Historical information

This book gives information on the place names of South Australia and the origins of the names. It was compiled by Ronald Praite and John Tolley in 1970 and so is somewhat out of date as more place names would have to be added today. European settlement began in South Australia in 1836.

Significance

This book is of minor interest to those in the Warrnambool area and may be useful for those researchers whose families have some connection to early South Australian history.

Physical description

This is a hard cover book of 208 pages. The cover is dark red with the names of the book and the authors on the spine. The dust cover has a colour photograph of a South Australian panorama on the front and a plain green back cover. The book has a Foreword, Sources of Reference, Acknowledgements, Introduction and an alphabetical listing of South Australian place names and the origins of the names. There are many black and white photographs supplied by the South Australian Tourist Bureau. There is some colour fading on the dust cover.

Inscriptions & markings

Front Cover: ‘Place Names of South Australia’
‘R.Praite’
‘J.C.Tolley’