1. spelling : information in this article has mostly been gleaned from newspaper reports. barbour, bower, christie, davies, dickson, hampson, hansen, johnston, lindqvist, maultby, miers, pickhills, reed, rossiter, schmedje, searles, tait, theisz, westergaard (all prominent people) often appeared in print as barber, bowers, christie, davis, dixon, hampton, hanson, johnson, lindquist, maltby, myers, pickels, reid, rossitter (or rosseter), smidgee (or schmedge), searle, tate, theiz (or theitz) and westergard. the firm of johnson and davies was spelled four different ways in their own advertisements. boats were given the same treatment. the barge "tongo" was often written "tonga" and "goldsbrough" often "goldsborough". although the owners should have known better, the vessel generally named "lady augusta" was actually registered as "lady agusta" and "leichardt" was presumably (mis)named for the explorer ludwig leichhardt (1813 – c. 1848). the barge "rabbie burns" appears to have metamorphosed into "robbie burns" around 1880. the steamer here spelled "ferret" may have been registered "ferrett" – more information is needed. the town now (and here) spelled narrandera was once mostly "narandera", a spelling tenaciously retained by its newspaper.