Glencoe

History

On 6 March 1844, Tasmanian pastoralists Edward Leake and Robert Leake established Glencoe as a sheep station covering . They brought with them Saxon Merino sheep, cattle, and broke horses nearby at Lake Leake establishing the Inverary run with Adam Lindsay Gordon. In acquiring the land, the Leake brothers soon came into conflict with the local Aboriginal people, killing one or two in a skirmish in late 1844. In 1845, Leake with six other armed horsemen gave battle to a group of around 200 Aboriginal people who had taken a large number of sheep, and dispersed them after a couple of shots. The Chief Protector of Aborigines reported in 1845 that thirty employees at Glencoe had public copulation in the presence of each other with two native females, while an Aboriginal man was shot there. On the death of Robert in 1860, his brother Edward inherited Glencoe Station, and continued to build the Glencoe Woolshed in 1863. Edward died in 1867. Letitia Leake sold the station to John Riddoch and George Riddoch, who later divided the property between themselves. When the Riddoch brothers dissolved their partnership in 1898, George took the northern half, which he named "Koorine". John broke up his portion for closer settlement. In 1846, the cadastral unit County of Grey, and subsequent Hundred of Young was proclaimed by the then Governor Frederick Robe. Glencoe was annexed by the since amalgamated District Council of Mount Gambier West in 1888 by the enactment of the District Councils Act 1887, a statewide legislative push to ensure all settled areas of the state be under local governance. The former District Council of Tantanoola annexed the settlement from Mount Gambier West by virtue of the Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931, effective from 23 May…

Most-observed species

• Australasian Bittern

  Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) · Aves
  1,146
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  444
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  408
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  310
• Gray Shrikethrush

  Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  263
• White-browed Scrubwren

  Sericornis frontalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  247
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  242
• Brown Froglet

  Crinia signifera Girard, 1853 · Amphibia
  238

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2006-04-19
  50 km SW of Millicent, Australia
• M 3.6 — 2002-01-05
  44 km S of Moorak, Australia