Peterborough

History

The first European settlers in the area purchased land from the government in 1875. The first building in the town was constructed four years later. Settler Peter Doecke transferred his land to J H Koch in 1876, who found out in 1880 that the land would be the site of a railway junction. He subdivided it and sold for £1700, after failing to get £500 per acre for it in 1879. By 1880 a hotel and post office had been erected, followed by a school in 1883, and a town hall in 1884. At the prompting of mayor W. Thredgold, a newspaper, the Petersburg Times was founded in 1887 by Robert M. Osborne, became The Times and Northern Advertiser in 1919, under the longterm proprietorship of W. H. Bennett and survived as a family business until 1970. Peterborough has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 14 Bourke Street: Koch House * 2 Callary Street: Bishop's Palace and Convent, Peterborough * 2 Jervois Street: Peterborough Police Station, Cells and Courthouse * 77-79 Kitchener Street: Peterborough Power Station * Main Street: Peterborough Rotunda * 105-107 Main Street: General Store, Peterborough * 106 Main Street Peterborough YMCA Hostel * 108 Main Street: Peterborough Town Hall * 193-195 Main Street: Peterborough Hotel * 227-231 Main Street: Capitol Theatre, Peterborough * Railway Terrace: Peterborough Roundhouse and Turntable * Tripney Avenue: Peterborough Gold Battery and Office

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  607
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  532
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  433
• Apostlebird

  Struthidea cinerea Gould, 1837 · Aves
  407
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  405
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  401
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  384
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  383

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2024-04-17
  8 km ENE of Jamestown, Australia
• M 4.9 — 2023-03-22
  60 km ENE of Peterborough, Australia
• M 4.4 — 2020-05-14
  15 km WSW of Burra, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2018-07-09
  9 km NNW of Jamestown, Australia
• M 4 — 2017-04-24
  29 km ENE of Quorn, Australia
• M 4.6 — 2014-04-29
  68 km ENE of Peterborough, Australia