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From: "Ruth Sawley" <>
Subject: Re: [ASYORKE] OWEN street Wallaroo
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:49:47 +0930
References: <011b01c57b4a$a7646ca0$0100007f@1610777251>


Hello Jill,

According to Rex Wiltshire in his book "Gopper to Gold" (the history of
Wallaroo) Owen Terrace was named after a local pioneer, Isaac Owen. For
other Wallaroo street names see page 106. We have a copy of this book and it
should also be in YPFHG library.

Ruth Sawley.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Morley" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:30 AM
Subject: [ASYORKE] OWEN street Wallaroo


> Hello Sheelagh
> About OWEN Street in Kadina
> So far I have nothing at all on this Street the council also has nothing -
> they do not know who it was named after.
> So in this case the only thing for me to do is to find out who the
earliest
> person by the name of OWEN are and see if he [and I say he because
> it appear there are no local women names except those after ships and
wives
> of the Governors of SA.]
>
> 1. Mayor
> 2. Worked for the Council - Chairman of the District Council - Town Clerk
> 3. State or local politics
> 4. War veteran - Boer War - WW1 - WW2 - Vietnam
> 5. Killed in one of the wars
> 6. Landholder near or on the site of the street, or area.
> 7. Prominent figure of a Church in the area
> 8. Education Official
> 9. Other
>
> Researching, hunting collecting and compiling information for a project
> The Streets of the COPPER COAST - for the towns KADINA, MOONTA, PASKEVILLE
> and WALLAROO
> [Yorke Peninsula in South Australia] and the PEOPLE and HISTORY of the
name
> behind them.
> If you have information about any of the streets belonging to one of
these
> towns please
> can you email me
> Full credit in the final document will be given to you for any information
> and help that you offer.
> Jill in Kadina SA.
>
>
>
>
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