Jamestown

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"Jamestown, originally inhabited by the Ngadjuri people, was first explored by Edward John Eyre and his party in 1839. European pastoralists settled the area around Jamestown a few years later, running sheep on large pastoral stations. Following the passing of the Wastelands Amendment Act (Strangways Act) in 1869, the stations were opened up for agricultural settlement, with the prime aim being to increase wheat production. The land was surveyed into 100 square mile areas, known as Hundreds, and the district’s first farmers (purchasing up to 640 acres each) arrived in time to sow their first crop in the autumn of 1871. Surveyed in the Hundred of Belalie, the township of Jamestown was named after Governor of the day, Sir James Fergusson (whose Scottish background is reflected in many of Jamestown’s street names). Agriculture in the district developed rapidly, and with Bundaleer Forest established during this time as well, a myriad of opportunities opened up for enterprising business men and women."

Extract from "Visit Jamestown". Read the town's full history here (www.visitjamestown.com.au).

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from Jamestown

MARA, Clarence John

Service number R2393
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 22 Dec 1896

CLIFT, Walter John

Service number 3787
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Apr 1879

JONES, Stanley Reginald

Service number 71
Private
1st South Australian Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents
Born 1 Oct 1876

FOUBISTER, Bertram Stanley

Service number 2077
Private
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 15 Jul 1896

HARFIELD, William Arthur John

Service number 3138
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 23 Sep 1896

BROWN, Lawrence Victor

Service number 2788
Corporal
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 Feb 1891

SAINT, William Matthew

Service number 2403
Private
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

MINTERN, Alan John

Service number 1702
Corporal
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

Memorials

Showing 4 memorials of interest from Jamestown

Jamestown Soldiers Memorial Gardens

Corner Irvine St and Doon Terrace
Jamestown, Northern Areas - South Australia, Australia

Jamestown Presbyterian Church WW1 Honor Roll

Irvine Street
Jamestown, Northern Areas - South Australia, Australia

Jamestown Yatina Public School Roll of Honour

Mannanarie Road
Jamestown, Northern Areas - South Australia, Australia

Jamestown Trooper Goodes Boer War Memorial

Cnr Irvine & Ayr Streets
Jamestown, Northern Areas - South Australia, Australia

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