Kingston On Murray

History

The town was surveyed in January 1915 and originally proclaimed as Thurk on 21 November 1918. The town's name was changed from Thurk to Kingston O.M. on 19 September 1940. The name was derived from the Kingston Village Settlement Area, a settlement which was established in 1896 and whose name is derived from Charles Kingston, the then Premier of South Australia. The name was altered at the request of residents from Kingston O.M. to Kingston On Murray on 31 March 1994. An erratum was published in the South Australian Government Gazette of 24 November 1994 to correct the wrongly used hyphens in the original Notice to Assign. Boundaries for the locality of Kingston on Murray were created on 28 September 2000 and include the sites of the Kingston Ferry Shack Site and the government town of Kingston On Murray.

Most-observed species

• Crimson Rosella

  Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  652
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  575
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  561
• Whistling Kite

  Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  522
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  521
• Australian Pelican

  Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 · Aves
  512
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  505
• Australian Raven

  Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  420

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2007-06-12
  26 km E of Angaston, Australia