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4 unusual facts about Kingscote


1836 in Australia

27 July - Reeves Point (later Kingscote), South Australia's first official European settlement is founded on Kangaroo Island.

Division of Mayo

The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located in the hills east of Adelaide, South Australia and currently includes the towns of Victor Harbor, Lobethal, Mount Barker, Strathalbyn, Woodside and Kingscote.

Kingscote, Gloucestershire

The house seems to have been of high status, with mosaic floors, including a Venus mosaic now displayed in the nearby Corinium Museum, hypocausts and wall-plaster paintings.

Thomas Kingscote

Kingscote came from a family that had held the manor of Kingscote, Gloucestershire since the 11th century.


Hamilton Hoppin House

The oldest part of the house was designed by architect Richard Upjohn, as was Kingscote in Newport.

Kingscote and Horsley Woods

Kingscote, Horsley and Sandgrove woods are similar and includes some Ash and Oak.

Thomas Kingscote

He was the son of Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote and his second wife, the Honourable Harriott Mary Anne Kingscote, daughter of Lieutenant-General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield of Ciamaltha, Newport, Tipperary, Ireland.


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