Peters Hill, South Australia

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Peters Hill
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Peters Hill
Highest point
Elevation 518 m (1,699 ft)
Coordinates 34°10′42.02″S138°49′56.17″E / 34.1783389°S 138.8322694°E / -34.1783389; 138.8322694 Coordinates: 34°10′42.02″S138°49′56.17″E / 34.1783389°S 138.8322694°E / -34.1783389; 138.8322694  
Geography
Location South Australia, Australia
Parent range Belvidere Range

Peters Hill, (518m), formerly Peter's Hill (the possessive apostrophe being officially deleted in December 1940) [1] is the highest peak in the Belvidere Range of hills in South Australia, a northern extension of the Mount Lofty Ranges.

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Description

Peters Hill sits atop a north-south ridge about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the surveyed town of Hamilton and around 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) nearly due east of the town of Riverton. The surrounding country supports grazing on the higher peaks and dry grain farming on the slopes and plains.[ citation needed ]

Naming

Peters Hill has been named as such since as early as 1842. It may have been named after William Peter, a Scottish grazier who in 1841 pioneered European settlement in this district. His sheep runs extended all round this hill, one of his head stations being nearby. [2] [ circular reference ] "Peter's Hill" is shown on the western ridge of an 1842 plan of the Light River valley. "Mr Peter's Head Station" is shown on the eastern slopes of the valley. named on a survey plan drawn up in 1842 for the Secondary Towns Association. [3]

Other history sources have suggested alternative origins for the name. [4] Among these are the Manning Index. [5] This identifies three sources for the hill's name. One is William Spence Peter, as already mentioned. Another asserts it was named after “Peter Inkster (c.1829-1917), an early settler.”, [4] [5] However, Inkster's obituary said that he did not migrate to South Australia until later, by which time the name had been in use for some time. [6] Lastly, it may have been named "Petatz Hill" after Martin Petatz, a Wendish settler who owned a nearby property. However, Petatz’s name is not recorded in official records as a landholder. [4] [5] More likely, Petatz is simply a translated form of the name Peter.

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References

  1. ↑ "FORTY-THREE TOWN NAMES CHANGED, Premier's Home Town Among Them". The Advertiser. 6 December 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Search result for "Peters Hill" (Record number SA0054601)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Hailes, J. C. (James Chaplin); Secondary Towns Association (London, England) (1842), Plan of the two special surveys on the River Light [cartographic material], Published by J.C. Hailes, 104, Leadenhall Street, for the Secondary Towns Association
  4. 1 2 3 "Peters Hill". Gazetteer. Government of South Australia. 15 April 2014. SA0054601. Retrieved 2 August 2020– via Location SA Viewer.
  5. 1 2 3 Manning, G. H. "Peters Hill". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "PERSONAL". The Advertiser . LIX, (18, 211). South Australia. 24 February 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)


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