Mount
Gambier was named in 1800 in honour of Lord James Gambier,
Admiral of the Fleet, by Lt. James Grant as he sailed past
in the brig Lady Nelson.
A
city since 1954, Mt Gambier is the second most populous
regional city in South Australia, lying almost midway between
Adelaide and Melbourne.
According
to the 2006 Census the population of the Mount Gambier census
area was 23,494 people, making it the 50th largest urban
area in Australia. The Blue Lake at Mt Gambier is a must
see for tourists. Supposedly it is 75 metres deep and now
fills an extinct volcanic crater. It is claimed that the
lake is only intensely blue between November and March.
Penola
was established by Alexander Cameron in the 1840s and by
the mid 1860 and was home to Australia's only saint, Mary
Mckillop who founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred
Heart. Another prominent figure in Penola's history was
Scottish-born John Riddoch, who settled in the area in 1861.
His crowning achievement was the establishment, in 1890,
of the Penola Fruit Colony, which became known as Coonawarra
in 1897.
Naracoorte
is 330 kms south east of Adelaide and was established from
the merger of two towns, Kincraig, founded in 1845 by Scottish
explorer William Macintosh, and Narracoorte, established
as a government settlement in 1847.
The name has gone through a number of spellings, and is
believed to be derived from the Aboriginal words for place
of running water or large waterhole. It grew during the
1850s as a service town for people going to and from the
Victorian gold rush. The Post Office opened on 22 March
1853 and was known as Mosquito Plains until 1861.
It
is home to the world heritage listed Naracoorte Caves National
Park, is close to the Coonawarra and Padthaway wine districts
and has a vibrant tourism industry.
The
town of Kingston (it only became Kingston South East to
distinguish it from Kingston-on-Murray) was established
when Archibald and James Cooke took up land near Maria Creek
in 1856. The town was named after the government surveyor,
George Strickland Kingston, by the Governor of South Australia,
Governor McDonnell, in 1858.
It
is a great peaceful holiday destination and one of Australia's
best crayfish fishing areas and has a seriously high (over
18 metres) lobster to let everyone know!
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