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From: Phill & Lorraine Townsend <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-SA-YORKE] Two answers. Mareeba.
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:07:09 +1000
In-Reply-To: <20041010012615.56724.qmail@web54506.mail.yahoo.com>


Hello Teresa,
Thank you for your reply. I have the information you have listed below BUT
was wondering how the name came to be used in SA, twice and in WA, once, and
what the origin was of the name in those places.
Regards,
Lorraine
on 10/10/2004 11:26 AM, teresa jack at wrote:

> I have two answers for recent queries.
>
> Mareeba is supposedly a local Aboriginal term meaning 'meeting of the waters'
> or 'place to meet'. The town was first settled by John Atherton in 1880. A
> monument at the northern end of the town declares: 'John Atherton - 1837-1917.
> Pioneer of the Tableland. Founder of Mareeba. Settled at Emerald End Station
> on the 'Barron' 1876. Discovered tin and named locality Tinaroo. Led party to
> Wild River (Herberton) where he had previously discovered tin. Erected
> Mareeba's first house near this site 1880'.
>
>

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