Murray Town (other)
Murray Town may refer to * Murray Town, Sierra Leone, a district of Freetown * Murray Town, South Australia, a town in the mid north of South Australia See also * Murrayville (other) Murrayville or Murraysville can refer to any of the following places: Canada * Murrayville, British Columbia, a town within the Township of Langley. United States * Murrayville, Illinois, a village in Morgan County * Murrayville, Georgia, an uninc ...

Murray Town, Sierra Leone
Murray Town is a suburb in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown. The Amputees and War Wounded Association is based here arising from the local camp for such people. The Sierra Leone Grammar School is also located here. Murray Town contains many colonial style board houses dating back to the turn of the 20th century. History Murray Town was founded in April 1829 to provide accommodation for liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It originally housed three hundred and twenty six liberated Africans, under the management of a former African soldier of the Royal African Corps. It was constructed as four wide streets. Famous people *Thomas Leighton Decker Thomas Alexander Leighton Decker OBE (25 July 1916 – 7 September 1978) was a Sierra Leonean linguist, poet, and journalist. He is best known for his work on the Krio language and for translating Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'' into the Krio lang ..., lin ...
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Murray Town, South Australia
Murray Town is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia east of the lower Flinders Ranges. It was settled in 1883 and served as a rest stop for bullock and horse teams carting grain towards Port Germein from further north and east. The town was named for Alexander Murray, who introduced the Murray Merino sheep breed. The annual spring Murray Town Auction no longer takes place. Ending in 2016, due to difficulties in getting volunteers. The hotel which is listed on maps has not been open for many many years. See also *List of cities and towns in South Australia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... References External links * Towns in South Australia Mid North (South Australia) {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ...
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