Hundred Of Bower
Bower is a town in South Australia, approximately halfway between Eudunda and Morgan on the Thiele Highway.
The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people. The name Bower honours David Bower, a South Australian Member of Parliament (1865 – 1887) who donated land in the state for institutional purposes. By 1916, Bower had become a dispatch centre for mallee timber and roots. These were loaded at the railway station on the Morgan railway line and sent to Adelaide. Bower Public School operated in the town between 1917 and 1960, replacing an earlier Lutheran school forcibly closed during World War I.
The historic Lime Kiln Ruins on Bower Boundary Road are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bower (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "The Area – Its Settlement and Development": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
- ^ "The Manning Index of South Australian History". State Library South Australia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ "Bower Railway-Station". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 November 1916. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ Dreckow, Betty (1986). Hills, Valley and Plains: History of the Eudunda District. p. 141.
- ^ "CLOSING GERMAN SCHOOLS". Daily Herald. Vol. 8, no. 2260. South Australia. 18 June 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lime Kiln Ruins". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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