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Peterborough is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway. It was originally named Petersburg after the landowner, Peter Doecke, who sold land to create the town. It was one of 69 places in South Australia renamed in 1917 due to anti-German sentiments during World War I.
In April 2017 Elders on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula raised $25,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and in November of the same year became a major sponsor of the Flying Doctor unveiling a new aircraft bearing the Elders logo, [37] part of a three-year $300,000 sponsorship.
The property prices are soaring in major cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart. [3] The median house price in Sydney peaked at $780,000 in 2016. [4] However, with stricter credit policy and reduced interest from foreign investors in residential property, prices have started falling in all the major cities.
The diggers' homes scheme that provided a basis for the pensioners' cottage designs was undertaken by the Cairns and District branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA) in 1937. Built to house "burnt-out" former soldiers, the scheme comprised six small timber cottages, fully furnished with electricity ...
This is a list of historic houses or notable homesteads located in Australia. The list has been sourced from a variety of national, state and local historical sources including those listed on the Australian Heritage Database , on the various heritage registers of the States and territories of Australia , or by the National Trust of Australia .
A real-estate bubble is a form of economic bubble normally characterised by a rapid increase in market prices of real property until they reach unsustainable levels relative to incomes and rents, and then decline. Australian house prices rose strongly relative to incomes and rents during the late 1990s and early 2000s; however, from 2003 to ...
Corporate Town of Peterborough council, c. 1901 The Corporate Town of Peterborough was a local government area in South Australia centred on the town of Peterborough . It came into existence on 7 October 1886 when it separated from the surrounding District Council of Yongala .
Real Property Act 1860 (24 Vict. c. 11), Real Property Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 22) Status: Expired The Real Property Act 1858 , 21 Vict. c. 15, is the short title of an act of the Parliament of South Australia , with the long title " An Act to simplify the Laws relating to the transfer and encumbrance of freehold and other interests in Land ".