Talk:Palmyra, Western Australia

Is this the only occurence of the reuse of a Syrian place name in Australia? How might it have come about ? Could we have substantiation that Catherine Spence was ever in Palmyra, Western Australia, please? R Game (talk) 13:08, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Paymyra - Miller Family Bakehouse and (John) 'Rove' McManus

See - ROVE McMANUS's Link to the MILLER Family, and their Miller Bakehouse in Palmyra, Western Australia contained in "TALK" Section

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rove_McManus121.127.214.255 (talk) 13:13, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Pally is 100

See http://pallyis100.wordpress.com

this contains a wealth of personal recollections, etc., by former pupils of Palmyra Primary School, relating to the school's centenary 1913 - 2013 celebrations.

This crest is associated with the Centenary celebrations, derived from the School Crest. https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/525950_135337139923823_15984518_n.jpg

121.127.214.255 (talk) 12:37, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

McKimmie STREET became McKimmie ROAD after August 1968 ?

In 1959, I recall that it was a "Street". It was named a Street from around 1903, until at least 1968.

At some later time, perhaps related to its being confused with another "McKimmie Street" in the Perth suburb of Embleton, this Street in Palmyra was re-named to become McKimmie ROAD.

The earliest National Library of Australia (NLA) reference to McKimmie Street is dated August 1903 in the Daily News (1,137 words) article: "PALMYRA - a new suburb for Fremantle"

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/82020498?searchTerm=McKimmie%20Street%20Palmyra&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc

The most recent NLA "TROVE" reference to McKimmie Street, Palmyra was in August 1968 in the "BAKE-OFF ENTERS FINAL PHASE" article in The Australian Women's Weekly.

(As at Feb. 2014, more recently dated significant W.A. or National Newspapers and Magazines etc., published since the mid-1950s and 1968 respectively, have yet to be Digitised, renedering them available for electronic searching.)

The Melville History Society ( http://www.melvillehistorysociety.org.au/contact.html ) suggested that D.O.L.A. may be able to say when McKimmie Street became a Road.

121.127.214.255 (talk) 13:10, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Catherine Helen Spence

Could we have substantiation that Catherine Spence was ever in Palmyra, Western Australia, please? R Game (talk) 13:08, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

RESPONSE -

In NLA Trove, there are currently nine digitised references to Spence in various newspapers between 1905 and 1936.

NONE of them appear to relate to Palmyra the suburb east of Fremantle in Western Australia.

They all seem to recount her passage to South Australia on the "ship" or "barque" "Palmyra".

Seven are in South Australian newspapers, and two are from NSW. NONE are from W.A.

Considering Palmyra the suburb was apparently established around 1903 (op.cit.), it seems Catherine Helen Spence (31 October 1825 – 3 April 1910) would have had to have moved to W.A. for less than the last seven years of her life.

Consider also her sustantive biographical Article, and her inclusion in Adelaide's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_150_Walkway .

In my view, I consider that the paragraph starting "It was the home of Catherine Helen Spence, ..." included in this Palmyra, W.A. Article should all be OMITTED until such time as someone provides substantive proof of the assertion.

R Game is on the money - a 2001 $5 Note probably - "home of" is almost certainly Wrong, and that Spence never even visited W.A. let alone Palmyra after 1903 is equally incredible (literally).

121.127.214.255 (talk) 13:54, 19 February 2014 (UTC)