Morgan, South Australia
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Morgan is a town in South Australia on the right bank of the Murray River, just downstream of where it turns from flowing roughly westwards to roughly southwards. It is about 161 kilometres (100 mi) north east of Adelaide, and about 315 kilometres (196 mi) upstream of the Murray Mouth.
History
Several Indigenous names are recorded: Korkoranna for Morgan itself, Koolpoola for the opposite flats, and Coerabko ('Katarapko'), meaning meeting place, for the bend locality.
The first Europeans to visit were the expedition of Charles Sturt, who passed by in a rowboat in 1830. The first Europeans to visit overland, by horseback, in March 1838, was the expedition of Hill, Oakden, Willis, and Wood.[10] They noted a large Indigenous population. The locality was originally known to Europeans as the North West Bend, or Nor'west Bend, or Great South Bend, due to an acute change in the trend and direction of the Murray. The westward flowing stream of the river turns here to flow southward. The nearby pioneering pastoral station, Northwest Bend Station, established in the 1840s, still bears that name.
The town was proclaimed in 1878, the year the
Heritage listings
Morgan has a number of heritage-listed buildings, including:
- Railway Terrace: Morgan railway station and Station Master's House[11]
- 11 Railway Terrace: Post Office Row[12]
- 25 Railway Terrace: Landseer's Store[13]
- Morgan Wharf[14]
Modern Morgan
Morgan today is well known for its number of
Despite these new developments, many historic buildings remain in the town. A number of these buildings have signs showing their former use and appearance. The two hotels, both historic, sit opposite each other, facing the riverfront. A caravan park is sited near the riverfront. Morgan is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, the state electoral district of Stuart, and the federal Division of Barker.
During
The wasp Pseudofoenus morganensis Jennings & Austin 2002 (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) is named after the town of Morgan.[15]
Gallery
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Uniting Church
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Post Office
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Museum
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War Memorial
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Lutheran Church
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Morgan Institute
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RSL
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Terminus Hotel
See also
- Cadell Training Centre
- Murray River crossings
References
- ^ a b "Search result for Morgan, GTWN' with the following datasets selected - 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Counties', 'Postcode', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories', 'Roads', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Morgan (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Morgan, William (25 April 1878). "Unnamed proclamation under the " Crown Lands Consolidation Act" re the Town of Morgan" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. pp. 973–974. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ WEATHERILL, J. (27 March 2003). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the Mid Murray Council)" (PDF). the South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1184. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Electoral district of Chaffey". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Chronicle newspaper, 7 July 1932, pp. 42–43.
- ^ "Ngaiawang (SA)". Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Nganguruku (SA)". Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "NOTES OF AN EXCURSION TO THE MURRAY, BY MESSRS. HILL, WOOD, WILLIS AND OAKDEN. BY JOHN OAKDEN, Esq". South Australian Gazette And Colonial Register. South Australia. 17 March 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 30 March 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Morgan Railway Station & Station Master's House". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Post Office Row (Five attached shops and dwellings at rear)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Landseer's Store". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Morgan Wharf". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ Jennings, J. T. and A. D. Austin, 2002, Systematics and distribution of world hyptiogastrine wasps (Hymenoptera : Gasteruptiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16(5) 735 – 811. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT01048 |access-date=14 August 2021
External links
Further reading
- Marfleet, Brian, (2006), The Morgan Project, .
- White, J. W. R.; (1977), Morgan Centenary 1878-1978: Commemoration Book, Morgan Centenary Committee, Morgan, South Australia (ISBN 0 9596361 0 2).