MOUNT GAMBIER
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 940
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
MOUNT GAMBIER
, a town of Grey county, South Australia, 305 M. by rail S.E. of Adelaide
.
It stands on the northern base of the mountain of the same name, an extinct volcano
.
It is a handsome town with many fine buildings of See also: - WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
and grey and red dolomite, which abound in the neighbourhood, the See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of St Paul being the finest edifice of its kind outside Adelaide
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The agricultural society has a good showground where two shows are held annually
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Two splendid lakes lie near the town—Blue Lake, 16o acres in extent, and Valley Lake, 97 acres, from the first of which the water- supply of the town is derived
.
Mount Gambier is the centre of one of the richest grain-growing districts in Australia
.
Pop
.
(1901), 3162; and including the suburbs, about 8000
.
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