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TEROWIE - HISTORY OF A TOWNSHIP |
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Terowie is a little town situated around 220km from the capital of South Australia, Adelaide. If you went to visit it now you would not believe that once 2000 people called Terowie "home". In 1884 it was a common site to see a string of drays, some up to 1/2 mile in length loaded with stone from local quarries to be used in the building of the then rapidly expanding township.
Now less than 200 people call Terowie home.
In 1872 John Mitchell purchased section 158 of the newly proclaimed Hundred of Terowie. It was on this site that he built The Terowie Hotel, which opened in 1874. The township of Terowie was established initially due to the release of land in the Mid North of Sth Australia that was considered suitable for the growing of Wheat.
In 1876 silver was discovered in an area just over the NSW border, this discovery helped to establish Terowie as a "hub"for the north, and by 1880 the railway too had arrived in Terowie. |
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"Two young gentlemen ages respectively 22 and 25 wish to correspond with young ladies with a matrimonial view. No factory hands or dressmakers need apply"
This ad appeared in the Nth East Time and Terowie News January 21, 1881 |
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The growth in the township from the 1870s to the 1880s was rapid, from just a Pub and General Store of the 1870s.By the 1880's Terowie boasted solicitors, a watchmaker,a hairdresser, saddler and harnessmaker, fruiterer, blacksmith, wheelwright, flourmill, chemist, butcher and The Pioneer Shaving Saloon . This was a town on the move. The growth continued into the early 1900's to include services such as bakers, drapery, Confectioner, Cattle Sale Yards, Post Office, Tinsmith, Hospital, Gym, Motor Garage and even a Coffee Palace. |
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On July 11 1920 Terowie received a Royal Visitor, HRH The Prince of Wales briefly passed through the township enroute to Adelaide. But certainly the most famous visitor to Terowie was General Douglas Mac Arthur, who along with his wife and son arrived in Terowie March 20, 1942. It was on the platform that General MacArthur vowed "I have come out of Bataan and I shall return" apparently MacArthur was fond of this saying and said it several times during the war.
TO BE CONTINUED>>>>>>>>>> |
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I have a number of photos of the early history of Terowie, I have placed these all on one page. If you wish to view them please follow this link |
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Photos from the Bob Miller Collection by Permission of The National Library of Australia. |
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