Names
Australian Placenames of German Background
Engadine, NSW
The public library at Engadine, a suburb of Sydney
Charles McAlister arrived in Australia from Ireland in 1866 at the age of 22 and in 1887 he bought some allotments of Crown land that were offered for sale in the area now called Engadine. He and his wife Christina travelled to Europe in 1910 and when they returned to New South Wales they named their estate Engadine after the valley in Switzerland which they had visited. They felt that the Swiss valley had similar-looking hills and wildflowers.
Bus-stop sign in the Engadin valley, Switzerland
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♦ References:
Appleton, Richard. & Appleton, Barbara. (1993). The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.99
McKinley, Maree. & Hewitt, Sue. & Botany Bay Family History Society. (2007). Sutherland Shire: some early residents. Sutherland, N.S.W : Botany Bay Family History Society. p.87