| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Fraser River, N of Alexandria, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°43'26"N, 122°28'33"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93B/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 April 1936 on BC map 3G, as labelled on 1914 edition of map 3G and also on BC map 1G, 1916 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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...from the nearby Australian Ranch, named for their homeland by Stephen & William H. Downes, pre-emptors with Andrew Anderson, 6 October 1863. Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |
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Andrew Olsen and partner came from the Australian gold fields in 1862 and took up land which became known as "the Australians' place" then later "Australian Ranch". Olson and a subsequent partner, Steve Downes, operated the ranch until 1901. (Manning, Helen B., Place Names in the Cariboo, April 1943 graduating thesis filed at UBC Library) Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |