents. 'Te Awe Mei ' means the same thing in Maori. |
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