Place Names Register Extract
Auvergne
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Auvergne |
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| Type Designation | Homestead |
| Place Id | 10518 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -15° 41' S (Decimal degrees -15.68359) | |
| Longitude: 130° 00' E (Decimal degrees 130.00966) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Baines | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Victoria-Daly Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | The name Auvergne is believed to have been applied by John Arthur Macartney around 1884, following the South Australian Government granting the land to E G Mayne and himself in partnership. The partnership sold the stock and land rights of Auvernge to Conner and Doherty in 1896. J A Macartney was a son of an Anglican clergyman of aristocratic lineage, who migrated from Ireland with his family to Port Phillip in 1848. It is believed that Macartney had a classical education in France. |
Register & Gazettal information
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