History of Mount Barker

Date: 2014 [unknown]
Location: Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Surname/tag: History_Tree

History of Mount Barker

• by Jean Trigg and Majorie Robertson (1950s)
• transcript from type-written copy of original unpublished manuscript made available by Don Goldney of Mount Barker branch of the National Trust of South Australia from documentary material originally collected by Dick Mills and contained in records of the branch
• published online at localwiki.org by Tony Finnis (Nov/Dec 2014)
• Description: Traces the establishment of Mount Barker, South Australia including short biographies of early settlers
• Contents:
  • First Ascent of Mount Barker
  • Early History
  • First Survey and Land Sales
  • A Township Planned
  • And Township
  • Aborigines
  • Transport
  • Mount Barker Road
  • Early Settlers
    • Duncan MacFarlane
    • John Barton Hack
    • Joseph May
    • Captain Francis Davidson
    • John Dunn
    • John Bull
    • Joseph Bull
    • Walter Patterson
    • John Kain, Higgins, Clancy and Murphy
    • John Frame
    • Benjamin Gray
    • Friend Cleggett and brother, Joseph
    • Paltridge Family - Phoebe 1847.
    • Charles and Thomasina Dunn
    • Victor Dumas
    • James Coppin
    • Roderick Murdoch McKenzie
    • Thomas Henry Stephenson
    • Charles Morris Dumas
    • Louis von Doussa
    • Alfred Compton Daw
    • Amos Howard
    • Robert Barr-Smith
    • Dr Octavus Weld
    • Sarah Williams, nee Teakle
  • Religion
    • Christ Church
    • Baptist Church
    • Catholic Church
    • St. James Church, Blakiston
  • Bricks
  • Bollen's Folly
  • "Cherrington"
  • Present Buildings
    • Banks
    • Hotels
    • Postal
    • Local Court
    • District Council
    • Institute
  • Schools
    • High School
    • Convent
    • Pre-School Kindergarten
  • Medical
  • Timber
  • Heavy Industries
  • Tannery
  • Dairying
    • Butter Factory and Jacobs Ltd
  • Agricultural Society
  • Electricity
  • Hunt Club
  • Red Cross
  • Ambulance
  • Mothers and Babies Health Assoc.
  • Country Womens' Assoc. (C.W.A.)
  • Caledonian Society
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Sporting Bodies
  • Volunteer Fire Brigade
  • Memoirs
    • Mrs Maud Davis (Mitchell)
    • Mr J Pope
    • Harry Paltridge (1855-1910)
    • Richard Daniels
    • John George Thomas
    • Henry Monks J.P.
    • Allan Bell
    • Bruce Barker
    • John Howard Snr.
    • J Pope

• Citation Example:

<span id='Trigg-Robertson-2014'></span>Trigg, Jean, and Robertson, Majorie. “[[Space: History of Mount Barker|History of Mount Barker]]” LocalWiki - Adelaide Hills. National Trust of South Australia: Mount Barker branch, 2014. https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/History_of_Mount_Barker.

• Inline Citation Example:

<ref>[[#Trigg-Robertson-2014|Trigg, Robertson. 2014]]. Section 'Rodrick Murdoch McKenzie'</ref>

• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Available online at these locations:

• https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/History_of_Mount_Barker