Some EDMONDS images....
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1855 sub-division map of Old Noarlunga
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An early water colour Old Noarlunga. Wm B Edmonds'
brewery would be behind the large gum at the left
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Yankalilla Christ Church 1880
Mary Louisa Puplett was baptised here
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Some more EDMONDS material....
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Transcript of the WILL of JOHN HINTON EDMONDS
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010544 JOHN HINTON EDMONDS deceased
South Australia Testamentary Causes Jurisdiction
Be it known that on the nineteenth day of Novenber 1889 the last Will and Testament (a copy whereof is hereunder written) of John Hinton Edmonds formerly of Virginia in the Province of South Australia but late of North Adelaide in the said Province Gentleman deceased who died on the twenty third day of January 1889 at North Adelaide aforesaid was proved and registered in the Supreme Court of the dais Province and that administration of all and singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court ..?.. Louisa Edmonds of North Adelaide aforesaid the widow of the said deceased and Edward Ernest Dutton of Ardune near Lucindale in the said Province sheepfarmer the executors named in the said will they having been first sworn?) well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the?) first debts of the said testator?) and the legacies contained in his said will and to exhibit?) a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects and to render?) a just and true account thereof whenever required by ..?.. so to do ...
Sworn under BP45
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This is the last Will and Testament of me John Hinton Edmonds late of Virginia in the Pr of S A but now of North Ad I t s Pr Gentleman I devise?) and bequeath all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my dear wife Mary Louisa Edmonds subject as to trust?) and mortgages estates?) to the equities?) reflecting?) the same respectively I appoint my said wife guardian of my infant children during their respective minorities and I appoint my said wife and Edward Ernest Dutton of Ardune near Lucindale I t s Pr Sheepfarmer Executors of this my will In witness thereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight – John Hinton Edmonds – signed ... in the presence of ... – Elizabeth Kate Ridgeway Saleswoman North Adelaide – Emily Cozens Lady Help North Adelaide.
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Eliz Kate Ridgeway is Mary’s sister
Emily (“Topsy”) Cozens dau of George Cozens of Sunnybank Minburra, married Wm Leslie at Minburra PO (res of brides parents) 7/1/1891
This tag is the SA State Lib Archives. This guy was on the ship with Wm B & Eliz A Edmonds when they returned to SA in 1840.
The George Pike Diary "Fairlie" to SA 1840
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Some EDMONDS and PUPLETT newspaper extracts....
Some EDMONDS newspaper bits re Old Noarlunga....
Jan 1856
NOTES OF A HOLIDAY RAMBLE TO THE SOUTH.
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The South-road has been greatly improvod during the last three years. Whether all has been done that might have been done with the means available I cannot say, but cer- tainly the road is much more passable than it was. There is still, however, much room for further emendations.
The part at present most deserving of condemnation is the descent into Noarlunga, which is truly execrable. It is all the more deserving of censure because an easy road would be very practicable. The only conceivable reason for making the road take its present dangerous and circuitous route is that all travellers should be compelled to pass along the Horseshoe township. But such a com- pulsion ought not to be recognised by the Central Road Board.
It is quite true that main roads should be so laid out as to furnish the maximum of accommodation to the districts through which they pass, but they should not be diverted from their natural course simply to improve private property. The inhabitants of Noarlunga have surely no right to demand that every traveller to Willunga shall risk his life by driving down a breakneck hill, and then travel along a flat which is sometimes under water in winter time, when the danger and discomfort might all be avoided by making the road straight instead of crooked. They have no vested interest in the lives and limbs of passers-by, nor any right to insist that all tra- vellers shall pass their doors. If there must be a sacrifice of interest anywhere, the little township should give way to the great public, and not the great public to the little township.
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April 1859
THE SOUTHERN RACES.
This usually attractive meeting came off on Thursday, ïth April, at Noarlunga, over the same course as last year ; and, notwithstanding that only one day was this year allowed for the sports instead of two, a change owing probably to many causes, but more especially to that old and disheartening an- noyance, "the badness of the times." there was nothing wanted to stamp the events of the day and the meeting altogether as fully equal to the Southern Baces of any pre- vious year.
The thriving little township of Noarlunga, situated in and on a bight of land shaped like a "horse-shoe" -almost encircled by tlie ever-flowing and limpid waters of the Onkaparinga - and by which name, "The Horse- shoe,' ' it has been long and familiarly known, was all alive on the day preceding the races.
The occasional entry of visitors from Adelaide, from Port Elliot, Willunga, Mount Barker, and other sporting localities, with their nags, some to win, some to lose, created quite a stir, and tended-to impart an unusual liveliness and bustle to everything and everybody. Accommodation was speedily obtained for all in two respect- able and well-regulated hotels -stabling provided, and all necessary arrangements made for the morrow.
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