Musgrave may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Musgrave Block
The Musgrave Block (also known as the Musgrave Province) is an east-west trending belt of Proterozoic granulite-gneiss basement rocks approximately long. The Musgrave Block extends from western South Australia into Western Australia.
The Musgra ...
, a geological province in South Australia and Western Australia
Queensland
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Musgrave, Queensland
Musgrave is a small township in Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Yarraden in the local government area of the Shire of Cook
The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The ...
, a town in Queensland
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Musgrave Telegraph Station
Musgrave Telegraph Station is a heritage-listed former telegraph station and now roadhouse at Peninsula Developmental Road, Musgrave, Yarraden, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Musgrave Roadhouse. It was added to the ...
, a former telegraph station in Queensland
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Port Musgrave
Port Musgrave is a shallow, almost enclosed, estuarine bay located on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Geography
Two major rivers, the Wenlock and the Ducie discharge into it. The bay itsel ...
, a bay on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland
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Electoral district of Musgrave
Musgrave was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1886 to 1923.
The district was initially created when the Electoral district of Townsville was split by the Additional Members Act of 1885 ...
, a former electorate
Northern Territory and South Australia
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Musgrave Ranges
Musgrave Ranges is a mountain range in Central Australia, straddling the boundary of South Australia (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) and the Northern Territory (MacDonnell Shire), extending into Western Australia. It is between the Great V ...
, a mountain range in the Northern Territory and South Australia
South Australia
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County of Musgrave
The County of Musgrave is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 22 June 1876 and named after Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of South Australia fr ...
, a cadastral unit
England
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Musgrave, Cumbria
Musgrave is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 152, and contains the villages of Little Musgrave and Great Musgrave
Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mus ...
, civil parish in Cumbria
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Great Musgrave
Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough. In 1891 the parish had a population of 175.
Great Musgrave sits atop a hill nea ...
, village in Cumbria
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Little Musgrave
Little Musgrave is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 52.
Location
The village is situated at 500 ft above sea level ...
, village in Cumbria
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Musgrave railway station
Musgrave railway station was a railway station situated on the Eden Valley Railway and located between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East, England.
History
The railway line and station were built by the Eden Valley Railway (EVR). The line opene ...
, station to the west of Great Musgrave in Cumbria
Canada
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Musgrave Harbour
Musgrave Harbour is a town and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
History
Musgrave Harbour is a fishing community that was originally named Muddy Hole. The name was changed in 1886 in honor of Governor An ...
, a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
New Zealand
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Mount Musgrave
Mount Musgrave is a mountain located in western Newfoundland, near the southern side of the Humber River valley at Steady Brook, approximately east of Corner Brook. The peak is named in honour of Sir Anthony Musgrave, a colonial governor of Ne ...
, South Island, New Zealand
Northern Ireland
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Musgrave, Belfast
Balmoral (from the gle, Baile Mhoireil) is the most southern of ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belvoir; Finaghy; Malone; Musgr ...
, ward of South Belfast
South Africa
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Musgrave, Durban
Musgrave is a surbub in Durban, South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oc ...
, a suburb of Durban that is part of Berea
Organizations
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Musgrave Group
Musgrave Group Ltd. is an Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. It is currently Ireland's largest grocery distributor, with operations in Ireland and Spain with estimated annual sales of ove ...
, Irish food wholesaler and retailer
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Musgrave Rifles
Musgrave is a brand of firearms from South Africa. They are noted for their bolt-action target and hunting rifles, in particular the Musgrave RSA Target Rifle.
Musgrave was started in 1950 by Ben Musgrave and his sons, restocking and accurizing ...
, South African rifle company
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John Musgrave & Sons
John Musgrave & Sons was a company that manufactured stationary steam engines. It was founded in 1839 by John Musgrave and his son, Joseph, at the Globe Ironworks, in Bolton, historically in Lancashire, England.
In 1854 the company supplied a tw ...
, a manufacturer of stationary steam engines located in Lancashire, England
Other uses
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Musgrave (surname) Musgrave is a surname originating in the former county of Westmorland, now part of Cumbria in Northern England, where there are two villages called Great Musgrave and Little Musgrave. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alan Musgrave, philos ...
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Musgrave non-dead-centre engine
Musgrave's ''non-dead-centre'' engine was a stationary steam engine of unusual design, intended to solve the problem of stopping on dead centre. It was designed in 1887 to serve as a marine engine. It used a pair of linked cylinders to prevent th ...
, a stationary steam engine
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The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom in May 1893, and in ''Harper's ...
", an 1893 Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Matty Groves", a folk ballad sometimes called "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard"
See also
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Musgraves (disambiguation) Musgraves may refer to:
* Musgrave Group, an Irish food wholesaler
* The Musgraves, British roots-pop band
People with the surname Musgraves
* Dennis Musgraves (born 1943), American baseball player
* Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born ...
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Musgrave Park (disambiguation)
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Musgrove (disambiguation) Musgrove may refer to:
Places
* Musgrove Block, a historic building in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
*Musgrove Mill State Historic Site, an American Revolutionary War battlesite in South Carolina, United States
Other uses
* Musgrove (surn ...
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