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Stones, Plaques &
Memorials
KINGSTON SOUTH EAST, SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIA
Researcher/Photographer:
Gwen Waters
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Place |
Inscription |
Surname or Organisation |
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Kingston South East South Australia Australia |
The brigantine
“Maria” bound from Port Adelaide to Hobart wrecked on Margaret Brock Reef in
June 1840 Erected by the
National Trust of South Australia in memory of the survivors who landed near
this spot and set out to walk to the nearest settlement at Encounter Bay. All were murdered by
the Milmendjuri clan of the Tanganekald
tribe of Aborigines near Lakes Albert and Alexandrina. They were Captain
William E Smith and his wife, Passengers Mr & Mrs Samuel Denham and
family of five, Mrs York and
infant daughter James Strutt, Mr & Mrs George Greenshield, Mr & Mrs Thomas Daniel, Mr A Murray
and nine members of the crew. The two natives who
instigated the massacre were executed by a police party at Pilgari, near the scene of the mass murder. Unveiled by Hurtle
Morphett, Esqu., MC, President of the National
Trust of South Australia 18th
February 1966 |
MILMENDJURI CLAN TANGANEKALD TRIBE SMITH DENHAM YORK STRUTT GREENSHIELD DANIEL MURRAY MORPHETT |
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Kingston South East South Australia Australia |
In Memory of Ethel
Watson Who was laid to rest
5th July 1954 in the Kingston Cemetery, locally known as Queen
Ethel and a member of the Muandik Tribe. She was the last
full blood Aborigine to reside in the Kingston district, where her
descendants now live. She passed away in her 80th year. This plaque was
unveiled on the 14th November 1971 by Robert Edwards
FRAI/FRCS Curator (of
Anthropology) South Australian Museum, Chairman of the National Trust
Regional Museums and Aboriginal Relics Committee of SA. This memorial was
constructed by the Kingston Branch of the National Trust |
WATSON MUANDIK TRIBE EDWARDS |
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Kingston South East
South Australia Australia |
Australia 1788-1988 National Trust Coach
Re-enactment Bullocky –
Malcolm Cameron The last of sixty
carriers in this area. Credited with
cutting and carting piles for the jetty and Maria footbridge, also worked
below Darwin carrying railway sleepers for a time. This plaque
presented by relatives site where Malcolm grazed his
bullocks until 1935. |
CAMERON |
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Kingston to
Millicent Road Reedy Creek nr Kingston South East
South Australia Australia |
Australia 1788-1988 Near this site
8.5.1881 Trooper Harry
Edmonds Pearce aged 24 was brutally attacked and stabbed by prisoner arrested
nearby. Pearce died in Kingston 8 days later. Prisoner was retaken near Reedy
Creek, tried and hanged Mt Gambier. Pearce was second SA
policeman to die on duty. Unveiled by
Commissioner David Hunt 15.5.1981 |
PEARCE HUNT |
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Kingston to
Millicent Road Reedy Creek nr Kingston South East
South Australia Australia |
Erected to the
memory of the crew of RAAF Anson AW678 Which accidentally
crashed at Reedy Creek on 11th August 1942 The five airmen
killed were 23964 Sgt. William
Nathaniel Higham Flemming Aged 20 of Alderny, Qld 405197 Sgt. John
Edward Moorhouse Aged 27 of
Bundaberg, Qld. 410476 Lac. Charles
Thomas Fletcher Aged 28 of
Warburton, Vic 410473
Lac.
William Ross Bremner Fenton Aged 20 of Mitcham, Vic 416804 Sgt. Malcolm
Albert Thiele Aged 20 of Mt
Torrens, SA This was the third
fatal aircraft accident involving an aircraft from 2 AOS |
FLEMMING MOORHOUSE FLETCHER FENTON THIELE |