Patawalonga & The Reedbeds, Holdfast Bay

The main Primary Sources used in compiling this site are:-

The Royal Geographical Society Of S.A. Inc Library

• A Brief Journal of The Proceedings of William Light, Late Surveyor-General Of The Province Of South Australia; With A Few Remarks On Some Of The Objections That Have Been Made To Them (Archibald MacDougall, Adelaide 1839)
• G.S. Kingston - Diary account of his Discovery of River Torrens
  Published in the Proceedings V11 (Supp) 19, 26

The Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Our Early Days SA First 80 Years (S.H. Watson)
  on shelf pamphlet 1984 Z994.23 W342b history of Military Road.

State Records (formerly The Public Records Office of S.A.)

• SA Parliamentary Paper No. 218 of 1883-4
  Minutes of Evidence Patawalonga River Improvement Bill

Books

• The Romance of Place Names of South Australia
  by Geoffrey H. Manning 1986
• South Australia What's in a Name?
  by Rodney Cockburn 1990 ed.
• A Geography of South Australia & The N.T.
  by Charles Fenner, D.Sc., 9th ed. 1956 (adapted diagram p.127)

Site Information

Patawalonga (Prints 5 pages)
Bibliography & Site Info (Prints 1 page)

IMAGES - Sources
- Map of Holdfast Bay coast - Colonel William Light 1836
- Block diagram of The Reed Beds - K. Crilly (adapted from Fenner)
- Sketch of the Military Bridge - Glenelg Illustrated Lee's 1896
- Map of Chamier Scheme - SAPP 218 1883-4 drawn by Demole & Farrar