Talk:Maadi, Queensland

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The source of the city name

In the second sources mentioned below the article, it was mentioned with explicit thanks that Maadi, south of the Cairo desert, "Formerly a railway station name, first used by Railways Department 31 August 1922, probably a corruption of a Palestinian place name Maadan, the name of a significant base area on the strategic railway built into the Sinai Peninsula in 1916-17, which would have been well known to Australian Light Horse units. Refer H. S. Gullett. The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine. Sydney. 1923, p. 364. Alternatively, the name may originate from Maadi (sometimes spelt Meadi), on the then edge of the desert south of Cairo, where Maadi (Meadi) Camp accommodated AIF Light Horse brigades when staying in Egypt during World War I." Aa stars (talk) 22:33, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]