Dawlish, South Australia

Dawlish in the Hundred of Erskine, 1886, Source: State Library of South Australia

Dawlish is a former government town whose site is located in the locality of Erskine north of Peterborough, South Australia.[1]

The area is arid and although a town was laid out,[2] on 8 June 1882 but it never developed. "In 1964, as there was no demand for allotments, the few that had been sold were acquired compulsorily by the Crown and reverted back [sic] to broad acres."[3]

The name comes from Devon, England, where in the Domesday Book the Town of Dawlish was recorded as Doelis or ‘hallowed place’[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Search results for "Dawlish, Gtwn" using datasets selected for 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetter'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Frazer S. Crawford, Dawlish : Hundred of Erskine, (Adelaide, 1882).
  3. 1 2 "South Australian Names" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017.

21°22′S 149°09′E / 21.367°S 149.150°E / -21.367; 149.150

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