Gould Genealogy and History

This new third edition, completely updated and revised, now contains about 80% more content, as well as over 200 photographs … and for the first time it has been released on CD-ROM.

It has been said that place names of South Australia are intricately interwoven with the fabric of its history, they bear a close relationship with the discovery, exploration, survey and settlement of the colony. The names implanted by the early settlers reflects the cultural and historical influences, which have moulded its society.

This will answer many questions about the origins of South Australian settlements and place names. In South Australia the names of English suburbs are placed alongside Irish towns and next to German or Scottish hamlets. The original meanings of names such as Aldgate, Brompton, Cheltenham, Lobethal, Craigburn and Lochiel are given, together with their reuse in the new land.

This publication is a history, not simply a reference tool. Most entries describe the circumstances of the naming as well as the derivation of the name itself, and if this is not available, other historical detail is provided. In a way the book is a gazetteer setting out succinct histories of towns, suburbs, landscape features and other named localities in South Australia, past as well as present. The use of original records also exposes several inaccuracies in existing historical works.

This new edition on CD-ROM, is fully searchable on any word. A bonus that comes with the CD edition only, is a facsimile of Rodney Cockburn's 'Nomenclature of South Australia', a classic work which was originally published in 1908.

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