Farms

ON KANGAROO ISLAND.

KINGSCOTE (K.I.), September 4 [1905].— A most valuable sale of land on Kangaroo Island has taken place lately in Wisanga Park changing hands as a freehold property. Wisanga Park is a holding of about 3,000 acres, and has been worked as a sheep run by Strawbridgc & Co. for the past few years. It is a well-fenced holding, and sub divided into about 10 paddocks, and water ed by as many dams, and has the usual station improvements, it is hilly country with gum creeks, forming good grazing, as parts of the estate will carry over a sheep to the acre. A small portion is red mallee land suitable for farming. A well-known dealer and grazier of the south-east has purchased the major portion of the estate. —Messrs. Wiadrowski Brothers, in the Hundred of Haines, nearly 20 miles southerly from Kingscote, have 250 acres in which in starting well.— Mr. Shulz, in the Hundred of Cassini, nearly 30 miles westerly from Kingcote, has in 60 acres of crop, which looks strong and healthy. — Midway between the two last-named places on a pastoral lease south of the Hundred of Menzies there is 100 acres of good crop belonging to Mr. Dewar, which looks like 20 bushels to the acre of wheat; but it may be rather early to estimate yet. — All the above land has been cropped this year for the first time.

A series of 17 articles describing the major farms of K.I. in 1910, from the Kangaroo Island Courier, 21 May 1910 to 25 Feb 1911. At that time a Commission had been appointed to look into the economic feasibility of a railway on Kangaroo Island, and there were a lot of detractors on the mainland, including those on the Commission, arguing that farming on Kangaroo Island could not be profitable.  The articles unapologetically set out to show that this was not correct

As a background, read Kangaroo Island. - Not a Paradise (1909, April 10). Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail (SA : 1898 - 1918), p. 3.  a disparaging letter from Mr.  Harry Jackson M.P., a member of the Kangaroo Island Railway Commission.

See  also

• LATEST TELEGRAMS. (1908, March 7). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191630663
• KANGAROO ISLAND RAILWAY POSTPONED. (1909, July 21). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 7.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56731631
• KANGAROO ISLAND RAILWAY. Condemnatory Evidence (1910, May 18). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 10.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58142616
• KANGAROO ISLAND RAILWAY. (1910, June 1). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 7.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5284642

I Bark Hut

II Highgrove

III Pulcara 

IV The Glen 

V Adavale 

VII Arranmoor 

VI Geisler and Schulz 

VIII Richard Chapman, Point Marsden 

IX Kaiwarra 

X Karatta 

XI Vivonne Park

XII Samuel Buck, North Cape 

XIII The Springs 

XIV Turner Brothers, Smith's Bay 

XV Hawk's Nest Nelson and Daw

XVI Redlands

XVII Smith's Bay  F.W. Jacka 

See also Mr Sidney Osborne Smith, Hd MacGillivray and Wisanger 1908

See also Register articles 1908 - 15 articles which include inspection of farms, especially The Agricultural Awakening.

See also History of Agriculture in SA - Farming Systems 

See also General Progress Reports

[1910] KANGAROO ISLAND PROSPECTS. 

KINGSCOTE, May 28 — During the last five days nearly 5 in. of rain has fallen. All the dams and tanks have overflowed. Seeding operations are at a standstill, but many farmers are able to start ploughing again. Mr. Ebbs, in the hundred of Mac Gillivray, has over 100 acres of wheat and oats up 6 in. and looking well. This is in ironstone country. Mr. Ebbs, who is man aging for Mr. Badman, believes all ironstone country should be sown before the end of May. Some of the wayback fanners have put in large areas, but they have no way of getting their produce to market, owing to the bad roads. The district council are unable to cope with the trouble owing to the scarcity of stone.