Peters Hill
Highest point
Elevation518 m (1,699 ft)
Coordinates34°10′42.02″S 138°49′56.17″E / 34.1783389°S 138.8322694°E / -34.1783389; 138.8322694
Geography
LocationSouth Australia, Australia
Parent rangeBelvidere Range

Peters Hill, (518m), formerly Peter's Hill (the possessive apostrophe being officially deleted in December 1940)[1] is the highest peak in the Belvidere Range of hills in South Australia, a northern extension of the Mount Lofty Ranges.

Description

Peters Hill sits atop a north-south ridge about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the surveyed town of Hamilton and around 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) nearly due east of the town of Riverton. The surrounding country supports grazing on the higher peaks and dry grain farming on the slopes and plains.

Naming

Peters Hill has been named as such since as early as 1842. It may have been named after William Peter, a Scottish grazier who in 1841 pioneered European settlement in this district. His sheep runs extended all round this hill, one of his head stations being nearby.[2] "Peter's Hill" is shown on the western ridge of an 1842 plan of the Light River valley. "Mr Peter's Head Station" is shown on the eastern slopes of the valley. named on a survey plan drawn up in 1842 for the Secondary Towns Association.[3]

Other history sources have suggested alternative origins for the name.[4] Among these are the Manning Index.[5] This identifies three sources for the hill's name. One is William Spence Peter, as already mentioned. Another asserts it was named after “Peter Inkster (c.1829-1917), an early settler.”,[4][5] However, Inkster's obituary said that he did not migrate to South Australia until later, by which time the name had been in use for some time.[6] Lastly, it may have been named "Petatz Hill" after Martin Petatz, a Wendish settler who owned a nearby property. However, Petatz’s name is not recorded in official records as a landholder.[4][5] More likely, Petatz is simply a translated form of the name Peter.

References

  1. ↑ "FORTY-THREE TOWN NAMES CHANGED, Premier's Home Town Among Them". The Advertiser. 6 December 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Search result for "Peters Hill" (Record number SA0054601)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Hailes, J. C. (James Chaplin); Secondary Towns Association (London, England) (1842), Plan of the two special surveys on the River Light [cartographic material], Published by J.C. Hailes, 104, Leadenhall Street, for the Secondary Towns Association
  4. 1 2 3 "Peters Hill". Gazetteer. Government of South Australia. 15 April 2014. SA0054601. Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via Location SA Viewer.
  5. 1 2 3 Manning, G. H. "Peters Hill". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "PERSONAL". The Advertiser. Vol. LIX, no. 18, 211. South Australia. 24 February 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.


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